Come and Dance on Our Floor
Those of you who've known me for a while will already be aware that I occasionally do a bit of film work, though I don't talk about it that much. Most of what gets filmed in Winnipeg is made for television or direct-to-video, so (even though I've plugged some things I've worked on in the past) I tend to think of it now as something I quietly do on the side.
For once, though, I got onto the set of a film intended for theatrical release when I worked for two days last year on Faces in the Crowd, starring Milla Jovovich, Julian McMahon, and Michael Shanks. I hadn't mentioned anything before now because I was starting to wonder if it was ever going to come out, but io9 (a site which I've admittedly complained about before) let me know in its snarky way that the trailer is out for the movie, so the general public is aware of it anyway.
If you don't want to go to the article, just watch the trailer right here:
I worked on a bunch of scenes set in a nightclub in a generic (presumably destined to be unnamed) American city. You can see clips of those scenes starting at around 1:35 in the trailer, though I wasn't able to spot myself. Those two days were spent dancing, running in terror, getting my photo taken for visual effects shots, and trying desperately not to make "Leeloo Dallas Multipass!" references around the film's star. To her credit, however, she seemed friendly and had a sense of humour about herself, at one point making (what I thought was) a hilarious Resident Evil joke when director Julien Magnat told her she needed to be "angrier" during a scene rehearsal.
Faces in the Crowd will be out in October, and (even though the premise is...well, interesting is a diplomatic word for it) I'm sure I'll end up in a cinema seat on opening weekend, doing my best to once again support the local film industry.
For once, though, I got onto the set of a film intended for theatrical release when I worked for two days last year on Faces in the Crowd, starring Milla Jovovich, Julian McMahon, and Michael Shanks. I hadn't mentioned anything before now because I was starting to wonder if it was ever going to come out, but io9 (a site which I've admittedly complained about before) let me know in its snarky way that the trailer is out for the movie, so the general public is aware of it anyway.
If you don't want to go to the article, just watch the trailer right here:
Click to viewI worked on a bunch of scenes set in a nightclub in a generic (presumably destined to be unnamed) American city. You can see clips of those scenes starting at around 1:35 in the trailer, though I wasn't able to spot myself. Those two days were spent dancing, running in terror, getting my photo taken for visual effects shots, and trying desperately not to make "Leeloo Dallas Multipass!" references around the film's star. To her credit, however, she seemed friendly and had a sense of humour about herself, at one point making (what I thought was) a hilarious Resident Evil joke when director Julien Magnat told her she needed to be "angrier" during a scene rehearsal.
Faces in the Crowd will be out in October, and (even though the premise is...well, interesting is a diplomatic word for it) I'm sure I'll end up in a cinema seat on opening weekend, doing my best to once again support the local film industry.