Thursday, December 3, 2009 3:25PM - By Krystal Clark
The production of Do Not Disturb has come to an end, and we’ve managed to keep you updated every step of the way. One of the last shorts the crew worked on was entitled Prom, which was directed by Laura Henry. The cast included John Reese, Diva Zappa, Jonathan Majors, Lucinda Rogers, Adela Guzman, and Lissette Schuster. They shot a behind the scenes featurette that gives you a detailed look at all the work that went into making this portion of the film.
Check out the video below…
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Wednesday, December 2, 2009 10:26PM - By Mali Elfman
Above you have Diva Zappa, Jason Alan Smith, and myself, from Brandon Nicholas’ Death Takes a Holiday Inn and Jon Mann-Krieger’s Intrinsic!
It got rather sticky towards the end… literally, Diva and I were stuck onto almost everything we touched due to the massive amounts of fake blood poured (and squirted) all over. I managed to stain my computer and walk into a bar looking more bloody than I am in the above picture, she some how managed to stain (almost) nothing and clean herself off before appearing in public (apparently, I still have a lot of learning to do).
Aside from having to sit in make-up chair for 5 hours today, we had an amazing shoot. We wrapped Death Takes a Holiday Inn, our grand finale for Do Not Disturb and the entire film series. We posted some bloody photos earlier but here are a few proper photos taken by our set photographer Brendan Holmes for ya….
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Wednesday, December 2, 2009 1:09PM - By Krystal Clark
The other day we brought you a photo that featured Mali and co-star Jason Alan Smith on the set of Intrinsic. The short is one of the many features that’s included in the mega film, Do Not Disturb. We hinted that the next time you saw Mali she would look battered and bruised, and we’ve delivered!
Check out the damage below…
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Tuesday, December 1, 2009 7:48AM - By Mali Elfman
Only two days left on my project Do Not Disturb. Today we’re finishing off Jon Mann-Krieger’s Intrinsic and then moving on to Brandon Nicholas’ Death Takes a Holiday Inn. Yesterday was my first day acting on my very own project and despite not being able to sleep the night before and some butterflies in my stomach for the first take, it was such a blast!
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Sunday, November 29, 2009 8:41PM - By Krystal Clark
Hey everybody! Yesterday Mali posted some quick info about the short Oceans Away, which is a part of the Do Not Disturb feature. It stars Eric Balfour, Lindsay Pulsipher, Diva Zappa and is directed by Petro Papahadjopoulos. In our last update we brought you some behind the scenes footage of the cast and crew on set and now we’ve got a couple of high quality stills from the film.
Check out the photos and a short message from Mali below…
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Saturday, November 28, 2009 9:59PM - By Mali Elfman
Just got back from a long day of shooting Petro’s short for Do Not Disturb (looks so cool), entitled Oceans Away with Eric Balfour, Lindsay Pulsipher, and Diva Zappa. Despite the holiday lull, we managed to find our crew and make the film happen.
We have a quick turn around before tomorrow so I’ll write more in the morning about the shoot… until then, enjoy our “making of” video by Laura Aguirre below…
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Tuesday, November 24, 2009 9:14PM - By Mali Elfman
We’ve officially wrapped day one of Do Not Disturb and Eric Balfour’s, Duccios Madonna has been made! Amazingly enough it all came together pretty damn well. Thanks to an amazing cast and crew, we managed to get all of our shoots by the skin of our teeth, with no major break downs or explosions.
Tomorrow we’ll be giving the studio over to our AD in order to allow him to make his own short film (and help us balance our budget).
I’ve been on a set for 13 hours with almost no sleep for I’m not sure how long, so I’ll just let the videos do the talking…
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Monday, November 23, 2009 9:54PM - By Mali Elfman
Today has been one of the longest days of my life but I can proudly say that IT IS ACTUALLY HAPPENING. Despite the minor fires that erupted earlier, everyone is on track and ready to get moving on Do Not Disturb! We begin shooting tomorrow morning at 7am. I got to approve my first call sheet today 
And yes I LOOK like I’m just laying around on the bed in the picture above but I was actually blocking a scene and talking on the phone to our Script Supervisor Maia at the same time (multi-tasking rocks!), so there!
Only 24 hours ago we were far from where we needed to be, mainly due to the lack of hands due to the lack of budget. Director Brandon Nicholas officially saved all of our asses…
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Sunday, November 22, 2009 3:21PM - By Mali Elfman
Another update from my first production Do Not Disturb! There’s no such thing as weekends or late mornings on a Mali Elfman Production! We’ve been onset since basically since they would allow us. It’s all coming along… almost on time.
Yesterday we managed to actually get ahead of schedule, but due to problems with the carpet (they gave us two separate ones! AHHHH!) we’ve now been pushed back. Also, we has some curtain and painting problems which are being fixed as we speak.
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