Everything for Gills is shot, edited (mostly), and waiting on animation and soundtrack. Our schedule had us working 9pm - 4am on the last day. It took me about 4 days to recover because I am wildly out of practice of staying up late. I used to be so good at that.
Chunk of skin (I mean prosthetic)
Even though we ended up being on a really tight schedule, we tried not to rush. Having started out with the 48 Hour Film Festival, I definitely have a tendency to feel a sense of impending deadline. This shoot was an exercise in slowing down. I really appreciate that everybody involved was willing to work so late into the night. We worked well into the hours where your body starts to get "wobbly" tired.
Gettin' sweaty
This was our very first time working with prosthetics, let alone any kind of make-up. For me, at least, waiting for makeup was always a welcome snack break. Adam did a really great job.
Also, a word of advice: eating junk food between the hours of 2am - 4am is not wise. Your body will not appreciate it.
Adam giving Pilar some "haggard level 3". *Not pictured: Keara neck deep in a bag of pita chips*
Hands and gills
I had the opportunity to make some fake frog eggs. They were disgusting and awesome. Tapioca pearls, jello (red, green, blue) and water apparently make perfectly gross and slimy eggs. The blue and red helps to tone down the radioactive hue of straight up green jello. The first batch I made was way too solid and way too neon and made for some pretty hilarious test shots. Plus, it tasted pretty alright (that is a lie I just told).
Wiggle, wiggle
That thing that I never prepare for and always happens, of course, happened. The house we shot in is over a hundred years old and has had little to no re-enforcements made to the decks and stairs outside. We shot on one of these decks and were somehow surprised that they shook. Due to our rigging, we didn't always have the ability to use our 7" monitor. These shakes are sneaky ninjas that aren't always visible on a standard view screen. I know it's easy to say, "It's not that bad, I'll just edit around it later." YOU ARE A FOOL, PAST SELF. We actually really lucked out and it didn't have much effect if any on the pacing, however, you are not always that lucky.
That porch: "The Shakiest Thing That Ever Shook"
Next up: cleaning jello out of my carpet.