Welcome to "The Shadow of the Bear" movie blog!

We are an independant young adult-run production based in the U.S. Midwest. The film has been in pre-production since summer 2008, and wrapped up filming on August 26th, 2010.

We premiered the project on June 23rd, 2011 at the St. Anthony Main Theater in Minneapolis, MN to a delighted audience of over 100 viewers.

For details about the future of the project, click here.



Sunday, December 28, 2008

Set Report from Day 1



First of all, as I think you can see here, we took some promo pictures, one of which I edited up for you all to see. Hannah isn't wearing her wig yet, but you can see Jed with his hair and costume as they should be, as well as the almost finished white dress. (I don't know if you can spot the key/heart necklace or not).

This first day was a preliminary filming day, sort of a trial run if you will. I was able to see how well everyone worked together, as well as some things that I can do differently to make things run quicker and smoother.

Overall it was a great day. The cast (just Hannah and Jed for this round) and crew gelled pretty well. We had lots of jokes flying around, and yet people were also very focused. There's a good professional attitude amongst us.

We had a good sized crew. Camera A was operated by our cinematographer, and Camera B was operated by our lighting designer. We also had two other guys to hold the mic (on a boom pole) and various lights. Plus we had Janny (Froggy on the forum) as our continuity director and my PA.

We shot about a page - page and half of the script from the scene when Bear asks Blanche to prom. None of it will end up in the finished film, but we're going to edit it together anyhow and probably post it here for you all to see.

We praise God for bringing everything together the way he has, and ask for continued prayers of good weather and good health for the rest of the week.

13 comments:

Ella said...

Aw, I love what you did with the picture, Elspeth. :)

MJ said...

GAAAHHH that looks amazing. Hannah is soooo sweeet. I can't wait to hear more about this project.

Alyosha said...

Huzzah! So exciting...I love the picture. Praying!

Ms. Adelaide said...

yay! bear looks like bear!!!!

Anonymous said...

AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!! *squeels with delight!* Oh my gosh! That pic looks AWESOME! And yes, Jed looks TOTALLY like Bear! Yeah! *happy dance* I'm so excited for Friday! :)

Rose Marchen said...

Wow! Hannah is soooo pretty! And Jed is so Bear!!!!! Cool! Awesome! I love it!
I am so glad everything went well!!!!

*claps hands* Ooh yay!!!! Put it up! Put it up please!!!!

*shrieks and faints with excitement*

Rose Marchen said...

Ps. Who is making the white dress?

Elenatintil said...

Hannah is making the white dress. She's a very talented seamstress.

The Real Katie said...

Bear is BEAR!!

I just had to throw this in: Bear kinda looks like Jack Sparrow. :p

miss whimsy said...

This is like the most awesomest news I've heard!!!! Pleeeeeeease post the video! You are all in my prayers!!

The Other Katie said...

Wooo! I can't wait! I just read Shadow of the Bear and I'm soooo excited for this movie! They look fantastic!

Anonymous said...

I was just reading the above comments and I guess my mind is one with theirs. Just had to add that Hannah looks like an angel! So radiant!

ugagal said...

awsome keep up the great work!!!!!!!