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Ext: A snow covered field/ Int: an old riverfront warehouse
So in one weekend we’ve done a lot of driving. A lot. All I can say is I’m thankful for minivans, and for Kelly being back on the crew. P.S. The crew is exhausted, and I’m officially a week behind on the blog. So I promise, I’ll get caught up this week.
It’s been a long six months of production, and it’s been a over a year since we started. There’s been four casts, nine locations (so far) dozens of extras, and thousands of miles driven to locations. Anyone who tells you making a movie is a cush job is lying.
Saturday was our first day of shooting winter. Opening with a few establishing shots. We went with a skeleton crew of just Mike, Karen, Kelly and myself. I just wanted to see what we could get done, and more or less gauge how much crew we were going to need. No reason for everyone to stand outside and freeze their ass off. And we gave shooting a dialogue scene with Ted and Clark a shot. Sadly, a piece of audio equipment taking a spill in the snow cut that short, but fortunately, the equipment is fine. FYI, if you ever drop electronics in the snow, pull the battery ASAP, pull any storage cards, and let it sit for at least 24 hours. Where most folks go wrong is they immediately try to see if it will turn on. This is when most shorts happen.
Following our cut short shooting day, Clark’s grandmother made us a lovely dinner of chicken and dumplings, which made the shortened day a lot less disappointing. Thanks Grandma Pearson!
We’ve got our first shots of Winter done, and are down to our last shots for fall. I’m so thankful that fall was a fun, stress-free shoot. The location wasn’t quite as comfortable as I was hoping, but I think it makes the whole thing feel more genuine. It’s beautiful on film, in a run-down, rustic way.
Tim brought it, big time last weekend, shooting four scenes where he had the vast majority of the dialogue. His performance was spot on and even though it was our first weekend without Karen, who’s never missed a shooting day, I wasn’t sure how things were going to go without her keeping everything in order, and making sure all the details I never want to have to think about get taken care of. Somehow, we managed to keep pace with the previous weekend’s shooting and wrapped up before 7:00.
I’ve spent every spare moment this week editing Summer, and we’re looking good. And that’s it kids. That’s all I got. I’m exhausted. Stay tuned!
Interesting photo. I was going to “run to the light”, then looking at where the light was I thought it best not to. That was a great day of shooting. I value Eric and Rhonda’s talent! They made my job a lot easier. And what a privilge it is to work with a Director and Crew who allow you to act! Heavy on the support, light on the pressure! You guys make us actors look good…thanks!