5-21 Scene 13 Reunited
5-22 Scene 14 Heart to Heart, Scene 7j Jenny finds help
5-24 Scene 12b Alley Brawl
5-27 Scene 12b Alley Brawl
6-05 Office Scenes
6-07 Scene 11 Gunman Battle missing cuts
6-10 Scene 5b Bathroom scene, Scene 14b NPC raid
6-11 Final Battle Rehearsal
6-12 Scene 5b Bathroom scene, Scene 23 Final Battle
6-18 Making of the Camera track
6-21 Michael day
Lemme give you a quick run behind the filming of each scene.
Scene 13 Reunited
Wow, scene 13 all over again. This time its a complete remake from the original script which was too straightforward. This new script went through 3 revisions before being put into play and filmed in a different location. Rehearsed the whole scene with Kat and Ed one day before the shoot. Filming was a breeze the next day, even without a storyboard. So what's happening in this scene? Well, if you haven't read the script then you may not have a clue. As you can see from the pics, Jenny is holding a Cobra baseball bat, then suddenly she's hugging Edward and then you see them having some kind of argument about stuff until finally ending up with Jenny crying on Edward's back. How melodramatic. Kat's getting even better at acting. All the drama & tension makes you wanna cry when you're on set *sniff* *sniff*. But wanna know what's even better than scene 13? Of course, scene 14!
Scene 14 Better than Scene 13
This scene is way cooler than Scene 13. No more baseball bats and hugs here but you get to see Edward & Jenny just sitting down on a bed and being sweet. How cute.
Scene 7j Jenny finds help
This is the part where Jenny gets home from the bridge, calls Edward, realizes he's in deep sh*t and tries to ask Steve for help. Just look at that oh-so-worried look on Jenny's face. So heartbreaking ='(
Scene 12b Alley brawl
Y'all know about this one. Leo's first intro/fight scene and it's finally complete. It took three days to film the scene excluding the rehearsals and we owe the Barangay captain of Guitnangbayan some thanks for not apprehending us for causing disturbance in the alley which was just opposite his house. Thank you capt'n.
Scene 3 & 5 Office scenes
Yay, its the office scene. This scene could take up around 20 minutes during the first part of the movie. And its a chance to introduce some of our new actors, Terrence and Jeimee, playing the boss and the secretary, respectively of course. We still don't have an actor for Brad, the coworker. Joel was supposed to play him but we didn't get enough time before his departure back to Dubai. Next candidate was Henry, but his 7 days in Manila wasn't enough to film all his parts, plus he wanted to be a cool action character. Awesome. So due to our lack of cast & time we were only able to film a short but significant part of the office scene. Had to close my shop till 12 noon just for that too.
Scene 11 The never-ending Gunman Battle
What? It's been one whole year and we're STILL filming the gunman scene? I mean, wow, this is like one of the longest scenes in the movie, its almost 15 minutes. The building we've been filming in has already been demolished and we're still not finished with this scene. All we're missing is just 2% more. Well at least I got most of these missing cuts before the place was destroyed.
Scene 5b Bathroom scene
Let's go with Edward and take a look at his bathroom scene. That sounded gay. No, he does not take a shower while naked, he just stands in front of the mirror doing stuff. This is where Edward first activates the console and discovers he has magical powers.
Scene 14b NPC Raid
This is the part right after Scene 14 when the NPCs storm Jenny's house in search for Edward. We were really (really) out of cast members so the NPCs and their commander had to be played by Eduardo, Sam & JE, who are all major characters in the story. As you can see, we just had to keep their faces well hidden :)
Scene 23 Final Battle
I have to admit, it's a little too early to start filming this and we were still highly unprepared for the scene. We had only a few days to choreograph the fight prior to filming, so when we got to location we didn't have everything planned out. We were also feeling a little lazy and wanted to go picture taking at the mountain with our cool costumes on so that took up some of our time. All in all we only had like 4 good cuts before the darkness of dawn covered the sky. Not too productive, but not a bad day for our last day of shoot. At least you guys get to see Edward's cool new shiny sword!
Making of the Camera Dolly Track
After our last day of shoot at the mountain, Ed started getting busy. So to make good use of our time, Angelo built a Dolly with track rails, for those smooth horizontal pans you see in movies. It turned out well and has been tried, tested and is now ready for use.
June 21, 2009 The Michael Day, all hell breaks loose
And so it had been foretold that Michael's inevitable return to Manila shall one day come. That day was June 21, and it is a day we shall all remember as the Michael Day. The real reason was... Henry had to come to Manila to arrange his passport or something and he decided to bring Michael along. For the first time in 7 years, AngHenyKenSter was reunited once again.
After our last day of shoot, Eduardo's supposed to be really busy with school and stuff so he won't be showing up for many months, but he did show up many times anyway, especially when Henry and Michael came. But after that he's gonna be hella busy now that it's his last sem, starting now all the way till October. Most likely we'll be ceasing 80% of our production schedules until November. So for these 4 months we'll be focusing on all scenes not involving Edward, which includes the Leo vs. Ethan battle, Ethan's revelation and other stuff. Not much to do for 4 months but at least I'll finally have time to edit everything we've been filming.
It's been hectic the past few weeks because of the shoot and now I'm busy taking care of the business, it's about time I give it some attention. In line with this, I'll be taking a few weeks off from the production so I could give attention to other priorities, plus a little relaxation. After that I'll have time for the movie and will start getting myself back up to full momentum.
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