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Int: A yellow hotel conference room.  The room is packed from one end to the other with people, most of whom have price tags hanging off their clothing in one spot or another.

So with all the recasting that had to happen, we decided to do another table read to coincide with our wardrobe check.   We have all the roles filled with only one minor casting hitch that had to been ironed out.  But at last that is sorted, and we’re back to the races.

Justin (our make up guy) came over last night, and we’ve gone through the shooting schedule to make sure he has all the materials he needs.  Seeing Justin always makes me happy.  It’s kind of a confirmation that we really are going to be shooting.    We discuss the differences between this segment and the previous.  With the first portion of the film, he had to be able to do one makeup over and over, and consistently, so that it wouldn’t screw up continuity, which entails a unique set of problems.  Now we go completely the other direction, where no makeup will appear on film more than once, but he has a lot of them to do in a limited time.  Naturally it has it’s own set of hurdles, but I’m confident we’ll make it happen just fine.  Karen feeds us fajitas.  The steak is kind of tough, but Justin eats without complaint…  But that’s Justin.  Scariest looking nice guy in the world.

I show him a rough cut of one of the scenes from Spring.  The smile on his face makes every piercing stand at attention.  He’s pleased, and he can’t hide it.  This is a good sign!

And while all that is happening, I’m working on the full version of the website, and deciding which items will be going live and in what order.  I like what we have so far, but it needs something.  That one last poke in the face.

I knew the second portion of the film was going to be a logistical nightmare, and it is…

A couple of items need to be adjusted, but we’re finally there.  And with filming finally getting under way this weekend… the chaos really begins.  But it’s a chaos that I enjoy.  There is one upside to all of this, and that is we’re no longer racing deadlines.  We can actually relax a bit and shoot without worrying about anybody on the cast leaving the state before we’re done.

While all this goes on, Karen comes to me, and asks a question about the movie… It’s a question I can’t answer, which is odd for me.  I’m a rationalizer by nature, and when I don’t have an answer, I tend to try and think myself through a question (normally out loud) .

“How do you plan on shooting this?”, is the question.  “Have you looked at the storyboards?” I return.  “Yes.”…  She still looks confused.  I can almost hear my subconscious mutter, “Oh shit!”  I thought it was pretty obvious.