Fake blood: such a hard work

Kassandra’s team had a really hard work with fake blood. Sounds strange? Well, work with fluids is an exhaustive job, due its unpredictable nature.

During filming, two shots involving blood took an hour and a half hours to me made. In one of them, one of the actors had to spit blood. Crew rushed between each take to clean set, costume and actor, and also to find some glass so he could pour out the remaining blood in his mouth.

Even harder was the shot in which Kassandra’s face was dripped with blood. Director Ulisses da Motta Costa did use his fingers to release the drops in Renata Stein’s face. But his hand eventually showed up in the camera. So he stood a bit far from the actress and made the second take.

It was a disaster. The drops did go everywhere: in the floor, in the set’s curtain and even in the script girl Marina Cardozo. Nor a single drop in Renata. While art director Ana Gusson and producer Roberto Coutinho furiously cleaned the mess up, a beaten Ulisses changed the shot to make the dropping task easier.

At least the blood made by Roberto and Jackson Ritter didn’t stain…

Kassandra's first images - 1

Some of the film was already been made. Check out the first pictures made during the production:

"Reach out a bit more, Renata. That's it, now a bit lower"

 

Maico Silveira smiles the gather sympathy.

Suzana Witt wants YOU to watch Kassandra!

The sad funeral for producer Roberto Coutinho.

The Wind of the Gods.

Jackson Ritter's last production list

A great misfortune: producer Jackson Ritter is finishing his job in Kassandra. Here’s his final list (see the other lists here, here and here): 

1 - Fake blood: OK!

2 - Bird: My woman did not liberate Galato, the parakeet with Grêmio’s colors. Let’s buy the birdies;

3 - Cockroaches: we discovered that ether (what I would use to dope them) have controlled sell by the Brazilian Army. I believe that this information scared the production a bit and the cockroaches were cut off. Such a pity;

4 - Slider: OK! 

The crow now goes for Robert Coutinho, who will replace Jackson. But the spirit remains: 

1 - Syringe. Note: catch the biggest syringe in the market;

2 - Dagger.

3 - Fake glass. Preliminary Observations: A) formula glues in absolutely anything. I ignore if it haves chemical, physical or quantum reasons.  B) My employee got cut with it, so perhaps the formula is not functioning. C) I am using sugar and maize glucose. Maybe don’t work as glass, but at least I already know how to make lollypops.

Jackson Ritter's production list - 3

Yes, we know that people are eager for an update in Jackson Ritter's production list (see Part 1 here and Part 2 here). Here we go:

1 - Wall tiles: All tests fail. We will use a real location;
2 - Fake blood: OK! Tomato sauce stains. Better results were obtained with corn glucose, detergent thickening and a copy of the Daily Gaucho crushed and chopped;
3 - Birdie: Build a  puppet bird (Note: do not tell the director how to prepare it to make him worried on purpose);
4 - Cockroaches: Tests with ether have been unsuccessful  (Note: stop using ether for other reasons);
5 - Slider: OK! The wheels can't shake (Note 1: Beat the hell out of a skater. Note 2: Remember that I'm beating a skater because we need the wheels, not because of the simple fact that he is a skater).

Making of Kassandra - 2 - lots of blood

The new video from Kassandra production shows the fake blood tests, for different uses in the film. Many of the tests just didn't work... (video in portuguese).

Check also the first video from Kassandra here.

Oh, yes: Jackson Ritter's performance is outstanding. Remeber his production list (here and here)?

Jackson Ritter's production list - 2

After a while, check out how Jackson Ritter’s production list is going:

  

1 – Wall Tiles: silicon holds the tile, but stains the wall; hot glue doesn’t stain, but also doesn’t hold;

2 – Fake blood: metallic taste neutralized. Try to make a solution that doesn’t stain. (Obs: test tomato sauce and gelatin);

3 - Birdie: task transferred to the art department. They’re afraid that I actually kill the BIRD.

4 - Cockroaches: still studying how to dope them. I’ve got the impression that ether might work.

5 – New task: build a slider. Piece of cake. Manual or with a motor?

Kassandra's Cast and Crew

These are the people who are making Kassandra. Check it out:

An Ampli Produtora production

Direction and Story: Ulisses da Motta Costa

Production: Ramona Barcellos

Screenplay: Roger Monteiro

Cineamtography: Pablo Chasseraux

Art Direction: Ana Gusson

Costume Design: Giulia De Cesero e Isabela Boessio

Music: Chico Pereira

Editing: Alfredo Barros

Sound and Executive Production: Roberto Coutinho

Assistent Director: Victor Fiúza

Second Assistent Director: Marina Cardozo

Production Manager: Jackson Ritter

Advertising: Daniel Coutinho 

Cast:

Renata Stein

Luis Franke

Leandro Lefa

Maico Silveira

Making of Kassandra - 1

This is our first making of vídeo of Kassandra, made on the meeting we had Saturday, 3^rd. Watching it, you can know pretty much all cast and crew. Go, go, go!

Jackson Ritter's production list

The first meeting with the whole Kassandra cast and crew happened some weeks ago. Several subjects were discussed, next meetings were sated. 

And the producer manager, Jackson Ritter (pic) took the moment to list the first demands – all really bizarre and apparently useless, but with more like comedy roles than realistic functions:

1 - Wall Tiles (Obs: use hot glue and silicon as options)

2 - Fake blood (Obs:  make it taste less metallic)

3 - Birdie (Obs: DO NOT kill any bird)

4 - Cockroaches (Obs:  they got to be genetically clean; Obs 2:  they are not supponse to escape during filming; Obs 3:  find a way to dope them without killing them)