Recording Session 04, Aliens, Rejection
March 1 we had a very nice Precinct recording session in which Thomas, Kynan and Anna Grace returned to record some lines I'd missed, some new ones and, primarily, to rerecord some stuff in a slightly more "cinema verite" fashion.
Method actors Thomas and Kynan agreed to run on the spot for a good couple minutes while yelping their "chase scene" lines, which worked out nicely. Anna Grace brought a lovely sensual reading to her pricelessly idiotic bedroom scene, and the animatic is therefore knocking firmly into shape.
Also helping is the flaming guitar power Jesse is bringing to the soundtrack. It's all very well to whop a bunch of synthesizers on there and claim to be Giorgio Moroder, but you just cannot "do" cop action without a hot guitar line. Like how you can't "do" Jew action without a hot clarinet line. Others say it's a hot violin line, but whenever I hear a soulful old clarinet I beg to differ. It's Fiddler on the Roof and Woody Allen, I think.
Aside from The Precinct I'm working on a music video for a track from The Bedroom Philosopher's forthcoming album. It's a nice song about being kidnapped by aliens. Here are some screenshots.
The BigKidz extended family have been helping me out with some shots, and from what's already done I think this is going to come out very nice.
But don't think everything at Nakedfella Productions is roses!...
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