I’m sitting in the SJSU University Theater on day 30 – our last day of production on Super Hero Party Clown. around 1AM this morning we wrapped Mr. Randy Blair, our hero, and his sidekick Zack Sutherland for the last time and sent them on their way.
Randy in Action
Zack is Hilarious
It’s a bittersweet feeling. These two actors are literally the heart of the film. Randy was on set all day every day for 29 days straight and now he quietly returns to New York. Zack wasn’t around quite as much but when he was he often had to wait several hours between shots. I’m blessed that these two talented actors would devote so much of their time and energy to conveying on screen a friendship that is literally the crutch of the film.
Today it’s a few lingering green screen shots on stage at the university where a handful of us started almost 8 weeks ago shooting test footage. After this is probably up to 9 months of post-production (over which time I will post continual updates), festivals and promotions, and the slow realization that production is over and I’ll have to return to my nine to five retail job while I look for my next big opportunity.
By all qualified accounts I’ve done a good job with this film but I can’t help but feel the encroaching pressure of producing the best-possible final product. It’s important to me to validate the immense effort and commitment of time and emotion and personal hardship of the people involved – a group of competent pseudo-professionals without whom this project could never have come to fruition. Thanks are in order for sure but I’ll save them for a more personal delivery.
For now, to the cast and crew: thank you. You’ve afforded me an incredible opportunity and provided me and this project with a quality of work that sets us above the bar for what would otherwise be a common student film. I owe you guys everything and in return you have my commitment of a final product to be proud of and an everlasting gratitude.
Cheers,
JI
