TJ Beyer will be joining me at California Extreme this weekend to talk about working with the games on the set of Pinball Donut Girl.
TJ and Baily Hopkins. Photo by Matt Walsh
TJ looks pretty happy considering we are about to start exploding his AFM…..
Photo by Matt Walsh
It’s all come full circle! A year ago this month I shot our first footage for PBDG at California Extreme 2011 with Brian J. Patterson.
And now thanks to your generous support, this weekend we are screening the PBDG trailer at the very same show. I’ll be talking about some of the techniques we used to film inside the AFM playfield to capture the amazing stunt play of Jeri Ellsworth (we got your bang back right here on camera, baby!) and how we worked with the games on set, including blowing up some backglass.
Does a year seem like a long time to make a short film? Maybe so, but I’ve also been working on pinball documentaries about the Visible Pin project at the Pacific Pinball Museum and a second film about Wade Krause, who worked on that game and many others — I’ll be showing excerpts from Wade’s film as well.
Come by and say hi!
Pinball artist Wade Krause was in the Bay Area last weekend to meet with customers and do some research at the Pacific Pinball warehouse. Wade was kind enough to let me, PBDG Director Don Starnes, and Cinematographer Charlie Kuttner tag along.
photo by Charlie Kuttner
While Wade worked at the PPM warehouse and we filmed him, I snuck in some photos of games.
Time 2000 backglass
Bally Hot Rods playfield detail
In addition to the wonderful games waiting their turn to be exhibited at the museum or PPE, I’m always fascinated by the machines under repair and the store of components and parts.
Beehive detail on EM game
EM game under repair
Wood legs for games
Woodrails waiting room
I was happy to visit a Pinbot we used in Pinball Donut Girl.
Pinbot Playfield detail
More Pinbot
Pinbot playfield detail
Wade and Charlie and I also made a quick trip to the De Young Museum and hit the Gaultier exhibit.
photo by Charlie Kuttner
Even if you aren’t into fashion, the projection technology of the exhibition itself and the over the top construction and materials of the garments never get old. I think this was my fourth visit. It runs through August 19, 2012 and is totally worth a trip.
Gaultier exhibit, San Francisco
While you are in Golden Gate park, you can go across the way and also visit the Academy of Sciences — that museum has been redone in the last few years and is amazing too.
Pinball Donut Girl 