BEHIND THE SCENES: THE BLIND HOUSE

This entry was posted on 10/21/2006 11:50 AM and is filed under production.

After getting to sleep at 3AM once the truck was unloaded from the night shoot at Miller's Surplus, I was up and out by the crack of dawn to film some extrordinary 2nd Unit images that left me running on fumes by noon. But luckily, this was another easy night of filming at Artfare's Area 51 on 6th Avenue. On this night, the Cast may have been large but the setups were fairly simple to manage with just my Producer Gabriele Andres and Bruno Loya helping me set up these shots.

Once again, our Makeup FX Supervisor Frank Guerra went above and beyond to run a small crowd of Actors through the Diseased makeup process. Actress Sandy Distel brought her costuming talents to bear to make these scenes work for the camera.

Eventhough my Producer Gabriele Andres was busy pulling double duty as my grip/gaffer, she still managed to get these behind the scenes photos.

 
Actresses Dominique Borrego, Sandy Distel and Zelli Rivera on the Blind House set.
Actors Roy Patterson, Fausto Olmos, Deanna Martinez and Rebel Gentry in the staging area.
Actors Rebel Gentry, B.A. Loya and Zelli Rivera on set in the Blind House.
Stuntwoman/Actress Dominique Borrego and her brother Daniel Borrego on set in the Blind House.
Makeup FX Supervisor Frank Guerra starting the transformation process on Actress Sandy Distel.
Makeup FX Supervisor Frank Guerra starting the transformation process on Actor Fausto Olmos.
Makeup FX Supervisor Frank Guerra applying prosthetics on Actor Fausto Olmos.
Actor Santiago Craig goofing off with his nephew B.A Loya, also acting in the Blind House sequence.
Actress Sandy Distel jumping out of character to cut a new costume for another cast member.
James Arnett pulling focus on Actor Santiago Craig.Unfortunately, the flash wipes out the lighting.
James Arnett rehearsing Actors Santiago Craig and Fausto Olmos at the door of the Blind House.
Actresses Deanna Martinez, Sandy Distel and Zelli Rivera between takes.
James Arnett and Actor Fausto Olmos checking framing up the doorway shot.
Actors Zelli Rivera and Rebel Gentry talking on set with Santiago Craig.
Actors Santiago Craig and Fausto Olmos filming the doorway scene.
Actors Santiago Craig and Fausto Olmos filming the doorway scene.
Actor Santiago Craig's brother Bruno Loya pulling electric for the lighting.
AREA 51 after its new fascade painted by renowned artist Stefan Bucher.
James Arnett lighting the scene with just a Home Depot light behind the blinds and another on the ground.
James Arnett directing Actors Fausto Olmos and Santiago Craig in front of the Blind House.
Makeup FX Supervisor Frank Guerra applying prosthetics on Actress Zelli Rivera.
Actors B.A. Loya and Sandy Distel getting into costume.
Actress Dominique Borrego helping James Arnett examine the lighting (washed out in the camera flash).
Stuntwoman/Actress Dominique Borrego immediately before rolling camera.
Our cast of Blind Diseased filling the Blind House set.
Our cast of Blind Diseased filling the Blind House set.
Actresses Deanna Martinez and Zelli Rivera on the Blind House set.
Makeup FX Supervisor Frank Guerra applying blood work to Actor Fausto Olmos.
James Arnett blocking out the Blind House seqence.
Cast of the Blind House on their first position marks.
 

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