1: David, the film director, came to my home around 1991 to a gay Halloween party, before I even knew what a Bear was! He came with his best friend Jefferson, on the left, and Jefferson's mother, Janet. The event made a lasting impression! LOL!
2: The following shots are in chronological order. They had just arrived and were trying to get the train into the show!
3: David
4: This is the entire film crew! Seven great people!
5: Every filming location took AT LEAST two hours to make ready for production! It was an amazing learning experience for me.
6: Waiting for the lighting to get set up as usual ... fascinating!
7: The gym room shot ... two hours ...
8: Getting the Lexus ready for filming ... they have to lower the interior contrast with film that they attach to the windows ... look at the large image to see the film on the windshield
9: It was funny how hard everyone worked, then they just crashed! They were here four days
10: The hot tub looked spectacular in the film! The usual hours of setup to get the right look ...
11: Ken, Patrick, and Don ... this must be after the shot in the film because I wasn't told that Patrick and Don were going to get in the tub with me when they were shooting! I was very good about not reacting to things going on around me when filming ... I stayed focused on the subjects I was discussing
12: I gave every member of the film crew a Bearidise jacket! They were really amazing!
13: Jesse, on the right, was the director of photography and is to be credited for much of the excellent look of the 2006 footage thanks to lots of professional lighting equipment. Cathy was great on sound!
14: Cathy is a lot of fun! I saw her in Boston at the 2011 showing!
15: This is the only shot of me during the shoot! Bad Bears! Get behind a camera! LOL! I guest they figured I had enough attention! Doing Dance-Dance-Revolution!
16: These are a few of my favorite things ...
17: This was to be David's next film subject ... do you see a theme here? It has been suspended