Thorn Productions presents – Elindil’s Secret

The Location Survey Update 3 BTS video has had further edits to remove a specific reference and is now back up on the site.

Anyone who subscribes to the BTS videos via iTunes will need to unsubscribe and resubscribe, this is to fix an issue with the RSS feed that resulted in older videos not been available.

3D Fly By Test
This is a fly by test to test out some software we are looking at using for 3-D camera tracking, the video also contains 2 VUE 6 (CG) elements. If you think you can see them, then post a comment.

It never ends, Luke was once again out in the bush finding more locations for the movie. Filming in some of these locations is going to be a challenge.

Shooting Schedule Update
We are also considering a re-shuffle of shooting day locations, stay tuned.

The “Shake 4 Match Move Test” was accomplished by creating 3 static shots….Left, Centre and Right….matched together to create one shot and then the camera movement is added later…but it’s the camera movement that makes it feel like one shot.

This is how we are going to shoot the water fall shots, even if they are at different locations, it also means that we can shoot on location….mpeg encoded….and add camera movement later.

Another day out walking kilometers upon kilometers to find more locations for the movie. Looking at the various locations with the plan of what is going to be done with these locations is really exciting.

We would also like to thank Mark Urquhart from Parks Victoria who has provided valuable background assistance with various locations.

It’s all starting to come together
Quite a few of us got together today to get measured up for costumes. This was an informal process that allowed everyone to mingle and chat amongst themselves while Jenny Wood measured everyone up. Once the measure up was finished and everyone had left, Jenny, Luke and I (David) had a chance to discuss wardrobe in more detail, this resulted in some significant tweaks to several costumes.

A message to the Wood family
Luke and I would firstly like to thank Jenny’s family for allowing her to take on such an important role. To Jenny, the experience and skill you bring to this project is invaluable. The words “Thank You” somehow seem inadequate when I think about the amount of time and effort you have put in so far.

For those of you that would like to inflict pain on yourself….try and work out how this was done. Let me add….there is no blue screen or masking (roto) involved in this shot. Just Shake 4.

Login and post a comment if you think you know how it was done, we will reveal the answer in 7 days.

Today we held the 2nd round of auditions, this round was to make a final decision on 4 more roles. Each actor has been given the role they auditioned for. We outlined to them how they should build the characters including accents and movements.

The remaining roles in the film are all minor, we will approch individuals over time and ask them if they are happy to fullfill these roles.

We have had chance to review the video footage from the Reccy trip several weeks ago, this footage was valuable when it came to working out locations. Here is a quick look at some of the places that we will be shooting. Hopefully it won’t spoil how we are going to put some of the scenes together. It probably looks a bit scary, but it’s actually on the tip of the iceberg considering there are 53 locations for this film.

Yep, you got it, the BTS (behind the scenes) videos are up on YouTube. You can view them from the embedded windows on this site, simply scroll through the blog or use the BTS Videos category link.

Obviously, you can also view the BTS Videos directly on YouTube from the Elindils Secret channel.

Weekend Away
We are relaxing for few days at St Andrews Beach on the Mornington Peninsula with some friends from tonight until late Sunday afternoon. The Sunday evening production meeting is still on (8:00pm at David’s house) for thoses who have received invites.