Ghostbirth 2: The Test Shoot
How a four-week trip to Bangkok turned into a full-scale pre-production with blood, ghosts, and chaos.
Dear friends,
there have been a few weeks of silence from my side, but now I’ve finished the test shoot in Bangkok and returned to Berlin.
In total, I spent four weeks in Bangkok for the pre-production of Ghostbirth 2. The first two weeks I mostly spent writing the script, developing ideas, and scouting locations to film at.
The third week was all about casting. In Thailand, Facebook is still a big thing, and there are many groups for actors, models, and other creative talents.
Announcing that I was working on a Thai horror movie got me more than 130 applications. I had multiple castings every day and met many interesting people.
The fourth week was the week of shooting. My cameraman, Nathan Ceddia, flew over from Australia, and I was blessed with a wonderful production assistant, Rachel Janista Drummond, who helped us with costumes, location coordination, and everything else we needed on the spot. She also played one of our ghosts.
Building a schedule that considered the availability of around 14 actors and 8 locations was a challenge, but it worked out smoothly.
We even had a practical effects team who built us a realistic torso for a particularly nasty scene with lots of blood.
Now I’m back in Berlin with loads of footage and will start editing soon. I hope to share some scenes or even the trailer for Ghostbirth 2 in the near future.
Thanks for following my journey.
Much love,
Marius
