a massive organ harvest
program, a multi-billion dollar biotech company called GeneCo begins to manufacture
salvation - for a price - offering simple payment plans to those lacking the necessary
funds to purchase new body parts outright. But all financed organs are subject to default
procedures, including repossession at the hand of the notorious organ Repo men (Anthony).
After arriving at the production lot at 8am,
Anthony showed us around the various sets. As we made our way through the large
soundstage, stepping over electrical cords, he explained scenes that had already been
filmed. The sets are totally amazing and have a very futuristic bleak feel to them.
Anthony then took us to the set of the opera house and introduced us to the crew there.
The opera house set was fantastic - wrought iron fencing at the entrance doors with very
tall stone pillars. The opera entrance was in front of a carnival with brightly coloured
tents. Around the carnival were adverts offering "Replace Your Face!" and GeneCo
publicity posters.
Some time later, when filming was about to
start, Anthony took us back to the opera to become audience members. We were placed in the
third row from the front and the make up crew got us looking the part. The set was
fantastic and the cast and extras all looked extremely convincing in their fabulous
costumes. After filming the scene of the audience arriving and taking our seats, we
moved on to film a scene with Paris Hilton and Darren Smith. Paris is an excellent singer
and I was very impressed by her music track that had been playing in the background when
we toured the set. In the particular scene they were filming, Paris had to pretend to be a
very bad opera singer and we, the audience, booed and groaned her off the stage. Paris
looked totally amazing in her unusual costume. She did a wonderful job of faking a bad
singer, as she is actually very good!
After a lunch break with Anthony, we went back
to film an amazing scene, which involved an awesome music track by Darren Smith and
Terrance Zdunich. We, the audience, had to cheer and testify how amazing GeneCo is. As the
rock music played, the opera aisle was filled with a procession of Darren Smith, Bill
Moseley, Ogre (Skinny Puppy), wonderful dancers and Paul Sorvino. As they made their way
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