We have one of our two locations, an apartment, on lock. Whoopee! Now all that's left is finding the hospital, and since apparently it's near impossible for a film student to find a hospital around here that's willing to let us run amuck with video cameras, we've had to get extra resourceful. My teammate Dan and I spent a good chunk of today sneaking around clinics trying to see what places could reasonably pass as a hospital hallway.
Er... I mean--
WE RECEIVED PERMISSION FROM AUTHORIZED OFFICIALS TO EXPLORE SEVERAL MEDICAL FACILITIES FOR THE SCHOLARLY PURPOSES OF ADVANCING OUR EDUCATION.
There may be a fairly promising gynecology clinic in our midst... though what I really would love to shoot in is this medical facility we sort of stumbled into. It's hella old, and kinda creepy looking... the perfect place for our story to resolve, since it is somewhat of a creepy story.
And on Friday I visited a Czech elementary school to see about finding a child to act in our movie. My acting professor over here teaches English to these children at a nearby school, so I tagged along to help out in class and see if any of them might have that special Hollywood glow. Well, I have this to say: THEY'RE... SO... CUTE! Hyper-active, but so cute. We sang Raffi. Raffi. You know what I'm talking about.
I also read them "The Little Old Lady Who Wasn't Afraid of Anything," and we played a game where you had to guess whose feet belonged to who. It was great. I want to post pictures of them, but I'm afraid that might be creepy.
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Sorry, had to. LOOK AT THOSE FACES.
Anyway, that was my Friday. Oh! Also my Friday: going to an underground bar/club called "Bunker." It was literally underground, because it was literally a bunker. Well, it used to be, anyway... before they turned it into a local hotspot. It was really cool, I wish I had brought my camera.
And then there's Saturday-- photos abound! Some other people from my program and I spent the whole day in HAFAN Studio, making our very own animation! This place is crazy. It's just floor-to-ceiling with (somewhat creepy) dolls and toys and posters. Kind of like my room back home.
Anyway, this has got to be one of the coolest things CIEE has lined up for us. It was a lot of work; stop-animation is an incredibly time-consuming process. Just to give you an idea, we were there for 7 hours and produced a 15-second animation... and we were pretty efficient sons of biscuits! Can you imagine how much time goes into a feature-length animation? Such as Jedné Noci Jednom Město, the award-winning stop-motion animation that was produced at HAFAN Studio? I MUST see it, it looks incredible.
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| Isn't that adorable? |
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| Interchangeable heads, anyone? |
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| On the set. |
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| A part of the studio being used to create a children's television show. |
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| I animated this guy in our film. We're... like... besties. |
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| The gang's all here! |
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| These are everywhere. |
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| OOGA BOOGA BOOGA |
Want to see the final product?!? You do. You totes do. It's only 30 seconds with credits, which is about the maximum you can do in the time we were given. You see that dude bobbing his head by the doorway? I animated him. I also drew the miniature Biggie Smalls concert poster... not sure which is a bigger point of pride for me. Ultimately, however, the entire animation was a big collaboration, and I was fortunate enough to work with an awesome group of friends.
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