Haida Gwaii - Gid Gaalang Kuuyas Naay Secondary School- Day 11

Today was the final day of production before the screening on Thursday!

As usual everyone worked SUPER HARD to reach the finish line!

We started the day viewing each film as it stood and having the fresh eyes from the other teams help solve problems in the storytelling - people mostly commented on clarity of story...

the rest of the day was fine tuning edits - sometimes rearranging scenes, sometimes even adding new material to propel the story forward!

GREAT WORK!

Patrick cues the documentary for viewing with all the 'fresh eyes'

Even though everyone worked in the same room - each team hadn't seen each other's films - an exciting moment!
Jacey, Hannah and Heather are riveted!

Team Coffee worked on reordering some scenes, adding sounds and dialogue, and really going to town adding Sound Effects! 

Rachel and Niccola in the drama room to record footsteps and dialogue and sighing ...no there was no drumming for the film! ;)

When Mackenzie takes a break, Heather and Rachel jump in to make some changes

Team TSB received their Haida translation from SHIP today and recorded their title! They also recorded and added contextual voice over, some more images and fine tuned credits!

2/3 of the team (Tyra and Tasharra) caught editing!

Haida Gwaii - Gid Gaalang Kuuyas Naay Secondary School- Day 9

Another long - but fun - day of production!

Selecting and adding the scenes that were filmed on Thursday and Friday night!

Mackenzie 'captures' the ghost on 'green screen' 

The magic of editing!

Patrick shows Mackenzie how to 'key out' the green background and make the ghost appear anywhere in the frame

Suddenly the ghost of Hannah is in a different environment

Taking advantage of the good weather, Tyra and Tasharra film some broll

Tyra films a pan of the beach

Tasharra makes the leaves fall for the camera

Heather and Rachel edit together

Jacey fine tunes the 'story' of the TSB documentary about Traditional Haida Legends

Team Triple Slay Braids at work!

Hannah gets her portrait taken - when her ghost character was alive....

 Team Coffee meet again at the Haida Heritage Centre for the last shoot - from 5:30-7pm, they get their final exterior shots....

A little makeup and laughter

This is a triscuit fuelled film!

Michael Jackson's THRILLER is the soundtrack!

The scene where Niccola's character tries to drive away in her car....

There is always time for a dance move on this shoot!

The ghost is chasing Niccola's character

The doors are locked and the keys are inside the building!

The next scene is running through the trail

The ghost hides in the bushes

The camera is nestled among the trees

Patrick puts on his filmmaking shades while Heather focuses 

The ghost

Checking the main character's POV scene 

The final scene as it starts to rain - PERFECT timing!

Haida Gwaii - Tllal - Day 6

Today we check out a bit of the island before our shoot at 5pm.

We head south to Tllal and stop at the Crows Nest for coffee and to say hello to the horses!

I bet this girl doesn't know what the sign says....

We decide to take a walk in Naikoon Park and head toward the Pesuta Shipwreck...

It is a magical walk among the trees and springy path

Fairy villages are all around

A calming antidote to staring at a computer screen!

Mushroom after mushroom begs for our attention

We soon realize we won't make it to the shipwreck today and head back to be on time for the shoot at the Haida Heritage Centre.....

Even though today is a Pro-D day, Team Coffee meets at  Ḵay Llnagaay Heritage Centre 

for their shoot. 

Our crew comes from Charlotte, Skidegate and even Port Clements (an hour away)!

When we arrive, we find Patrick and Heather already hard at work.....

        

Patrick teaches Heather how to fly the drone to get a birds eye view of the ancient village site called 'Sea-Lion Town'

Prep for the shoot: snacks and brown paint on Hannah's hands and arms!

Niccola applies the ghost makeup to Hannah

These are the security cameras that people who work here have seen ghostly apparitions - FOR REAL!

Hannah as ghost and Maria Cecilia as behind the scenes documentarian

A long lens allows for a closeup in a tight location

Niccola's character runs from a ghost to get her car keys....

Rachel directs with confidence and Heather is a camera person extraordinaire!
(Millie captures live sound for doc and horror)

The scene when the ghosts asks for what is hers....

Mentor Patrick slates the scene...it often makes us laugh!

One more time 'for safety'!

The light is perfect for the ghost to appear

The final scene of the night: Heather as Lindsay delivers her line as a pro !