Shooting Wrapped! A Big Thank You to Everyone!

Second Day of Shooting!

Today we shot all day at Reliant Rehabilitation Hospital up in Round Rock. A big thank you to Bill Grey and Ana Marie of Reliant for allowing us to shoot. It was a long, but smooth day of shooting the operation scenes of X. We got to play with the ever so cool jib I rented from Mopac Media. And I finally got to see images that have been in my head so long: Doctors in white lab coats, wearing huge safety goggles and cartoonish gloves, operating on a robot--seriously, what can get any better?

First Day of Shooting!

First day of shooting went extremely well! We ran into a little "authority" trouble in front of the Austin Convention Center, but Drew and his smooth talkin' enabled us to shoot without any further hassles. We had a full morning with Mr. Roberts and X, and Team Beaker got their first real taste of puppeteering the robot.


In the afternoon, we then moved to Painter Hall at UT Campus, and had to work our way around crazy game day traffic. The 1st floor hallway in Painter gave us the perfect setting of Dr. Clark and her assistants rushing X down the hallway. This was the first time that all the doctors got to meet eachother, including Jane, who was cast just last night via craigslist! She was great and so willing on such a short notice. Sophie had a "bumpy" ride as the dolly grips ran her down the hallway. We have proof that our great DP would rather see herself hurt than our beloved EX-1. The cast: Elizabeth, Mike, Jane, and Geoffrey were amazing as they adapted very quickly to adlibs and impromptu lines. We all got in the "ER" zone as we thought up different medical terms to spout out during the scene. I've got one word to the cast . . . . "Contusion!"

X-treme Make-over

Paint Job

Test Footage

Hospital Location

Costume Design

Jessica Lindsey is our costume designer, in talking with her, she referenced J.J. Abrams' new show, "Fringe", where the characters' positions stand in the gray area between doctors, and scientists, just like the technicians in Heart Box.


So, mix the use of lab coats, which provides a dominant white, to bright colors that pop. Here's Jessica picking out colors with photo shop and a tablet. We had a lengthy discussion about what color clothes Dr. Clark should wear under the lab coat, and how that will work with her surrounding characters and colors:

Anatomy of X

Here's an update on how X is doing. He is nearly complete, he's still missing a face and a paint job but other than that he's set to be in the lime light. Here's some pics of his different parts.


The leg has a move-able joint knee, which is kept locked in by a joint and spring.

The ankle is bendable by and locks in place by a spring in front and in back
The fingers are pose-able and controlled by cable ties attached to the finger tips



His chest can now open . . .

to show his guts! (See the Heart Box?)

Stay tuned for more pics as put a face on that head!

Table Reading!

Last Wednesday, the cast met up for the first time to do a table reading! It was alot of fun as we read through the script and discussed each person's character. Here's our current cast:

Elizabeth Bernhedt as Dr. Shelley Clark

Russel Minton as Mr. Roberts

Mike McNulty as Assistant

Geoffrey Kennedy as Assistant

It is an incredibly strong cast and I look forward to work with them on set, and to discover there characters with them.

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