There is only one
thing going on right now; one project I’m working on, have been working on,
will be continuing to work on. Only one.
Filming for the movie
has taken up all of my time, so much so that I even missed a weekly post this
January. We film every weekend, one day
for sure, sometimes two. Mid-week some
of the team meets for set planning and preparation. I'm in constant contact with everyone, trying
to coordinate cast and crew for the next set.
My nights free I am learning how to
make my new video editing software to work; or learning the ins and outs
of the new camera; trying to master crisp, clear audio; running test videos;
storyboarding the next shoot, etc.
But it’s the best
way to learn to be a director. Crash and
burn. On the Job Training. Trail and Error.
We shoot early in
the morning most of the time. Being the
apocalypse, where most of the world is dead, we have to film when nothing’s up
but our crew and the sun.
I’ve been very lucky
to have things so beautifully fall into place.
Not too much traffic interrupting the shoots. The weather has cooperated with us so far -
knock on wood.
Most especially, I’ve
been lucky as to the people who have come out of the woodwork to be a part of
this, as well as the amount of enthusiasm and dedication that they bring with
them. We really have something big going
on here, and I’m excited to see how this will all turn out.
If all goes as planned,
the winter unit of filming will be finished by the middle of this month. After that, we wait until it’s green out
again to finish the final scenes. Until
then, I can start to cutting the film from the raw footage.
And the sooner I finish
cutting the winter scenes, the sooner I can shave :-D Being a grizzly bear is getting old.
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