Month: August 2005

Goldpanning in Leechtown

Craig and I hiked for 18Km into the hills looking for Gold. we explored an abandoned gold rush town called Leechtown, where the hut foundations and machinery lie rotting in the forest. Of course we found loads of gold but you know how heavy it is? so could not carry it out.

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The film is called Dungeon Siege and the executive producer and director is a German chap called Uwe Boll, whose career in films so far has not been, shall we say, well received? Here is a link to the reviews of his previous films. http://www.rottentomatoes.com/p/uwe_boll/

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Barney as a body double

Barney was supposed to be a body double for the character of Zeph and therefore had to have his hair cut and highlights put in to match the actor’s. In this picture he has the actors top on but could not get the trousers to fit so the 3rd assistant director decided he need not…

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Krug heads

These rubber masks are for the baddies in the film, the Krugs who attack the poor villagers. Sam was scared of the actors dressed up in the suits.see more pics at….http://www.flickr.com/photos/olivebranch/

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Clifftop village

What a great place for a filmset !It was really hot and the kids only worked for 8 hours and had to leave the set cos that is the legal limit. They also miss the battle scenes where the Krugs attack as they are not allowed on set when there is dangerous sword wielding monsters…

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Barney on set

Barney has been asked to be a body double for one of the child actors and so he has to go back tomorrow for more filming and will get paid a stack more.

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Extras on Dungeon Siege

Wendy, Barney and Sam trying on their costumes for the filming tomorrow. This fitting took place in the centre of Sooke near the offices of the Sooke Mirror News, so I went in to see the editor to ask if he wanted a story about the filming from an extras point of view? He thought…

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So we went for haircuts yesterday, as the film company have not been in touch for 3 weeks so it is probably safe that they dont want us. Sam wanted a buzz cut with spikey bits and Barney wanted nothing to do with it and was forced into the shop. Sam ended up with a…

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