The Host is now out in theaters. Working on this film is always going to stand out as a unique and amazing experience in my career. I would like to thank Kevin Rafferty and Shadi Almassizadeh for taking a chance on me and giving me such a rare opportunity be involved in this work. Both the Korean and American crews showed so much dedication to making this film happen, I will forever be awestruck.

If you haven't seen one of Director Bong's films before, I highly recommend both Memories of Murder and Barking Dogs Never Bite. Both very outstanding films with some familiar faces in each.

Yesterday we went on set at KOFIC Namyangju Studios to show Director Bong some shots for review. Producer Cho was nice enough to give us an impromptu tour of the different sets on the complex. This included a set from Joint Security Area (JSA). I didn't see the movie until last night after visiting the set. It was amazing. Director Bong's and Director Park's films have a complexity to the characters that draws you in and seems to have been done with ease.

The first day I got off the plane here I went straight from the airport to a dinner with the crew. I sat across from Kang-ho Song who played, Sgt. Oh Kyeong-pil, the prominent North Korean soldier in JSA and Detective Park Doo-Man in Memories of Murder. He poured me several glasses of soju (akin to Korean vodka)with one hand which in Korean culture is a sign of friendship. He was a super nice guy, a character and I have grown to respect his work greatly.

In the middle of writing this I got a call that the camera crew was in the downstairs lobby. They got us presents. I won't say what it is cause they got presents for other people too, but it was very heart felt. Its gonna be sad to go. They have been such a great help to us, and me in particular, as my job was to get information from them. We gave them with the chromeball (something we shoot for lighting and reflection data for cg work) that we have been using on set a couple of days ago. It was incredible nice of them. I feel honored to have worked with them. Despite the language barrier its been easy to understand each other and see their dedication and skill in the art of film.

This is just a quick shot from our element shoot on Saturday. Things have been going good here, though our shots keep getting delayed, thus keeping us here far longer than expected.

I am getting rather homesick at this point. I can't wait to sleep in my own bed.

I went on a hike with a three guys from the Australian puppeteering team and one of our translator's father. They hiked up the mountain... I am in bad shape...so 10 minutes up I told them to go on without me. I wandered around a Buddist temple. It was very crowded. I would say it was touristy... but there were almost all Koreans there... so its more local people visiting.

I ended up doing quite a bit of hiking on my own. It allowed me to sit for a couple of hours and listen to the leaves. After spending the past week in this thriving city, in was very refreshing.

Well I take back what I said, Seoul is quite a different city in the daylight. Its been a lot of fun so far. I stole a moment from set to wander around an open air set in the backlot of the studio. It was pretty awesome and weird all at once. It was a town completely desolate and if you looked in the buildings they were little more than facades. It went on for quite a stretch. There were a lot of turns that looked like they were going somewhere really cool and ended abruptly. I felt like I was looking for the cheese in a maze designed for humans.