Erick Lorenz wrote:
> I am working on some interesting locations for "Jack". Some of the
> may require a bit of travel. For instance one of the two Water
> Temples in the Bay Area might make a great "heaven's gate". There are
> some caves and mines in the gold country, open the the public which we
> might be able to use for the path to the underworld.
Erick, there is a nice pedestrian road called the Quarry Trail on the
south side of the North/Mid Fork American River. A parking lot on Hwy
49 and the south side of the river (twixt Cool and Auburn) provides
access. There is a weird mine/tunnel that may work well; also nearby is
a very Irish-looking deep
side chasm-- sort of a micro-antidiluvian Yosemite Valley. When I was
there last, having a leprechaun
appear wouldn't have surprised me much! But you'd want to video there
soon, before the green grass
dries into un-Irish looking brown California weeds.....
> Anyone with a nice patio and kitchen could host the kids and
> parent's scene.
_nice_ kitchen? I guess mine won't work....
>
> I am still looking for a building that could pass as a medieval tavern
> and a tree by a path in a rural setting for the apple tree.
medieval tavern-- can't really think of anything other than the stone
building atop Signal Peak-- that's a
bit of a drive.

path in a rural setting with tree? The north section of Goethe Park
(near the Scouts enc.) would seem
ideal to me.

Jeff
>
> I spent an afternoon this week teaching a class on iMovie to the staff
> of Access Sacramento. As a result I think we have an in with them for
> use of the studio. I was told that the studio is closed to broadcast
> productions on Fridays so that would be a good day to use it for any
> special effects work that we need.
>
> I also got an email from them announcing that Access Sacramento's
> channel 17 is now being streamed to the web. This means that it could
> grab a bigger audience. All the more reason to find ways to get our
> past work on the air.
>
> The annual "Place Called Sacramento" cast and crew call is coming up.
> I have permission to recruit cast for Jack there if I announce that
> SAMM members are welcome to audition for crew on PCS projects.
>
> As for costumes, if we don't recruit any cast from Janice's country
> dance group we might still be able to borrow some period clothing from
> them. I want a black or dark brown monk's robe for the demon and a
> nice blue or white choir robe for heaven's guardian.
>
> If anyone with a video camera notices a sky full of puffy clouds you
> could video them for one of the scenes. One way to do this would be
> to mount your camera on a tripod and slowly pan across the sky at
> medium telephoto so as not to get any ground or other objects in the
> shot. Try a vertical pan and/or a horizontal pan. I will demonstrate
> what I mean at the meeting but just in case the best sky is next week
> see what you can do. The idea is to create a background for a scene
> where Jack is falling down from heaven. If I can get footage of
> clouds going by I can composite Jack into the scene using green screen.
>
> I will try to have the script completed by Thursday. Suggestions are
> welcome.
>
> Erick
>
> On May 3, 2007, at 4:12 PM, Sue White wrote:
>
>>>
>> In the past we have discussed holding a filming contest in order to
>> advertise SAMM to the public by offering prizes to filming
>> enthusiasts who would enter such a contest. Getting to know our club
>> members and seeing our prize winners could be an excellent way of
>> adding to our membership. Let's talk about that at the May meeting.
>> A progress report on the Legend of the Jack-o-Lantern production
>> will be of interest to all.
>> Please pay your dues to Access Sacramento. The business office is
>> open until 7PM on Thursdays.
>> Again many thanks for letting us know if you cannot make the
>> meetings. Hope to see you all on the 10th.
>>
>> Bob and Sue White
>>>
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