1 week down, 5 to go

Finished first week of shooting on de film. Tuesday we were all decked out in sunglasses filming in St. Michael's in Mahon. Mucho grazias to Eddie in the cemetary who was so good to us. Being a Cork woman, I am very proud of how everyone locally is so supportive of the film.

I used underhanded techniques to try and win a bet. We were at a loss as to the offical name of the holy water bucket and sprinkling device used at the funeral scene in Mahon. The answer is "stoop". What a bad Catholic I am! I cunningly used my inside connection to Eddie to get the information. See what a ruthless person I am!

Wednesday morning was a bit of a shock weather-wise. Knew the bad weather was coming but I refused to acknowledge it because of previous day's good weather. Bad mistake! Got drenched at 6:30am and had soggy bottom syndrome for next 14 hours! The glitzy life of filmmaking, eh!

Spent 3 days in Passage West. Local residents amazing. Bodes well for rest of shoot.


*tried to post this at weekend but internet acting funny

Male Film Extras Required

Apologies to the women but it is the guys who are needed on this film. Shooting will occur between September 18th and October 27th 2006.

If you are interested, please come to Mahon Community Hall, Mahon, Blackrock
4pm - 7pm on Monday 11th September.

All aged over 18 welcome.

Please bring a note with your measurements, height, sizes etc.

Tags: Casting, Extras, Filming in Cork, Film Production, Strength & Honour

Animators and Visual Effects types

My good buddy Conor & I have been exchanging "up to our eyes but loving it" e-mails of late. We are getting very close to principal photography on Strength & Honour here in Cork while Conor is slogging away on the latest Harry Potter in London. Conor works at Framestore which is the largest visual effects and computer animation studio in Europe. They are responsible for the cool bits in Superman Returns, X-Men 3, Harry Potter & the Goblet of Fire and most impressively (for me, anyway) the squirrels in Charlie & the Chocolate Factory.

If this sort of thing is your cup of tea, you will be pleased to hear that Conor reliably informs me that Framestore are hiring 180 new staff over the next two months. Click on the above image for more information or visit Framestore's website here.

Tags: Framestore, Strength & Honour, Recruiting, Visual Effects, Animation