January 31st, 2011
 
On the film, the crew works an offset work week.  So they work through Saturday and Sunday and finally get their weekend on Wednesday, Thursdays.  The reason they do this, I think, is for discounts on equipment rentals because most rental houses charge for only one day over the two day weekend.
 
Another trend this production seems to follow is late call times the closer it gets to Wednesday.  I think this is because after multiple 14 hour days the production wants to give the crew some sleep-in time.  The only catch is that the later the call time the later the wrap.  For today, the call time was 10 am so I didn’t leave the set until 11 pm.
 
As I drove home I decided to head to my buddy Dean’s house.  I had left a shot rendering over night from yesterdays project and I had to retrieve it in order to post the results.  As I was transferring the files Dean asked what my creative project was going to be for tonight.  I said, “I have no idea”
 
He pointed to a bin beside his counter and said “I have a bunch of corks.”  And suddenly, I flashed to a picture in a magazine at my work.  The picture in the magazine was similar to the photos above.  A bunch of wine corks on a table lit from the side with a hard light which created the image of a face in the shadows.  It’s same concept that I did on Day 257 within Cinema 4D.
 
It was convenient that Dean had all the supplies, including the perfect tabletop light for projecting the shadow.  We began organizing the corks until a face appeared.  I made a comment that it looked like Abe Lincoln.  I went for my camera thinking after I captured the shot we’d start fresh and make another face.
 
Dean thought it would be cool if we did a little stop motion and made him recite the Gettysburg address.  I laughed it off but then figured, why not?  Dean found a cool track of Johnny Cash reciting it, so we downloaded it.  I altered the shadow a little bit to get a few variations on an open and closed mouth.
 
Of course I drove home and went straight to bed.  It wasn’t until a few days later that I finally cut it to the Gettysburg address.
 
Anyways, I hope you enjoy this completely random creative thing!