This was our first big fx sequence for the film and it went really well. Yes, there were a few hiccups bit nothing major. Shankar, Srini and the others were very happy with it. The art director, Sabu, saw video playback of some of it and couldn’t figure out how we did it!
I didn’t write [...]
Today was just totally laid back. We had it off and I just hung out in my room until about 1:15pm. I watched some movies, Skyped with my family and then ate lunch. I spoke with Anthony, Dave M and Kan and they were feeling lazy too.
After lunch Kan and I headed into town. We [...]
Today was interesting. We ended up making two new effects the director wanted and shot one of them. Figures that our first shot is one we never built, knew about or even existed 4 hours before!
The production had to get us a new refrigerator ’cause the first one ended up being like an oven! The [...]
I actually got to paint today. I just had to add some red to the heads to get the colour to match the makeup. We then started putting the wigs on and doing the hair work.
The top production people came by today to check everything out. Shankar seemed really happy with it all.
Had a scheduling [...]
The van showed up at 8:15am, even though we weren’t scheduled to leave until 8:30am.
We got to the studio and unpacked the crates. Some things had jostled loose but no major damage. We got set up as best we could, but it took a while for some tables to be made for us. Then it [...]
Today didn’t start out so well. The production van was supposed to be at the hotel at 9am. At 9:15 I called Parthi and he said it was running late and would be here at 9:30. At 10 I called again. He said the driver went to the wrong hotel. At 10:24, when I called [...]
I hit the pool this morning. Three of the guys were already up there. Did breakfast and planned our day.
We headed out again but didn’t do or see as much. We went to the Government Museum complex. There were some really nice ancient stone and bronze sculptures and a few nice paintings.
We went to another [...]
We went to breakfast and planned to head out today. Dave arranged a car for us.
We went off to see the Kapaleeswarar Temple in Mylapore. It was wild! Lots of amazing sculptural detail all over it. We paid a guide to show us around. It was a special day at the temple and there were [...]
June 17-19
We all met at LAX and hung out in the business lounge until flight time. Dave and Carla weren’t with us though as they were flying economy. I saw them when when I checked in and that was the last time I saw them until Chennai, India.
The flight to Narita Airport in Japan was [...]
