One Week In

So, we've been working for about a week. Only actually 5 days we did work, because we had to cancel one day due to snow, and today due to some other issues. No worries though, we've gotten a lot done.

Yesterday we shot approximately 17 pages, which is likely the most we will ever have to shoot on one day. That was a lengthy scene, and I cut most of it together today. It's very rough, especially the sound, but what the hell can you do in 12 hours. So I am currently making a .mov of that scene and I'm going to burn it to DVD to watch on the tivy.

Everything is going quite well. No real big set backs yet. The weather is definitely the biggest issue. I fucking hate snow. Tuesday night we were doing this scene where the actress had to do a lot of stuff at the sink. She got really wet, and it was probably about 55 in the room. So we had to deal with some Stage 1 hypothermia. It didn't get too bad, she's okay now, but it's something we'll never let happen again.

Yesterday after wrapping that monster scene, Josh (the AD) and myself went into the green room. He immediately says to me, "I'm going to say something both awesome and kind of mean. You know your actors are saving your movie right?" Not really though. They are making my movie. This is a film about character. Backstory. Relationships. It isn't about plot. The actors will make or break this film. And they're making it.

I couldn't be happier.

And Tomorrow We Start!

So, we moved all our equipment in today. What a fuckload of equipment. It makes me feel really, really happy, because all of that equipment costs NOTHING. I sometimes get depressed thinking I spent $1500 on the location. Then I'm like, what the fuck, I have like $15,000 worth of equipment in there for free.

Thank you Wright State University.

Tomorrow, we film the first scene of the movie. For some reasons that I don't want to go into at the moment, the second half of the scene will be shot first. This is the opening scene. The actress is in her underwear and bra the entire day. But she's a trooper.

My AD and lead actor basically moved into the motel. We have three rooms, so I figure they might as well. It's awesome too because 100% of their time is devoted to this, which is fabulous. They're both great. Josh, the AD, is making fake blood as we speak, and from what I can tell, having a great time doing it. The man is awesome, I cannot express how amazing it has been to work with him. I really hope we will continue to work together in the future. This film WILL be better because of him, I have zero doubt about that. I have learned more in the past month from that man than I have since I started screenwriting. I could probably write ten pages saying how awesome he is, but I shall leave it at that.

My production designer is great as well. I spent a good majority of the day with her buying stuff for the set.

I have yet to meet our sound guy. I've been told he is a "character." So I'm pretty excited. Josh is a character. So they should mix quite well. I'm not really a character. They make it fun. It's worth having them there even if that was the only thing they did. Make it fun.

I also got acquainted with some women's clothing. Seriously, what the fuck is a size 5. What in the hell does size "5" mean? Five what? And all the types of women's underwear, goddamn. I guess I already knew that pretty much, I'm not a retard, but there really are a lot. I never thought about it before.

Here are some links to video from our rehearsals. I think I was running the camera on all these, but I'm not sure. The sound is shitty as hell, it was a mere consumer digital camera, what can you do. But they're kind of interesting.

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2265831/MVI_0022.AVI

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2265831/MVI_0025.AVI

We start at 9AM!

I shall report back.