The Shooting of Dead Dog in Davie: An Exercise in Pain and Patience

Oh, it was beautiful. I had the best script I'd ever written. A violent, surreal slice of life about a kidnapped dog. I had my dream cast, a hefty chunk of the people from my previous film (Barbies & Buckshot). I had some great equipment and the support of a chinese delivery job. Unfortunately, it may have been far too good to be true. After a month and a half we wrapped shooting. Although, "wrapped" may not be the best word. "Gave up" or "Surrendered" seem a tad more accurate. We could blame any number of people. But in particular, it came down to me, the director. I had a script that was WAY too long, a cast of nearly twenty, and as far as behind the scenes crew went, I was forced to perform most of the duties myself. Now I'm left with a mess of footage. With any luck I can turn what was supposed to be a great thirty minute short film into a decent ten minute short. Hopefully, once we raise the money for the feature things will run a bit smoother. Here's some pictures from the shoot. Everyone (well, almost everyone) did great work and I  applaud them all.

-From Director Chris Krider

The following photos are for a scene where the main antagonist kidnaps and kills a transvestite.

Matt is the main bad guy killing our friend Alex who has a Ren Fair dress on. Chris is helping helping.

HE HAS NO BOOBS!!

It was very difficult getting the dress on. Alex is slight but not skinny enough.

I think he's having fun.

Yeah... he is. I'm scared.

AGH!

Eh, the breasts don't look too bad. We tried to make everything look terrible for this character. The Goatee already gives everything away.

Here's Chris directing. He looks professional I think. The hat is new.

There you can see the back of our cinematographer Veronica. We're preparing for the first part of that scene.

The balloons are escaping!

"Mirror Mirror on the wall. Who's the fairest one of all?"

THWAK!!

Now we move from the living room to the garage. Chris is setting up the lighting and I'm setting up the sound equipment.

I look professional. Too bad I had a bit of trouble. We still got what we needed.

BEHOLD! The Studson Brothers! Using both our middle names Judson and Sterling, we make up producers and writers Chris Krider and Samuel Pritchard-Torres. And Chris directs while I act. I hope you enjoyed this and look forward to more posts. Have a good day!

-Sam Sterling