Wednesday, March 29, 2023

The KICK ME Saga - Part Four

 Day 6:

New DP - Michael Wilson, about whom I knew nothing at the time. I remember some connection to Columbia, MO; he was a camera operator on YOU'RE NEXT and the first V/H/S (I think the wraparound story) and has gone on to bigger things (2nd unit DP on THE GREEN KNIGHT). Which would make sense - there'd be a connection to someone who was originally involved with the production, but who wasn't by the time shooting started, by my understanding. There's a reference to this producer in that Filmmaker Magazine interview, although not a name - though, looking at a story in the local weekly Pitch at the time, done as the Kickstarter campaign started, does name this person, if one is inclined to look and make inferences...

This and the following day were the school sequences, of which very little remains in the finished film - mainly Santiago & Ramone in the office. As written, the film opened with Santiago being trapped in a bathroom stall and Ramone rescuing him.










Santiago teaching class, not used in final film



Michael Wilson (Michael J. Wilson) - DP


Stuart Scott Smith (2nd set PA/Second Soldier [Randy]; Eric Rowlands (1st set PA)

This was also the church foyer for the choir presentation and the first scenes for Santiago's wife and daughter, Heather and Petal.

Elisa James - Heather

Julia Ruddy - Petal









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