We filmed the detective office scenes at my office at UC Berkeley. (though really in the lobby area- it was less cluttered, and we found 2 old looking desks) There was very little space, but we made it work.

We filmed the art gallery scenes at our apartment in Oakland. Several people were kind enough to lend us artwork- Helen Wood (her grandfather’s paintings), Mark Elliott, Anna Vaughan (sculpture), Paul Ashford, and Linda Gonzales, who did the “Harry” artwork. I also found some of the artwork at Urban Ore.

We filmed the last scene at a creepy part of Oakland, near an old factory, where at least one or two prostitutes were living- and doing business.

The go-go dancing scene we filmed is not really anything to do with the film per se, but Christopher thought it would be a fun opening scene for the film, and would give us an idea of what the character of Harry is like. This was probably the most fun scene to film. We were given permission by Gilbert De Jesus (manager) to film at the White Horse bar, and that was really cool. Alison Jones, Heather Brewer and Julie Rinella were the go-go dancers, and were all amazing & sexy.

We filmed several of the scenes at Rachel & Otis’s apartment- really it’s like a huge loft- it was the set of “Harry”s art studio. This is where all the murders take place. While it’s not that difficult to use fake blood, and make someone look dead, the difficulty is more in the actual death scene- making it look real.

A screen capture from Color Me Blood Red

Christopher and I (Silversmith Productions- we created the name because his last name is Smith, and my last name was Silverbush- long ago) decided to make a film based on two other films, “Color Me Blood Red” by H.G. Lewis, and “Bucket of Blood” by Roger Corman. They are both campy, 1960’s horror films.

I found 1960’s thriftshop clothes, and also some makeup artists to do 1960’s hair and makeup:

I also found a horror makeup artist, Summer, who did a slit throat effect for Heather, and a boody eye for Alison. I had Rachel, who plays the character of Louisa, the pushy gallery owner, wear a 1960’s style wig. It looked great on her, but kept slipping back on her head. Jade helped Christopher (character of Harry, evil artist) put on his beard, mustache and do some dramatic makeup on his eyebrows and hairline.