Shooting - Day One, part one

Hi, it's me, Shannon. The Producer. I apologize for not getting these blog posts up sooner, but I am happy to be able to present a slice of our production process for your review, and hopefully amusement. I'd love to go back and detail some of the pre-production process at some point, but I thought that, for now, I'd skip right to the filming. I should also begin by stating for the record that we don't have photos from every location or day, but I will try to post whatever I have that is relevant.

The script had been fine-tuned, the actors were cast, the costumes were selected, the gear had been obtained, the table read had been.. read. It was time.

Our first week of shooting, which began on July 16, all took place at Trafalga. For those not from the Provo/Orem area, Trafalga is a "fun center" located just off of I-15 in Orem. Trafalga has batting cages, go-karts, an arcade, and (clearly the most important) two miniature golf courses.

We started the day with some of Bryce's scenes. Bryce is played by William C. Stewart. William, in addition to being a really great comedic actor, was, in his off-acting times, an incredible Production Assistant. Bryce asking Jeff if the club he has is regulation is one of my favorite scenes in the movie.

Shooting - Day One, part two

After blocking the Trafalga employees from using their desk for a good three hours we moved outside to the course for our first golfing scenes. For those not familiar with the plot, Jeff (our hero) is a rather poor mini-golfer and The Flamingo (our villain) is a very talented minigolfer. One of my favorite moments of filming was the moment when Jason made what was supposed to be a very poor shot. In the shot you see his face, disappointed and frustrated. Which convinced me right there that Jason was the man for the job, because he had just made the most beautiful hole-in-one.




Here we have, from left to right: John Allred (PA), William C. Stewart (Bryce/PA), John D. Moore (Director/Writer), Doug Andrews (Lackey/PA), Jason Jensen (Jeff), C. Leon Lee (Lackey), Enoch Allred (Writer/Assistant Director), Bijan J. Hosseini (The Flamingo), Sean Benson (Director of Photography)

The Post-production Post

We've been more than a little negligent of our blog here. But I can assure you that all the time we've not spent updating this blog was spent on something just a wee bit more important: making our movie.

We wrapped production a little over a month ago. There were many of us working on the project over many long, hot, and surprisingly humid days.

Camilla Whitney (our editor) and I are now neck-deep in post-production. We're working hard to get a cut together in time for upcoming film festival submission deadlines. It's very exciting seeing the film come together, and even more exciting seeing that it's good.

As we near completion of our visual cut, we're looking for someone to do our post-production sound work. Clean-up, mixing, that sort of thing. If you are knowledgeable in this area and would like the experience (and credit) of working on a feature film, email me.

That's all I have for now. Watch this website in the coming weeks and months for more information. Our producer, Shannon Fugal, should be posting some images and perhaps some production stories at some point. And hopefully soon we'll have some news to report regarding festival acceptance, distribution, etc.