Behind the Scenes Day 3, Hero

Behind the scenes shooting on our third day of working on the indie film Hero took place in Cugino`s Italian Deli & Pizza Restaurant in Las Vegas. Apparently this place has been quite popular over the years with celebrities as a sort of hidden gem in Las Vegas just next to UNLV. The inside walls are packed with picks of celebrities who have stopped in over the years. The owner was kind enough to allow us to use his deli for the shoot, and the food looked mighty tasty. From what I was told he often lets film students use his place for their projects. Here’s the behind the scenes trailer for what we did:

Michael William Johnson and Louie Coruzzolo were on set for their parts. Michael has experience in the music industry has worked around character similar to the one her portrayed. We had a nice sit down afterward as he told us some of the stories from what he’s seen. All I can say is it was brutal.

I was actually really impressed with Louie behind the scenes. Even without having any acting experience that I know of he was a super great kid. Polite, respectful, professional, much more so than others I’ve met who actually are in the industry. I would love to shoot a short with him sometime. I think he’d make a perfect murder, just because his personality is so far removed from being that type of person with any type of mean streak. What a perfect contrast that would be for a film that would be completely against stereotypes.

While he’s still in school, Louie also runs a cinema website with a friend where they do movie removes. Our director Tim Santoro will be doing a podcast for them soon. Anyone that’s interested in checking out his film review website can find it at ChasingCinema.com.

That’s it for the week. I’ve got another behind the scenes short clip to throw together from a desert scene we shot the other day. The footage looks pretty good with the exception of the noise from the wind I may have to play with since I was using the built-in camera mic instead of my shotgun mic. It also has some nice makeup effects done by Maureen E. Durocher for a head wound. Completely gruesome and amazing if I may say so myself.

Behind the Scenes Day 3, Hero

Behind The Scenes Day 1, Hero

Recently we did our first day of shooting for Terminal C L E’s indie film entitled Hero. One of the things I’ve always enjoyed is shooting behind the scenes footage. I don’t think anyone should shoot a film without some behind the scenes footage. Not only can it be used for promotional purposes by editing it into a nice little video of its own, but there’s also the opportunity to grab some nice still shots from the footage. I took the opportunity to shoot roughly 30 minutes of footage and threw together a quick edit for our first day of shooting on set.

The biggest challenge, and also the fun part of shooting footage and scenes like this, is all the things you can do with it afterwards. Since it’s shot on the fly it’s usually difficult to get steady footage. Although because it’s behind the scenes footage no one expects it to be that steady to begin with. The shaky camera can also had to the feeling of movement, energy, or action going on. This falls right in line with the type of gritty action film we’ll be shooting over the next several weeks.

Finally, picking out the best lines and finding creative ways to work them into the footage is fun! Once that’s mixed up with some nice music and/or sound effects it’s possible to give the footage almost any feel you want. It’s definitely challenging because you’ll never know what you have to work with, but it also is a nice thing to practice for the times when you’re on the set and the pre-planned stuff isn’t looking as expected. I hope everyone enjoyed what I threw together for day one of our shoot on the indie film Hero. I’ll hopefully have more to share soon so everyone can see how it’s shaping up.

Behind The Scenes Day 1, Hero

Hero Film By Terminal CLE

Hero is a new film by Terminal C L E currently in production. Hero is written and stars Tim Santoro and co-stars Maureen E. Durocher, Martin Douglas, and several other up and coming talents. Along with being in front of the camera, several of actors will be helping out behind the scenes.

Maureen E. Durocher will be lending her considerable acting talents, along with her skills in makeup and makeup FX to the film. Martin Douglas will also be helping out with graphic design, and video editing/FX when not working in front of the camera. Tim Santoro, having written the original script, will be pulling double duty directing the actors between his own scenes within the movie. This Indie film is expected to wrap towards the end of the summer, with submissions into several film festivals starting by the fall. More info will be shared as it becomes available. You can also check out Terminal C L E on their website at TerminalCLE.com

Hero Film By Terminal CLE