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Saturday, June 15, 2013

Day Two of "Bounty Benn"

It's time for Day Two of the movie. There are less pics for it, but there are still crazy things to see for

"BOUNTY BENN"

Samuel Sterling

Today, we use a hand. A severed one. Chris and I did our best to color it to the actor who will be losing it.

But Josh here wanted to show his amazing are skillz and made it look really amazing.

Our lead, AJ, here is just hanging out waiting to tear shit up.

Here's my reliable Acer with the script open on it. If you squint you could see it.

Arriving on the set, is Nick Russo, director of the last movie we did. He's here as sound guy. And the guy who will be losing his arm.

That's right! His arm. He's not just losing a hand. Crazy things will happen this day.

Costumes are ready.

Sound's ready.

And the arm is ready. Lets make a movie.

Like I said, not enough pics taken since I was so busy. But, hey, the vid works this time! Enjoy.

-Samuel Sterling

Friday, June 14, 2013

Day One for "Bounty Benn"

Now we reveal the second segment of our horror anthology Knucklehead Horror. This one is like a combination of RoboCop meets Frankenstein. I wrote and I directed. It's called:

"BOUNTY BENN"

Samuel Sterling

For the first thing, we needed a green screen. Don't worry it's not over used... much.

For Crows I shaved off my beard, but for this movie I shaved my head. No hair on top!! Directing hairless.

I also have my faithful, hard working crew.

Assistant Director Chris Briggs playing with the Props.

Julie, Macky, and Ash are here as assistants for costumes and props.

Josh Floyd is ensuring that the camera is ready for action.

Here are some of the strange props we're using for this movie. You'll see em used one by one.

First, I reveal the face of our hero: Bounty Benn. With his red welders mask and big smile.

And one of the many criminals he faces: Coolthulhu, played by Chris Krider.

That's me in the Bounty Benn costume. Our lead wasn't available so we shot with me in the costume. It's not bad.

Briggs is bloodying up. He's one of the criminal victims in the movie. Playing Coolthulhu's partner War Pig.

This is what happens to War Pig.

That's mostly it. Sadly, since I was directing and stressing I didn't get much blogging done. I did a vid for the end of the day recap, but the footage was corrupted. Just gonna say: We worked hard that day. Worked from noon to midnight. So, keep watching, and we'll reveal Day Two of this crazy film soon.

-Sam Sterling

Pre production for "Bounty Benn"

Hey, everyone. It's been crazy here. Been working on our next horror shorts to do. Here're props and costume pieces we've made for the next movie:

"BOUNTY BENN"

Samuel Sterling

First, the arm claw. Made up of a tube and a toy claw. Painted copper to make it look rusty.

Then the title character's gun arm. Made of a small wine barrel and toilet part. You will see these two items put together with the costume.

Now, one of the other leads has a bean bag gun. First, we took a nurf gun.

Took plastic primer.

And a nice layer of black on the barrel. We made some other modifications you will see in filming posts.

Since it's a bean bag gun, the shells in the gun will not be red. They will be blue!

We shoved the Nurf shells with news paper so they could still be used.

Now the mask of the title character. Made of varying masks and plastic guts and put together with liquid latex. The tape is to give the look of it being stapled together.