Got up early for an online meeting with my boss in LA and the VFX supervisor here in Hyderabad. It went really well, both in regards to the info we went through and in regards to the program we used, GoToMeeting.com. It’s really cool and well worth the money.
I didn’t do any packing as I [...]
Got up early for a conference call with LA but no designs were ready. Since I was awake I just stayed up. Watched some CNN for awhile. Had a coffee.
I got to set late as I didn’t have a car to take me. It was fine as my crew ate breakfast and we had plenty [...]
Ten more makeup and hair guys started with us today. I had a talk with all of them before we moved everything out to the stage.
Once there I got my Dremel out to start cutting the eyes of the vacuform masks larger. I asked the guys to plug it into the transformer. An electrician was [...]
Found out the coffee guy comes by at 5:30am, regardless of whether you’re planning on getting up or not! He rang three times, then knocked. I just ignored him as I wasn’t planning on getting up for another 45 minutes.
Today went smoother. We didn’t actually use the masks as much as yesterday but my crew [...]
Interesting thing about this hotel….the power went out last night a couple times here too.
Got up around 5am to get ready to go to set. About 5:15 my doorbell rang (nice touch for a hotel room). It was a guy going around with two containers, offer me tea or coffee. I chose coffee and I [...]
I left the hotel at 7am. Flew to Hyd (about 1½ hours). We drove to the airport and flew to Hyderabad, which was about 1½ hour flight. From there we had a 1½ hour drive to Ramoji (Film City). It’s huge! They shoot tons here but it’s also a vacation resort and they give tours, [...]
Got into Chennai late at night. I was met at the airport and driven to the Green Park Hotel. I settled in and went to bed but it took me awhile to fall asleep.
Next day I woke easily. Got to the production office.It was really great seeing Banu and Srini again. I checked out the [...]
Got into Changi Airport and headed straight for the business lounge. They have full bathroom facilities there so I took a nice long shower. Had to wash off 17½ hours of flying.
After that I went out to figure out how to go see the city. I found that there are free tours of Singapore for [...]
12 noon, PST / 4am Singapore
I’m about 1½ hours out from Singapore. It’s been a long but a really good flight. My seat folds out totally flat for sleeping which was really great. Throughout the flight I watched a show that was on my iPhone, a movie (Quantum of Solace), an Australian TV show and [...]
Well, I’m off on the longest flight I’ve ever done…..18+ hours, Los Angeles to Singapore. I’m flying Singapore Air, business class and I have to say, it’s the nicest way I’ve ever flown! The business class is huge, not just 20 or so seats. The seats themselves are huge too, about three feet wide. They’re [...]
