The current project I'm working on is our most ambitious so far. And by far the most fun to edit. I find conversation sequences more enjoyable to edit purely because of how difficult they are, and there are plenty of them in this one.
We filmed at Annex Theatre here in Seattle. The colors. THE COLORS, you guys. Such a cool building. And such a groovy cast.
We used smoke machines (which smell pleasantly like caramel, I discovered) and utilized a lot of different lighting techniques that we've never explored before. The space itself doesn't have really any windows to speak of, so the atmosphere feels very enclosed and claustrophobic, which was perfect.
I was pretty ill the second day of shooting. I think I successfully covered it up. Or not... and I grossed everyone out. So, it was a real lesson in "pushing through" (a.k.a.: taking tons o' advil and going through what felt like hundreds of cough drops).
This will be the longest short we've done so far! And it makes me ugly laugh. Which is a good thing.