For the past few weeks I’ve been working on a film by Underground filmmaker Jon Moritsugu as the Art Director. The story, whose working title has been “Pig Death Machine”, is about magical pork which grants one person super-intelligence and another the ability to talk to plants; hilarious escapades ensue.
Here are some stills from production which show a bit of what I was up to, but even these don’t quite give a feeling of the piece I was working on or the final settings of each location. But oh well, I hope you enjoy:
Choosing what sort of orchids, which the script called for, should be in the scene.
Decorating a table with false cocaine (which I made the night before), guns, bullets, and playing cards (also aging/burning the playing cards)
Printing off labels (designed by me) and working with the DP to put the labels on boxes seen by the camera.
Firstly, I made the false raw pork in the picture out of Seitan (a vegetarian meat substitute), then I also decorated the plant room with the production designer.
i like the raw pork
Vvinni, this must be the best of jobs. You get to make fake cocaine and fake meat? Excellent.
This fake meat is definitely a step up from the tinfoil steak we made many moons ago in “Food For Thought,” but I’m sure your experience working on our steak project has helped you to make the fake meat for “Pig Death Machine.”
And, finally, “Pig Death Machine” is really a wonderful title.
This is really really awesome. Cannot wait to see the finished product. And let’s be frank, with a premise like magical pork, there’s no way you can possibly screw up.