Hunting the Elusive %25 Percent

Hell, it’s been a while since I’ve posted!  Sorry for the drought, if you happened to be reading this regularly.  At any rate, things have been in a bit of an enforced planning stage lately.  Since the Edgewater Beach Apartments dropped out as our principal location for the remainder of the film, I and some diligent friends have been combing the city for other suitable loacales to shoot the remaining approximately 25% of the picture.  I’m very happy to report grand results!  (see above)

Yes sir, the Windermere House of Hyde Park Chicago has agreed to host our little show for a couple days of shooting later this month and early next!  The building is gorgeous, and not to sound as if talking with a mouthful of sour grapes, but it’s honestly visually more interesting than the EBA.  That building is gorgeous as well, there’s no doubt about that, but there are certain architectural details at the Windermere that, until now, have honestly only existed to me in the script.  Things I was actually beginning to fear I’d never actually find.  Also, the floor upon which we’ll do most of our shooting apparently used to be occupied solely by Muhammad Ali and his entourage.  Now, strange coincidences have peppered the production since the beginning, but this is one of my favorites: in addition to a kind, enthusiastic staff, letting us shoot for free (!), and being a generally enthralling location, the icing on the cake is that apparently the Windermere House actually used to be PINK!

It’s true.

At any rate, the credit for this tremendous score goes squarely to one Ms. Jennefa Krupinski.  An endlessly generous crewmember, friend and neighbor throughout the production, Jennefa just got a new job which just happened to have it’s offices in the back of the Windermere.  Being all too familiar with the PH and it’s location woes, she did a little light sleuthing and secured the contact information for the building manager, passed it on to me, and within 48 hours I was in a meeting with the magnanimous Mr. Peter Cassel discussing the possibility of a shoot!  NONE of which would be possible without the quick-witted energies of Ms. Krupinski, so if you happen to see her, shake the gal’s hand and buy her a cupcake.

In other, previous news: the shoot at the Museum of Contemporary Art’s warehouse was quite successful.  New pictures below, including several AMAZING shots by Mr. Rob Karlic!  The group shoot was a hell of a good time, everyone enjoyed themselves immensely I think.  Nothing like a good, costumed lurk around a leaky, endlessly musty basement with extremely limited lighting to brighten up your Wednesday afternoon, I always say.  And here’s a tip on the hush-hush:  Should you find yourself in the MCA basement anytime soon, bring a flashlight and do some snooping, you may still creep up on my little secret zoo…
SHH!!!