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Live on Tape: Day 3

Thursday, June 25, 2009. This was our last day in the house, and it was the biggest scene on the location, with two more actors and a bunch of practical effects. It ended up being both a better and a worse day than Wednesday.

It was better in that the shooting went more smoothly and more [...]

Live on Tape: Day 2 Pictures

Image gallery from the second day of principal photography.

Live on Tape: Day 2

Wednesday, June 24, 2009. We didn’t have to start quite as crazy early this morning, so I slept until 6:15, then gathered the star actor of the day, my cat Toshi, and all his contractually required amenities. He would be playing Buttercup, who bats the black hole around on the kitchen floor. I brought his [...]

Live on Tape: Day 1 Pictures

Image gallery from the first day of principal photography.

Live on Tape: Day 1

A quick warning before we get started: These entries might get kind of long. I’ll try to break them up as best I can for easier reading, but feel free to skim or skip. It may all get repetitive anyway, but hopefully it’ll give you a sense of what goes on on a low-budget movie [...]