Fabrice Grover's Blog

The Beast - Day 11: Summerland Marina

We shot aboard the Princess out on the lake near the Summerland Marina today.

The Beast - Day 10: Peg Leg Princess

Melanie Blackwell joined us on set at the Summerland Marina today for her cameo as the Peg Leg Princess.  Here she is fishing for Ogopogo with her tiara.

The Beast - Day 9: Aboard the Princess

Today was our first day shooting aboard The Princess.  Lake Okanagan is approximately 120 kilometres long, 3.5 kilometres wide and is 235 metres at its deepest point... the glacier runofff at this time of year makes it very cold!  Neville (played by Roger Haskett) jumped right in.

The Beast - Day 8: Day of Rest

We had Sunday off.  I'm being told there aren't enough photos of me on here, so here's a shot that Siobhan Shaw (our wonderful Kelowna Casting Director/Location Scout/Associate Producer) took of me taking photos on set yesterday.  Thanks Siobhan!

The Beast - Day 7: The Parking Lot

We spent Saturday shooting in CATO's underground parking lot.  That's a wrap on our first week... go team!

The Beast - Day 6: The Sails

We shot on the lakefront in downtown Kelowna today.  Craig and David cracked each other up in front of The Sails.

The Beast - Day 5: Shelter Bay Marina

Samuel Doyle (Ozzie) kicked off our day playing the bagpipes.  He was picture perfect in the role of the pogo hunting scottsman.

The Beast - Day 3: Squally Point

Our second day of shooting out at Squally Point was a scorcher; the Okanagan sun baked us to a crisp in an old-fashioned trial by fire.  Craig March, our director, came into his own today.

The Beast - Day 2: The Wharf

Our first day of shooting was out at Bertram Park in The Mission near Kelowna, an hour's drive from the ranch.  We shot on the wharf (this is David Nykl as a dejected Paul)

The Beast - Day 1: The Ranch

Today was my first day in the Okanagan for the The Beast of Bottomless Lake, a feature film about the Ogopogo (the infamous sea creature reported to inhabit Okanagan Lake).  I'm staying in a ranch near Penticton where the owners raise Arabian horses.