our neighbors arisa and the kids are back from their japan trip and they brought us this present - best mochi ever! it comes with an ampoule of molasses to drip on the mochi - how nice is that? i googled the image and it looks like it comes from a store called "daigaharakinseiken", but as i can't read the characters i can't tell for sure.
This took several rehearsals, 3 hours of filming, 10 takes (different
angles) and days of editing - resulting in less than 3mins of the movie.
I haven't even started on putting in the audio that was recorded
separately (crappy audio on this video is from camera). Bett/Zirconia is played by Aja and Dave by Edwin de Leon.
actor edwin de leon joins the cast as of "house of trixxx" as dave, bett/zirconia's younger brother. am so glad of his enthusiasm in tackling the role.
we're finally doing a couple of scenes, and i don't wanna mess up so i did this very rough story board. i thought a dp/camera guy was gonna join us and i was looking forward to concentrating with directing, but... so i'm gonna end up doing those too. i went to aja's and momo's to check the room we're shooting in, and try to dress it up a bit. hope things go well.
i've turned the g+ page of +House of Trixxx into a meta-mystery game. because, why not?
big fan of sherlock? fond of nancy drew-ing? you think we're now over-saturated with mysteries and crime-dramas and you can predict every cliché and every ending of every whodunnit?
let's take it a step further. predict the outcome of this story without seeing the actual movie. why be Sherlock when you can be Doyle? Why be Ms. Marple when you can be Ms. Christie? ever written or thought of writing a crime-drama? predict how this story is structured and what's gonna happen. every post is a clue.
no worries, even if the movie doesn't get made, the screenplay is already registered with the WGA, so the storyline you're solving for will be based on that.
post your predictions on the link above. correct predictions wins a portion of the script as additional clue. if you can piece together the whole plot, you'll win a copy of the entire screenplay.
This is one of the scenes that we did on the 1st day of rehearsal. Momo was kind enough to stand in for the role of Dave (the character has since been renamed Paolo and hasn't been cast), Bett's cop brother. In this scene, Paolo confronts Bett for withholding information about an on-going murder investigation.
i've had this rimowa suitcase for 5 years now and it's been with me everywhere. it's supposed to be a carry-on, but there's been a couple of times when i had to check it in. the last time it happened, i noticed a missing screw-on foot (stand). i brought it to rimowa's new york shop , and they repaired it for me even tho i bought this one in hong kong. they even checked the locks and found that they are a bit shaky, so they repaired that too. at no cost! (and look at that, they even decorated it with a ribbon)
the sort of thing one will find on sale at the local flea market in my neighborhood. severed doll head shimmery purse (note the tiny wreath detail below the
head), matching cape/shawl knit with angora trim, pink camisole,
salmon-colored sailor-collar top with lace trimmings.
two more lovely queens agreed to take part in the "house of trixxx" project. jemma will take on the femme-fatale character and momoshade will be taking on ms. trixxx of the title.
so... yesterday i did this photoshoot, supposedly with drag queen extraordinaire aja, but when i got to the location there were 3 other drag queens there and they were all so nice to join the shoot - ivy ferriya, momo shade, and jemma (she's wearing the "die" cap). currently, i always take the opportunity to ask people to do a scene from my project, and they did it. video above is the second take - the first one was all reading from my iphone. considering they did it in a snap of a finger. they were so much fun. they also shared some major T (contestants who made it in the show) on season 8 of rupaul's drag race.
pardon the quality, i wasn't prepared to do video. one of those days when i wished i brought a tripod.
XXX
p.s. for some reason sharing the link to this picks up random images from this page as thumbnail photo, so i'll just put here below the cover photo for this project, so maybe that can be picked up as thumbnail.
