Possumus Woman 82% Complete
Surely to be the best fight on a truck in a movie since “Raiders of the Lost Ark”
I’m posting to let the interwebs knows that my indy film “Possumus Woman” (formerly “Possumus Man 2: Possumus Woman”) has reached the 82% completion point. Last Sunday we got the most complex scene out of the way, a fight on the back of a moving truck between myself (as Grady McDunaway) and of course the giant killer possum.
It went pretty well (we brought lots of ice-cold bottled water) and we did everything “for real” - there are no special FX in the entire sequence. In fact the movie probably won’t have more than 25 or so FX shots total, a far cry from my previous films that won’t create the crisis of delaying the project. And this movie has been a lot faster to make - coincidence?
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August 12th, 2008 at 5:42 pm
82%: The abacus has spoken.
Good job Ben! Can’t wait to see it.
August 12th, 2008 at 6:28 pm
Awesomeness! Can’t wait to see the finished product! Do you have any idea when you’ll be filming that “final scene” were you need all the extras with weaponry?
August 12th, 2008 at 6:38 pm
The “big shootout” scene is Saturday, August 23rd north of Richland Center, WI.
It’s BYOG, but we only want people who are familiar with guns and firearm safety. For obvious reasons.
If people want in, email me.
August 12th, 2008 at 8:31 pm
PMS was the best working title…
August 12th, 2008 at 9:31 pm
This looks to be epic hoolarium. Can’t wait!
August 13th, 2008 at 10:02 am
That truck was very bouncy, my back hurts.
August 13th, 2008 at 1:06 pm
[…] It’s called Possumus Woman, and he’s almost done with it. I think this picture of Mr. Heckendorn fighting said marsupial in the back of a flatbed (”the most complex scene”) kind of says it all—let us know when there’s an Xbox 360 inside that robo-possum, Ben! [Ben Heck] […]
August 13th, 2008 at 1:11 pm
[…] It’s called Possumus Woman, and he’s almost done with it. I think this picture of Mr. Heckendorn fighting said marsupial in the back of a flatbed (”the most complex scene”) kind of says it all—let us know when there’s an Xbox 360 inside that robo-possum, Ben! [Ben Heck] […]
August 13th, 2008 at 1:27 pm
CAN I HAZ LAPTOPZ 360?
August 13th, 2008 at 1:32 pm
Nice Ben! I can’t wait to see the movie when it’s finished. For distribution, have you considered blip.tv? You can post stuff in higher definition than youtube and can put overlaid ads on the bottom.
August 13th, 2008 at 7:04 pm
[…] It’s called Possumus Woman, and he’s almost done with it. I think this picture of Mr. Heckendorn fighting said marsupial in the back of a flatbed (”the most complex scene”) kind of says it all—let us know when there’s an Xbox 360 inside that robo-possum, Ben! [Ben Heck] […]
August 13th, 2008 at 11:26 pm
Hey Ben, when This movie all said and done. Can I intervew you for my site?
August 17th, 2008 at 8:50 pm
I think break.com pays for original content. But Vimeo has a really good HD section…so does Hulu.com.
August 18th, 2008 at 10:24 am
Sure nightwheel!
August 18th, 2008 at 3:26 pm
:) I can has new podcast?
August 21st, 2008 at 7:47 pm
I changed my mind. I don’t care if it gets distributed, I’m just doing it for fun!
August 24th, 2008 at 9:59 am
Ben-
Thanks for having us yesterday, was a great deal of fun! If you ever need a grip in the future let me know =)
I’ll be pulling the video from the backup camera here in a bit and will upload it to my FTP server for you.
I’ll then call Jonesy and have him relay the address and login info to you.
Thanks again Ben, can’t wait to see the finished product!
August 24th, 2008 at 7:55 pm
Yeah Brad, I heard you showed up at Barb’s yesterday. Jones was with us today too and he said that you guys had a blast!
August 25th, 2008 at 8:05 am
Sounds good Brad! And thanks again for driving through a wall of fire!
-Ben