Friday 1st December, 1978.
Filming inserts.
Int. Mess for scene no 174pt,
Int. Computer room for scene no, 13, 174pts.
Int. Infirmary for scene no, 97a.
Other actors would be used to fill in for Ripley Dallas and Ash. Props would include Ash's probe and special effects would include the facehugger. Art department would supply the moviola and the relevant film for matching. Catering would be trolleys on stage for 30 people..
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| Call sheet: 10, typed out by assistant director Raymond Becket |
Filming inserts:
Int Mess Sc. No. 174 pt,
Int Infirmary Sc. No. 97 pt,
Int Narcissus Sc. No. 212 pt
Stand-ins play Ripley and Ash. Props include Ash's probe. Special Effects department supply an articulated Facehugger with seafood contents. Art department supply a breakaway wall panel, a rear panel and a glove for Ripley. A.M and P.M. trolleys for thirty people.
Fox executives come to see the director's first cut
Tuesday, 5th December, 1978.
Beginning at 8.30am,
Interior of bridge scene 16pt & 46pt, interior of engine room scene number 17Apt and interior of Narcissus scene 96pt and 175pt, and these shots would requiring 16mm plates for models)
Liz Mitchel, Andrew Scott, Alan Gibbs and Bob Hooker doubled as Ripley, Parker, Brett and Kane, respectively, they had to be in the studio by 9.30am
A moviola was used for matching on stage, and catering for 30 people was provided
Filming of inserts.
Bridge scene for the Nostromo,
Engine room scene and the Narcissus scene
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| Call sheet: 12, typed out by assistant director Raymond Becket |
Wednesday 6th December, 1978
Filming in the Maintenance Claw Room for scene number 132pt. Bolaji Badejo is brought in for 9.00pm to play the alin. A rig for the Alien by the special effects team would be required. Catering trolley for 30 people is required along with a Moviola and relevant film for matching on stage.
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| Call sheet: 13, typed out by assistant director Raymond Becket |
Thursday 7th December 1978
Filming of the interior of the maintenance pump room, sc. no, 186 Apt
Bolaji Badejo is brought in to play the alien, getting to the set 10.30am. A rig for the Alien by the special effects team would be required. Catering trolley for 30 people is required along with a Moviola and relevant film for matching on stage.
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| Alien call sheet 14 typed out by assistant director Raymond Becket |
Friday 8th December, 1978
Filming of the interior of the maintenance pump room,
Scene number 186Apt to be completed.
This would have been the scene where the alien attacks Lambert and Parker and kills Parker. The Alien would be shot, but on the previous day, they didn't have a name for the performer. Set pieces had not been discussed before hand, but a rig for the alien would be employed. (Was this the shot where a rig with the alien tongue is used to make a hole in a prosthetic head for Parker?
Completion of inset shooting
(See Death of Parker: Nick Allder's brain busting rig))
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| Call sheet: 15, typed out by assistant director Raymond Becket |
Monday, 11th December 1978
Preparation of titles
Wednesday 13th December 1978
Music Spotting Session with J Goldsmith and L Newman
Monday 18th December 1978
"Meaurements on fixer reels - to Composer"
Friday 22nd December 1978
"Labs open"
Thursday , 28th December 1978
Another revised final draft is completed, as documented in Alien: The Illustrated Screenplay by Paul M Sammon
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