Time marches on and so does "The God Complex."  This month we shot a flashback explaining how God became the angry, incompetent, and frustrated deity he is.  We go back to his childhood, where he is sitting in his crib, laughing and enjoying himself when his off camera 'father' slaps him and ridicules him, claiming that he will, "never create anything," and calling him useless, stupid and worthless.  Just the sort of upbringing one would expect the god of the bible to have.



Our second unit team up in San Fransisco, headed by Rick Popko and Dan West, shot a great sequence for us which will go at the end of the film.  After Jesus agrees not to interfere with human history, he is only limited to basic exhibition in inantimate objects.  So, after a car accident, a group of people are astonished to see the image of Jesus in the bark of a tree where the accident occured.



We've cast the parts of Mary and Joseph and will be starting that segment of the film this month.  I've renovated the backlot set yet again (this is our fifth time, I believe) and it now looks completely different...again.  This room will now represent Joseph and Mary's house.  We will use it at least two more times before we decide to give it up.  It's tough to try and make a set look different over and over again when you have limited ways you can decorate it.  I mean, you can't use any modern furniture or any modern wallpaper, so you are limited to just painting the walls different colors and attempting to bring in different tables, beds, torches and chairs.  It's quite a challenge.

We hope to have the angel singing to Joseph song shot by the end of this month.  Our choreographer, Angela Hennessy, will be working with our lead angel, Teri Edison, and three backup singer angels.  The song has been recorded, utilizing the vocal talents of Suzanna Griffith.