Don't Give up your Day Dream

Do you know another thing I love about living in LA?! It's the fact that they do such things as host all-night outdoor fantasy screenings. Just recently I attended one. I spent a warm summer's night under the stars, drinking wine with 2000 like-minded people and watched The NeverEnding Story (1984), followed by Legend (1985), followed by The Labyrinth (1986). It ended at about 6 am! Scroll to the end of this post to see stills from these fantastic fantasy films.

The event was hosted by Cinespia, and if you're in LA are not on their mailing list then I suggest signing up. Even last Sat they showed Roman Polanski's Rosemary's Baby (1968), which is my all-time favourite horror film.

Back to the fantasy night - they actually brought a unicorn to the affair. I took a photo with my iPhone which you can see below. This all leads me to a post about unicorns... so much has been about unicorns lately, from another variant on a fairytale kitchen I had to make in miniature (with unicorn horns on the table), to watching Legend, to breathing a huge sigh of relief that Scotland is remaining part of the United Kingdom. (Info here) Did you know that the unicorn is their national beast, and that the Scottish coat of arms depicts two crowned and chained unicorns? Brilliant, isn't it? (Another link for you - John Oliver explains it).

Unicorn in LA - photo taken by iPhone at Hollywood Forever Cemetery.

Some photos of another fairytale kitchen piece, including unicorn horns. That's my hand in one of the photos as well. Scale 1:12.

Stills from The NeverEnding Story, Legend and The Labyrinth.

Scottish Coat of Arms.

Fairytale Ivory and Bats the size of Bumble Bees...

By 'fairytale ivory' I do of course mean unicorn horns. No magical beasts harmed in the making of these props.

Some of these bats pictured below are actually a tad smaller than bumble bees. All are downy with fur and have great little faces. Needed to fill a bat tower for a particular scene in Myrtle. Aside from horns and bats (which I'll share better photos of soon when they're entirely finished) I've been doing brooms, baskets and candles.

Getting bored of seeing stills? Yeah, me too. I'm going to do some tests with new macro lens, motion control camera slider etc at the weekend and share here if I get a chance. 

Here's a glimpse into my workspace for the time being. ;)