Pictures
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 Carpet Rig 1 Christopher J. Santora screws together the frame of the Flying Carpet rig he designed. The rig is designed to stand 2 feet high, and rock side-to-side to provide motion for the carpet while keeping the puppeteer safe underneath. |
 Carpet Rig 2 Director Patrick Algermissen screws the legs of the rig to the base. We named this rig "The Drunken Picnic Table." |
 Rig Complete! There was actually still a bit to do, like painting the thing green and cutting a hole for the puppeteer, but the hard part was done. The rig was assembled, and seemed to support the weight of two grown men. I swear they're grown. |
 Voice Recording Kevin McGuire, voice of Pupsock, prepares to go into the recording booth to record his lines. Director Algermissen uses the 30-second break to sleep while standing up. When you're making a movie like this one, you gotta sleep whenever you can. |
 Voice Recordist David Wallace mans the recording board at the Luna-Red studio. |
 The Warehouse The warehouse that became Poem Pictures for ten days. This is what it looked like before we inhabited it. |
 It Begins This is the warehouse after we inhabited it. Production Designer Ryan C. Wolfgang and his crew begin assembling the Secret Passage set where we are to begin shooting in two days. |
 Fuel A favorite spot in the warehouse. Here you can see the cast and crew's pay spread out all over a table. |
 The Office Producer Thomas Mumme set up the production office fairly close to where the last picture was taken. |
 Office 2 Assisstant Director Christopher J. Santora takes some time out of preparing the schedule to be annoyed by having his picture taken. After the shoot he went back to his regular job ruling Cuba. |
 Running Puppets One of the early shots, at the entrance to the Secret Passage. Director of Photography Jeremy Schneider runs the camera while Puppeteer Jamie Donmoyer sends Pupsock running into the hall. |
 We See You Jeremy and Patrick check out the lighting inside Princess Stacie's Cell. Mainly this picture is to show off the awesome camera. Patrick, incidentally, has not been to Alaska, but he likes wolves and free shirts. |
 Dolly Shot Jeremy prepares for a shot using the Chapman-Leonard Super PeeWee dolly, with the assisstance of Grip Mike Garofalo. |
 Fake Wendell Tight quarters in the Gallery set as we get a shot of Pupsock and Wendell talking. The green ball, seen here being weilded by Kevin McGuire, was useful for lighting reference, as well as giving everyone an idea of exactly where Wendell should be in the shot. |
 Camera Envy This picture is simply the Director bragging that not only did we have an awesome dolly, but also two Panasonic HVX-200s. Such a great camera! |
 Gallery Shooting Everyone tries to get a look at the monitor while filming Pupsock's reaction to Wendell entering a painting. Patrick takes another opportunity to get a quick nap. |
 Danger Shot Jeremy risks life and limb to get the shot of Dirk (Jeff Goguen, in the blue shirt) entering the museum. Meanwhile, Grip Chris Schwein somehow floats in mid-air, while Patrick explains to Wolfgang exactly where Jeremy is going to fall when the platform breaks, and how many times he will bounce. Flowers have already been arranged for the sad event. |
 Shack 1 Jeremy checks out how the newly constructed shack set looks through the lens. This amazing set was built out of four fence panels in about 15 minutes. |
 Shack 2 Because we weren't cramped enough in the Gallery set, we shoved everyone into one corner of our smallest set, and then filled it with fog. Everyone was real happy during the filming of this scene. |
 Give Me Green Set Dresser Mark DeMaio paints the green screen, which is now standing where the Secret Passage and the shack used to be. He has a lot of work to do, but luckily he already got that one section on the far wall. |
 The Carpet Pupsock takes a nap while waiting to film the flying carpet sequence. He also ripped his legs off his body, because it helps him sleep. You can see the rig is all painted, and Chris even built a little padded back support for the Puppeteer to lean against while she sits under there with her arms above her head for hours at a time. |
 Ready to Fly Pupsock contemplates his motivation while Chris prepares .... something .... for the carpet shoot. If you look hard enough, you can see part of Puppeteer Amy Strickland in this picture. |
 The Team The remaining crew poses on the green screen after filming wraps. Yay! Only one year and one day of Post-Production to go... |
 Dudley Dudley sits in the Director's chair to survey the set after a long shoot. |