Finally final flog?

Wow, I can’t believe it’s actually been an entire semester. It feels like it’s been forever with this class, but in a good way! Anyways…

The process of making this film was entirely different than what everyone else had to deal with. I mean come on, we worked with eggs. Oh, and limes. When Eric first mentioned this, I was totally on board…then it hit me. We have to take a lotttt of pictures and we have to make the timing work and we have to be very careful with the set and we have to use our voices perfectly because our faces aren’t making the actions. It was nerve wracking and I was almost against it. Then I realize how awesome it would be to work with eggs while everyone else used people, I mean come on A+ in originality!

I’d have to say my least favorite part of this process hard boiling the eggs. Every time we needed to try to work with the set and test something out, we’d have to wait a good 20 minutes for them to be ready, talk about dramatic! One thing I did learn about hardboiled eggs is that they are not impossible to break, in fact, when you break them it’s gross. Very Very gross.

The hardest part of this was the voice overs. Eric, Ashley, and I literally could not stop laughing at certain points. Let’s just say that Eric’s strong point is NOT voice overs. The timing needed to be perfect for all the interruptions and animation. A week before it was due though, we changed our minds and decided to use our mouths as animation rather than cartoons. Rerecording here we come! This time it didn’t take nearly as long, but it still wasn’t Eric’s forte. He does make a pretty school spider though, I’ll give him props.

My job in this production was production designer. This was literally ridiculously fun. I built the doors out of popsicle sticks, and the window too. I also painted the entire set (an egg carton) entirely black for dramatic effect. The idea of the egg carton being the set was perfect because the eggs obviously fit in perfectly. The limes did too therefore there was nothing else that would work better. The colors I chose were all really bold to get the point of the scariness and the seriousness of the entire play.

All in all, I absolutely loved working on this play. Especially with my group! It was a lot of fun to put it together and I actually enjoyed working with the eggs. The idea was not nearly as difficult I thought and if I could I’d do it again. Thanks for a great year, ITS BEEN REAL.