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I am Bodega:
drawing by Anthony Satter

Here some behind the scenes shots:

Michael King plays Dice


Production Stills

 




Most Wanted from Michael Moriatis on Vimeo.



Most Wanted - Behind the Scenes Vol. 1 from ONYX Entertainment on Vimeo.




Letter by the Director Dallas King:







It has been almost a week since the first words of 'ACTION" for Most Wanted.

I just wanted to take the time to personally thank you for your energy, sacrifice, and creative support towards the project Most Wanted. It was certainly a journey for all of us, and in the end "WE" made it. A film is not made by one person..... but by a tribe, a collective, a village must come to together to make a vision into reality. Thank you for coming on this journey. When someone asks, "so what did you do last week....?" Here are some items to take in perspective when you tell them.

PRE-PRODUCTION:
-Most Wanted was first put to paper last year August 2010.
-39 Revisions to the script
-Pre-production started November 2010
-Over 80 storyboard drawings
-Production lasted 6 days. (with 5 of those being actual shooting days.)

EXECUTIVE PRODUCTION TEAM: (AD's / PA's)
-Managed Total Cast and Crew that touched Most Wanted: 132 people (not including post-production)
-Moved Set Production (3) times.
-(3) days of equipment rental and returns
-1/2 ton of Crafty.
-Fed 365 people over 6 days.

PRODUCTION TEAM: (G&E / DP)
-lit for 10 different scenes
-1/2 day pre-lighting the Electro Rave
-Broken lights - (none)
-Injuries (none)
-1/2 day Pre-light of Teleport Chamber

CAMERA / SOUND TEAM:
-Had to manage (2) RED Cameras, gear, and accessories worth over $50,000.
-Shot and Downloaded nearly 2 Terabytes (2,000 Gigabytes) of footage.
-Average new camera set-ups per day (18)
-Over 1GB of sound recorded.

ART DEPARTMENT:
-10 days to build and produce set pieces.
-built 1 large Teleport Chamber
-Set dressed (9) other sets for different scenes, in (4) different locations
-Average hours on set build each day (14)

WARDROBE DEPARTMENT:
-Designed, Styled, and Fabricated for over 65+ actors (principals + extras)
-Fabricated (2) Teleport Jump Suits from scratch. That reall light-up!!!
-Spent 10 hours fabricating 6 robes on Thursday.
-Fabricated the most amazing Wedding Dress for Bodega.

SFX DEPARTMENT:
-4 weeks prep time
-Fabricated (2) prosthetic glowing digital handcuffs and digital ear pieces.
-Fabricated 2 working pigeons w/ movable eyes.
-(6) pairs of glow in the dark contacts.
-Assisted in Airbrush duties for Performers

MAKE-UP / HAIR DEPARTMENT:
- (5) MUAS / (4) Airbrush artists.
- Styled for (21) different actors
- Airbrushed (45+) dancers / performers
- Average time for 3 principal actors to receive make-up (2 hours)

STUNT TEAM:
-1/2 day to pre-rigg and rehearse the stunt scenes
-No injuries / accident-free record
-Pulled upward rigg over (24) times with stunt person attached. (Rehearsal / Stunt)

CAST:
-21 actors
-10 Extras
-45+ Performers / Dancers
-3 weeks prep for principal actors
-6 cigars smoked
-14 page script to digest.

Most Wanted is only 50% complete. Now it must go through the "Post-Production" journey of Editing / Coloring / Visual FX / Sound Design / Score / Foley / and a lot of other adjustments.
Ideal completion and will release will be for Fall 2011.

Much luv and Solidarity for all your support.

--
Dallas King
ONYX Entertainment
http://www.onyxenter.com/
www.mostwantedfilm.com

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