Due to circumstances beyond our control, we were forced to move our cockpit set today. So, Aaron and I dismantled everything, loaded it all up in a cube van, and drove it out to his boss' FX shop in Langley.

Laura met us there, and the 3 of us offloaded it. If Aaron has some time off this week (he's been doing a lot of work on a super top secret movie that's filming here), then he's going to get to putting it back together, and along with his co-workers, get it all rigged up, and looking super awesome - very exciting stuff.

We were also able to see some of the cut together footage last weekend - and everyone's excited to get it all done and out there for everyone to see. Seems y'all have been waitin' a spell for it ;)

All right, so this past week, Aaron, Sean and I have been working our butts off, trying to finally get the cockpit set finished, so we can get in there and film the remaining scenes.

We're not finished, but we're starting to get really close - and it's pretty exciting!

Here's a few teaser photos - now keep in mind that these pieces are just roughed in, and EVERYTHING is going to end up getting painted and there will be lights, so pay no attention the colour anything is at the moment :)

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A locally produced TV show is in the process of getting rid of all of their stuff now that the show has ended, so Aaron and I went down there today, and acquired a whole bunch of great stuff.

This is all going to be used in the completion of our cockpit. Things are really shaping up nicely!

Anyone know where we could get a couple of airplane yokes? :)

Yes it's true, the cameras were once again rolling this weekend.

Earlier in the week, Damien surprised me with a call telling me that he had set up a shoot for the weekend, in order to complete some of our remaining (non cockpit related) scenes.

So after a few days of furious planning and phone calls, we got the people arranged, and figured out the elements we needed. A quick plundering of a popular TV show's wardrobe lock-up provided the requisite costumes for our cast, as well as a little advice from the prop's department regarding an important element, and we were good to go.

A small group of us (Me, Miranda, Damien, Dennis and his son Jake) gathered at Damien's house Saturday morning, where we had the actors try on their costumes (yay, they fit perfectly!), and Miranda did their make-up. We then loaded up our people and stuff, and off to Aaron's!

Yes, it is actually happening. Last week, we spent a couple of days in Aaron's garage with power tools and bits of wood and stuff. We managed to use the power tools to fashion the bits of wood and stuff into a cockpit shaped thingy.

We got all of the walls framed and put up, we skinned them, and started attaching the vacuform panels to them. The drive controls are roughed in, but we still have to wire in the electronics. We also have to form and install the window panels, and paint everything. But some of the hardest stuff is behind us. It's great to see it finally coming together.

Seems like we actually have some of that happening.

It appears as though there was a lot of miscommunication between our construction coordinator, and everyone else involved with the project. Poorly chosen words led us to believe something that apparently wasn't true.

So, that being said, the materials needed to start building our cockpit were purchased last week. Construction on said cockpit is slated to begin this week. We're also on the hunt for various bits and bobs to make blank walls and consoles look like they make things go whoosh. I have some leads, so hopefully they pan out.

As many of you have noticed, there's not a lot of activity on the site lately. You're all probably wondering what the heck's going on with ITB - the summer release date came and went without so much as a "by your leave". Nobody connected with the show has had much to say as to what's going on. Are they still filming? Do they have a planned release date? Were they all wiped out during a weapons malfunction?

Well the answer to all 3, currently is no.

Here's what's happening with the project. The last time we filmed anything, was about a year ago. Why so long you ask? Well, we had pretty much shot everything we were able to up to that point. The bulk of what's left to shoot takes place in the ship's cockpit. That cockpit isn't built yet. Why isn't it buit? Well, that's what we'd all like to know. Our construction coordinator has had a number of personal and professional obligations that have kept him away from the build...plus, I'm fairly certain he's easily distracted by shiny things. Unfortunatenly for us, we don't have any other recourse with regards to the build at present. So we're stuck waiting on it to be started, let alone finished.

We're finally coming into the home stretch on "Mined Control", things are once again going smoothly, but there's one service we haven't been able to turn up yet.

Into the Black needs a SOUND ENGINEER badly. If anyone is or knows of a decent sound person, please contact us immediately.

Our only requirements are that they must be in the Lower Mainland of BC, Canada, must be reasonably skilled (professional is best, advanced amateur is perfectly fine), and of course must be willing to help.

Should be a Browncoat, too, but if we find someone who isn't, we'll just infect them.

Today was a big day for us here at ITB, for a few reasons.

Filming continued, and we got a lot shot, in a short amount of time. We had three scenes to finish up in the galley/infirmary, and we managed to pop them off very quickly - yay us.

It was also Miranda's 1st anniversary with ITB. Yep, it was 1 year ago today that Miranda first came to the set after having won the role of Sera York. And what a fast, fun year it has been.

Finally, Global television (for the non-Canadians, it's one of our major national networks) came by the set today to do a story on us. They shot some footage of us working on the set, as well as conducting a few interviews. We'll try to give everyone a heads up when it's slated to air.

Hello all,

Last night we FINALLY got off our sedementary arses and got some filming done! Although most of us got to the set on time, we ended up shooting what we had hoped to have done. Of course we wrapped that day at 2AM and some of us had to wake up at 7 to go to work... Anyway, the point is that we held tight and are now very tired folk... at least I am and I'm sure Jason is (he could've collapsed on set if we kept going).

Our next date to shoot is next week and I'm really excited to see what we come up with next. Everytime we shoot this cast and crew continue to amaze me with their constant inappropriate comments, booze drinking, cancerstick sucker- I mean... They amaze me with their t-talent.. and... what else is a nice thing to say? Hell if I know! Ah damnit, I wish the backspace button on this keyboard was working... Oh well. What are they gonna do? Fire me?! HAHAHA! Not bloody lik-