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Recap from last night’s filming at Substantial
Last night we filmed at UXHH, a happy hour for designers, hosted at Substantial’s beautiful office on Capitol Hill. It was a fun, chaotic, shoot, but it was all part of the plan. The hope was that filming during a happy hour of designers would make it easy to find people willing to draw and design things at the whiteboard and I was right. Give in to a little chaos, you get a different kind of energy on film in return.
The fancy Minority Report looking screen is a Bluescape, and we filmed Donte Parks, a friend and one of the founders of Substantial, demoing it on film.
Next shoot Tuesday: Substantial HQ
Things continue to roll along here at WMS HQ. Our next shoot is on Tuesday, filming at Substantial on Capitol Hill. They’ll be hosting a designer happy hour (UXHH), providing us with a beautiful office filled with creative folks. We’re also hoping to get some b-roll footage of bike polo, which is played right outside on Tuesday nights.
Filming Continues
As you might have noticed we’ve already completed shoots at Seattle’s Folklife Festival and Myrtle Edwards & Sculpture Park.
We’re currently working on the logistics of shooting the Fremont bridge along with the Port of Seattle. Sorting out the feasibility of these shoots, permits, and time frames for getting the shots we want.
Contest: Get Your Office In The Film
(If you’re new to this project – here’s the background on the film)
Weeks ago we put out a call for locations and many of you filled our inbox with suggestions. Thanks!
Many of you also said “Film us!” which was sweet and charming. Since you folks made the film possible we’ve come up with a way to make your request possible – at least for one of you.
The WE MAKE SEATTLE location contest
We’re inviting you to take your cellphone camera out and film where you work and the cool people in it. Tell us a brief story of where you work, and share on camera how fun and awesome you are.
Answer the question: Why should your workplace represent creativity in Seattle to the world? Show us.
Extras wanted for tomorrow: Myrtle Edwards Park
Dan and I will be shooting at the Sculpture garden and Myrtle Edwards Park tomorrow (map). At noon/lunchtime we can use a few extras – want to be in the film? Here’s your first chance.
You can bring a lunch and hang out on what should be a gorgeous day – now and then we may ask you to do certain extra like things (like walk on the trail, or sit in certain places). Please feel free to bring your friends or coworkers.
Leave a comment or contact me by email so we can work out details. Cheers.
Scouting report: Myrtle Edwards & Sculpture Park
Last week Dan I met to scout at Myrtle Edwards Park and the SAM Sculpture garden. We spent about an hour walking through, talking about the ideas I had for what to capture and why. There’s a great combination of landscapes and objects that most people won’t even realize were filmed just a few yards from each other.
I’m working on a plan now for when we’re going to shoot here and this will most likely be the next location we film. Offices and interior places will come later as I’m trying to prioritize outdoor shoots first while the weather is co-operating with us. More details soon – we may have need of some extras for this one.
Notes & Photos from shooting at Folklife
We had our first day of shooting at Seattle’s Folklife Festival. I’m glad we choose to film here as it was, as suspected, filled with interesting Seattle-ites doing interesting and creative things. Despite the weather forecast we had surprisingly good weather. Tony Bocci joined us as AD for the shoot.
I’m working on planning our next shoots. If you want to help, take a look at our locations list and leave suggestions or ideas.
Wanted: Filming Locations
As we’re moving into production, it’s time to nail down primary filming locations. The audio track we’ve spent weeks putting together is the spine for the film, and will lead the way on deciding what locations to shoot in.
Here’s my list of 5 primary locations with notes.
How Folklife Festival Is Made (Location for WMS)
We’re hard at work scouting locations for We Make Seattle. One possible location for some filming is the Northwest Folklife Festival, which takes place later this month at the Seattle Center (May 23-26).
I reached out to the organizers to talk about the project and soon discovered they had their own story of helping make Seattle a great place for creative people. I met with Michael Chandler (Festival Production Director) and Kelli Faryar (Programs Manager) at Cherry Street coffee on Denny and 5th yesterday.
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Best Secret Parks In Seattle
In my interviews it was surprising how often Seattle’s quiet places, the parks, the seascapes and the waterfronts, came up as sources for inspiration. One of the magical things about Seattle is that for a city of its size it has an astounding number of public parks.
