Back in Action

This past weekend the actors of Argos reunited on the set with the Quandary team for some final pickup shots for the film.

We threw them into their old costumes and straight into the action, nabbing not only the much needed footage, but also some pretty pictures! These pictures, taken on a fancy high powered camera, will supply us with all the publicity photos for posters, DVD's, web promotion, lobby cards, and whatever else we decide to slap their faces on.

As absolutely fantastically fabulous as our actors look in these pictures... I can't post them here yet. Don't worry, they'll be released as the movie gets closer to completion, it'll be worth the wait (hooray for hype!) So instead I'll post the next best thing... behind the scenes pictures of the crew on the shoot!

Enjoy!

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"you're in space... aaaaand action!"

"twin lights! oh and people too"

"you're on a mountain... no, a canyon!.. no, the moon!...this'll be epic, trust us."

"Basil is doin' fine!"

"Space man Joe"

"shenanigans!"

"I loves my gun"

"Ben! ...and close pins..."

Quandary out!

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You may have noticed the silly intro on the Heart of the Argos website. We also made a separate one for a promo DVD for the Saturn Awards.

The intros were actually filmed in my room, because for some reason I decided to go with a white motif (complemented by blank accents) so it's a little like living in my own personal cyclorama. The only problem is, my room is just large enough for me to inhabit, and is not exactly set up for filming.

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Just another excuse for us to put on our bubble wrap jump suits.

Oh, the foolishness.

Building From Scratch

We've been hinting at the Argos model for awhile now, and so I figured I'd take this opportunity to hint a little more (maybe even show you some pictures!). Over the past few weekends Spenser, Dylan and I have been working diligently, trying to translate our paper version of the space ship into the real thing.

To cut down on costs we bought a few large sheets of super thin plywood, and have begun cutting out the pieces that will be the base for the ship. It's a bit like one of those kits I used to play with as a kid, you know the ones with the little popsicle sticks that you glue together to make a dinosaur?

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Like the full scale set the Argos model will feature many practical lights. Also like the set, these lights will need to turn on and off as well as flicker, meaning it will need to be controlled via an external lighting box. However, some of the shots will demand that the model be mobile, so we're also including an option for it to run on internal batteries. This means, lots of complicated wiring for Dylan.

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Right now, it just looks like a strange wooden kite with about a half a pound of wiring and hot glue stuck to it, but in the coming weeks it'll begin to take form. Stay tuned.

Also, click here for more on the crazy stuff we're building for Argos.

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