Circle of Influence

Working on the newer Werewolves for REDD. It should be noted there are a number of obstacles in my way right now. When you’re making a movie (or making anything for that matter) it can be very easy to look at your circle of concern rather than your circle of influence.

The Circle of Concern is everything you can’t control. Aka The Circle of Worry. For me right now that would be the Weather and cast and crew scheduling.  For the most part it’s either out of my hands or it’s something that I have to wait on to clear up.

My Circle of Influence is everything that I CAN control. What happens when the whether clears up and schedules get straightened out? Are we ready to go with everything? Is there anything I can be working on right now?

It can be very easy to get knocked down and then stay down as you bitch about what you can’t do. Concentrating on your Circle of Influence means working on what you can do.

So right now, that means preparing each costume, prop, and planning each FX shot.  Right now it’s all about the Werewolves.

We’ll be showcasing a couple different kinds of Werewolves, but it’s the Giant Werewolf beasts that get much of the action. The one I’m working on now is based on the same design as the Werewolves from the original short we made last year.

With minor differences like the shape of the Wolf’s head and this time I’m making the eyes glow green as opposed to red. Also I’m aiming to make the head much lighter as the original one could easily wear someone’s neck out. Here I’ve used less cardboard and duct tape and used light water foam for parts of the head, making it much lighter.

Next up I give it a paint job, get to work on the torso, and then I start the build on  a giant robot.

Hopefully in the next few weeks we’ll have all our locations secured, schedules cleared up, and maybe, just maybe the heat will let up a little.