Victoria
09-07-2009, 08:23 PM
I everyone, l have been chatting with Megan Blake and ask if she would be able to write something about her experiences on Eyeborgs and working with Adrian. As wonderful as Megan is she kindly agreed and the outcome is below. Enjoy
Working with Adrian: I had the pleasure of working with Adrian Paul on Eyeborgs as the leading lady in the film. He was the action hero of course, and the shoot and working with Adrian was a thrilling adventure just as is the film itself. Adrian is a truly focused professional on the set. All the stunts are perfectly crafted and we worked on the scenes and script each night before shooting the next day. So, if we had a day shoot that ended around 7 PM, we would break for dinner and reconvene with Director, Richard Clabaugh, for a read through of the next day's scenes. We would sit around a large conference table that was in Adrian's suite at the hotel and read and tweak the script until it was honed perfectly. The entire cast and crew were wonderful to work with. Adrian is very creative and focused, which is a wonderful combination. And it is true - he does Tai Chi every day to focus and exercise.
Lifestyle of the shoot: Sometimes we shot at night and some times in the day. We stayed at the Marriott in Winston Salem, North Carolina, USA which is a lovely hotel. I swim every day and the hotel has a pool! So it was wonderful. After the shoots, I would swim, eat, rehearse and go to bed to get up and repeat the schedule the next day. I especially loved the night shoots, which might start at 7 PM and end at sunrise the next day. My bio rhythms go well with night shoots, and after a night shoot I would swim as the sun rose, go eat breakfast and then go to bed during the day until call time. As an actor you have to be very flexible and accommodating to unusual lifestyles. Actually you have to love it and thrive on it to be successful. To me it is a great adventure!!!
My favorite scene: There is no doubt what my favorite scene to shoot was. It was the big climactic war with the Eyeborgs. Real guns were used that shot something that was safe of course, but left powder and debris everyplace. It felt and sounded like a real battle. I was trained by a police officer and by the stunt team to handle and shoot guns safely. Amazing fun!! We shot this scene over a period of several days. I ruined several suits in my wardrobe from all the dust and debris created by the battle. The costumer had to search to find a matching clean suit for scenes that were to take place earlier in the script. We don't shoot in sequence so you don't really realize all it takes to make a movie work! I also did my own stunt. There was one place that a stunt double filled in for me, but Director Richard Clabaugh gave me the opportunity to perform it, and that shot made it into the movie. Fun! Also, I mentioned the debris and dust created by the war storm - My hair was coated and actually seemed to change color from the mess. So the mess on our faces and clothes was not just makeup. It was real!
Photos and videos from behind the scenes: I have an album of Eyeborgs photos up on my Face Book fan page for pets. Pets? Yes, I am a Pet Lifestyle Specialist and Host and am a Pet Expert on Animal Attractions TV, the number one pet series on PBS. I am also a Columnist for Dog's Life Magazine ( which won 4 Honorary Mentions at the Genesis Awards presented by the Humane Society of the US) and I write articles for various publications and make live appearances for pets on the news and at events and have rescued and trained all my life. So, pets really are my life's passion. So on Face Book I have a fan page devoted to pets and with Eyeborgs in there too. I am learning to edit my own videos and just posted my first one for pets and so now can up load the Eyeborgs videos from its World Premier in London and its winning at the Action on Film Festival. Now that I have done one video, the rest will be coming really soon!!! We hope everyone visits us on the page. To find it on Face Book search in the Face Book search box Megan Blake and when we all come up, click the Pages tab and we are the only Megan Blake with a fan page. I say we, for Angel, Smiley, Tout Suite The Travel Kitty, Starfire, and MiniHaHa, and of course the Eyeborgs team.
Some links to check out.
Megan’s Animal TV show
www.animalattractionstv.com
Official website
http://www.meganblake.com/
And if you’re on Facebook.
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Megan-Blake/113719007856?ref=search
Working with Adrian: I had the pleasure of working with Adrian Paul on Eyeborgs as the leading lady in the film. He was the action hero of course, and the shoot and working with Adrian was a thrilling adventure just as is the film itself. Adrian is a truly focused professional on the set. All the stunts are perfectly crafted and we worked on the scenes and script each night before shooting the next day. So, if we had a day shoot that ended around 7 PM, we would break for dinner and reconvene with Director, Richard Clabaugh, for a read through of the next day's scenes. We would sit around a large conference table that was in Adrian's suite at the hotel and read and tweak the script until it was honed perfectly. The entire cast and crew were wonderful to work with. Adrian is very creative and focused, which is a wonderful combination. And it is true - he does Tai Chi every day to focus and exercise.
Lifestyle of the shoot: Sometimes we shot at night and some times in the day. We stayed at the Marriott in Winston Salem, North Carolina, USA which is a lovely hotel. I swim every day and the hotel has a pool! So it was wonderful. After the shoots, I would swim, eat, rehearse and go to bed to get up and repeat the schedule the next day. I especially loved the night shoots, which might start at 7 PM and end at sunrise the next day. My bio rhythms go well with night shoots, and after a night shoot I would swim as the sun rose, go eat breakfast and then go to bed during the day until call time. As an actor you have to be very flexible and accommodating to unusual lifestyles. Actually you have to love it and thrive on it to be successful. To me it is a great adventure!!!
My favorite scene: There is no doubt what my favorite scene to shoot was. It was the big climactic war with the Eyeborgs. Real guns were used that shot something that was safe of course, but left powder and debris everyplace. It felt and sounded like a real battle. I was trained by a police officer and by the stunt team to handle and shoot guns safely. Amazing fun!! We shot this scene over a period of several days. I ruined several suits in my wardrobe from all the dust and debris created by the battle. The costumer had to search to find a matching clean suit for scenes that were to take place earlier in the script. We don't shoot in sequence so you don't really realize all it takes to make a movie work! I also did my own stunt. There was one place that a stunt double filled in for me, but Director Richard Clabaugh gave me the opportunity to perform it, and that shot made it into the movie. Fun! Also, I mentioned the debris and dust created by the war storm - My hair was coated and actually seemed to change color from the mess. So the mess on our faces and clothes was not just makeup. It was real!
Photos and videos from behind the scenes: I have an album of Eyeborgs photos up on my Face Book fan page for pets. Pets? Yes, I am a Pet Lifestyle Specialist and Host and am a Pet Expert on Animal Attractions TV, the number one pet series on PBS. I am also a Columnist for Dog's Life Magazine ( which won 4 Honorary Mentions at the Genesis Awards presented by the Humane Society of the US) and I write articles for various publications and make live appearances for pets on the news and at events and have rescued and trained all my life. So, pets really are my life's passion. So on Face Book I have a fan page devoted to pets and with Eyeborgs in there too. I am learning to edit my own videos and just posted my first one for pets and so now can up load the Eyeborgs videos from its World Premier in London and its winning at the Action on Film Festival. Now that I have done one video, the rest will be coming really soon!!! We hope everyone visits us on the page. To find it on Face Book search in the Face Book search box Megan Blake and when we all come up, click the Pages tab and we are the only Megan Blake with a fan page. I say we, for Angel, Smiley, Tout Suite The Travel Kitty, Starfire, and MiniHaHa, and of course the Eyeborgs team.
Some links to check out.
Megan’s Animal TV show
www.animalattractionstv.com
Official website
http://www.meganblake.com/
And if you’re on Facebook.
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Megan-Blake/113719007856?ref=search