The filming part of Blood Brothers is finished now. I have never felt this way about anything, I guess as it's the first time I've seen through a film project start to finish. As I have previously said, the hours were hectic. It did get to a point where the office would let me do more than 10 hour days, and at the worst of it, I did three back to back days of 12+ (or up to 14) hour days... I saw some amazing sights, mostly sunrises in beautiful locations, and even a few sunsets! We filmed inside Darlinghurst Law Courts on two consecutive Saturdays, which was very cool to be able to do - the best way to spend a lot of time inside a court (no relations being charged, no real criminals at hand). The cast always did such a fantastic job, rarely dropping lines, and always being absolutely perfect at everything! I can't imagine the strain it puts on your body to become a character, as (of course) our actors were playing both the 'goodies' and the 'badies'... Despite the slightly frightening times in the law courts (our story is after all based on a true story), we also had fun times, filming happy family times, and gorgeous outdoor parks and gardens. I've heard many versions of events, but Blood Brothers could be apearing on television within 2-6 months, depending on editing, marketing, and a few real life factors. We shall see what happens.
On Friday night just passed, we had our 'wrap party' - a celebration of the movie, with cast, crew, producers, and a few real life people our characters were based on. As with all fantastic parties, there was free flowing champagne, beer and wines; and we got kicked out of our venue at midnight. But, it was a great chance to network, and see all my work colleagues in a non work environment. I even had a chat with one of the producers, I think it was the first time I had ever been acknowledged by him, and he probably didn't know what part I had played in the process. But that's fine, I'm not in it for the recognition, and realistically, I played quite a small part. Not that washing and ironing isn't important, but it is comparatively tiny.
Next, I have several projects about to begin.
Soon, I will be starting 2 weeks as a casual employee at Opera Australia. I'm looking forward to getting back into sewing, heavily. It's been a while now since I've spent hours on end in front of a sewing machine, and I'm looking forward to it, even if I end up with a sore neck (which is always the most likely injury for me).
Though, it's not that I've done no sewing lately - I was recently comissioned to make a Daft Punk costume for a friend's birthday party. With little more than this picture to go from, I agreed to make the birthday boy something to wear to his party.
For better or worse, I agreed to make this costume a little over a month before the party, and then got caught up on set. However, it all came together quite well, I think. I took a large amount of measurements, and ended up drafting my own patterns. While eventually worn as one piece, the belt is hiding a waist seam, so at first fitting, the trousers and top were worn seperately, and the entire garment was to be fastened by a long CB zip. With the due amount of discretion involved, we were after quite a tight fit, and the cotton lycra used worked well to that effect. Also, in case you haven't realised, these costumes are animated, not physical clothes, so there was room for artistic interpretation. Joe, the customer, also had a few extra requests - to make sure that when he painted himself with blue body paint, it wouldn't effect the costume. The costume also had to be able to survive a dance floor and one hectic night of partying, as well as future wear. We ended up doing 2 fittings over 8 days, and for the first time ever, Joe's trousers needed taking up, twice. Not that I'd taken the measurements wrong, but more than the fabrics was streatching and dropping dramatically. In the future, the only thing I'd do differently would be to some how end up with a non stretchy collar - even with a double layer of white cotton lycra, it did manage to stay up quite well, and for ability to breath, it worked quite fantastically - it just didn't have the clean crisp quality I was hoping for.
The only other sewing project I have in mind is to make myself a winter coat. I have purchased a pattern, with the idea of changing the collar, and the fabric came home from England with me, so now I just need the time to do it. I've got the urge to get back into sewing, as it has certainly been a while, but now I just need to have a little more time in order to get the ball rolling.
As I'm working on a week of post-production cleaning, ironing, and general sorting, I should get to sleep now to be able to function properly tomorrow. Thursday ends my committments to Blood Brothers, and there are now not many people left in the building. All I need to sort through is approximately 400 pieces of clothing by Friday and return it all to the right places, and everything will be fine. :-)
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