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Sep 06

Shooting an Ice Cream Chaos

Posted on September 6, 2008 by Rebekah

(This post references iSundae II: Attack of the Cones, part 2. You may want to view the movie before reading this post.)

“Alright everyone, on the count of three, start throwing spoons!” Clang. Thunk. Bong. Ping. Splat. Plastic spoons fly everywhere while the camera operator tries to stay out of the line of fire. “Okay, cut!” Clink. A stray utensil hits the floor. The director comes out from a safe corner and begins collecting spoons. “That was good! Let’s try it again from another angle.”

I wonder how many other filmmakers can claim to have been through a day like that? It’s not every director who can put “safely directed a spoon-flinging ice-cream-sliding action sequence” on their résumé. Or for that matter would even attempt such a feat. We did, and we survived. It wasn’t that hard, either. Read More »

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Sep 02

iSundae II – Part 2 of 10

Posted on September 2, 2008 by Jordan

Here we are at part 2! If you missed part 1, you’ll probably want to go watch it.


iSundae II: Attack of the Cones – Part 2 of 10 from Phantom Moose Films on Vimeo.

You can also watch the video on YouTube.

Be watching for a behind the scenes article this week. We’re going to tell you about how we did one of the biggest scenes (set and actor-wise) in the movie.

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Aug 30

The Attack Scene Revealed

Posted on August 30, 2008 by Rebekah

(This post references iSundae II: Attack of the Cones, part 1. You may want to view the movie before reading this post.)

The quickness of the hand deceives the eye . . . or camera in this case. The Castle Attack Scene is full of little tricks; well-executed and otherwise.

Let’s start a little after the credits. A mysterious person come out from behind a pine tree in the dead of night—wait a minute, how do you know it’s night? We shot this during the daytime with a slight adjustment to the camera settings. We told the camera that yellow was white. This automatically pushed everything toward the blue side of things and gave us a night look. We also primed the pump a little by the cricket and owl noises during the credits, and that lovely shot of the moon over the trees. Read More »

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Aug 28

Creating the Norse

Posted on August 28, 2008 by Rebekah

(This post references iSundae II: Attack of the Cones, part 1. You may want to view the movie before reading this post.)

Alright, tell me frankly, what would you do if you were confronted with the problem of creating an army of extras that serve the badguy? If I had to start completely from scratch I would probably flip out. Thankfully, I got lucky on iSundae II’s “The Norse.”

The concept of the Norse had been in the script since I don’t know when. Maybe it grew out of a scene in an earlier version, or maybe it got thrown in randomly. I can’t remember. But I do know that design concepts for their “look” are all over some pretty early sketches. There’s an axe with a symbolic icon right next to a costume sketch for Emcracy and a cloak clasp next to Cone armor. I got pretty fancy with some of the sketches and concepts, but one thing I didn’t think about: These were background characters. Extras. A generic “set-dressing.” Thus, no fancy costumes or props! Awww, man. Here’s what we ended up with. Read More »

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Aug 26

iSundae II – Part 1 of 10

Posted on August 26, 2008 by Jordan

It’s finally here! Before you watch the movie, remember that it would be best for you to see iSundae: The Way of the Wielders first. Done that? Good. Grab some popcorn and watch the movie.


iSundae II – Part 1 of 10 from Phantom Moose Films on Vimeo.

You can also watch the movie on YouTube.

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