I added press-on nails to really get into the witch part.
I loved and hated them.
I felt so witchy, but I was pretty much unable
to do anything with my hands.
I'll say no more. Note the eyeball rings.

Here we are, the three Weird Sisters pre-makeup
Cynthia Burgess, Bonnie Steiger,
and Kanlaya Palivan.

And here we are in our personae. Kanlaya is the Asian deity, Cynthia is the Hollywood Goddess, and I'm the Gypsy Crone. I thought it fitting I use a Scottish accent, being a highlands witch, as it were, and Nadia concurred.

Director Nadia takes a reading of a treetop.

The crew assembles below a
wondrous tree in this bucolic setting

Writer-director Nadia Sokolov-Dayan is a great aficionado of Shakespeare and wanted to give new insights and meaning into Macbeth's witches in this short project for her degree in film from San Francisco State. Hope we got her an A.

And there it is -- press-on nails and all:
"We will meet Macbeth upon the heath."

I'm that white blotch with the straw hat walking towards the meeting place with MacBeth. Notice all the crew behind us.

Sunglasses were not part of the costume,
but necessary between shots in the glorious
weather and locale.

I have to admit, I was shocked when I saw this photo.
I'm the witch on the far left, the really small one.
I was asked to bend over and act old, so I curled up
my spine and hunched over. Hard to believe
I'm actually the same height as the Cynthia, beside me.

In this scene, we're approaching the hilltop where
we will meet Macbeth and warn him of his kingly
and tragic future. But first, a photo for the archives.

 

Nadia and her coven.

It wasn't always sunny.
I contemplate the drizzle (right)
under the eave of this great home (below)
while the rest of the crew and cast take a break
at the great crafts table and prepare for the
next shot once the cloud passes.

We shot up in Healdsburg over a three day period. Our aptly appointed Location Manager, Matthew Wakerling, volunteered this beautiful home and land which is owned by his aunt and uncle, Steve and Kathy Lyden. One could certainly get used to country living in such spacious accommodations and exquisite countryside. We were all working so hard, especially all the crew, that there was no time to trash the place, just shoot and sleep..