HateCity Pictures: August 2009

This weekend the HateCity Pictures crew was lucky enough to be invited to participate in Kansas City Renaissance Festival's Media and VIP Ticket Holder preview party. And let me tell you, Kansas City really knows how to put out a warm welcome!

When we woke up at 5:00am Friday morning to drive to Kansas City, none of us really knew what to expect for this preview as we were also scheduled to film rehearsals the next day. We thought there might be a show or two and opportunities to interview cast. When we arrived at the Faire Grounds, we were pleasantly surprised that this preview was less dress rehearsal and more social party complete with complimentary drinks and food. We had a great time talking with people there at the preview event. Glenn met several of the Faire workers over beers at the pub and was able to set up interviews for when we return for the actual Faire. And we all got to enjoy a couple of the stage acts performing.

The sunset over the faire grounds was simply spectacular.

Saturday morning we were up at 5:00am again so we could head out to Captain Sin's home and document her transformation process. We shot a lot of great footage of Captain Sin as well as the people around her at the faire grounds.

Once we had to leave Captain Sin, we found several other groups rehearsing.

This was an interesting choral group comprised of various cast members. We only heard a couple of their songs, but I'm anxious to hear the whole set as they were quite good.

And this was the Yeoman Bodyguard of the Yeoman Warders. They are a military reenactment group comprised of ex-military, police, and firefighters. They were a lot of fun to watch practice. Later we caught them doing their pole arm drills. This group is particularly unique to this faire. They will be joining the Muskogee Faire next year, but until now have only participated in the Kansas City Renaissance Festival.

So far we are very pleased with the footage we were able to put together at the Kansas City Renaissance Festival. We were also very thankful for the warm welcome we received. We are all very excited to get back out to this faire sometime in September so we can film the cast in action with patrons. Until then, we'll be busy cataloging footage.