Wednesday, December 21, 2011

2 DAYS LEFT TILL WRAP!!!!

Oh my...Where did the days go? How has this incredible experience gone by so quickly? And more importantly, how do I stop time?

We are very close to wrapping my second feature and to say that I am already getting separation anxiety is a colossal understatement. What's so great about moviemaking is that you are this tightly-knit family for a very short period of time and you all have one thing in common that most people in company environments rarely have(at the same time): you're all working hard and enjoying what you do passionately. It is truly a transformed environment to be in and one that I'm keenly aware is not something to be taken for granted. I instinctively feel this will be the launch of our company and one of many films to come...yet there's always a distinct feeling in the back of my head "What happens if this is it?" My response is that if I don't have the opportunity come around again, I will still feel so blessed to have made it to this point with such a great team of creative people supporting the project.

We have averaged 5-6 pages a day and the coverage has been minimal for the first 2/3 but now, with the pace stepping up in the last 1/3 of the movie and the story covering more psychological terrain, we are doing MORE shots....so things are a bit more hectic...but hectic is just right for the nature of these scenes...there's a frantic urgency to the second half of the story that builds right up to where we are right now.

I am nervous about missing a shot...I know that I will get to the edit and wish I had done this or that but truly we have gotten so much done in such a short period of time. Nonetheless, I'm sure there will be a few moments I wish I had captured but as long as I can still make my scenes work with what I have...such is the lot of filmmaking.

Anyway, will spend more time avidly updating this blog once we wrap. Then I will have more time and energy and focus to talk about the shoot and discuss the workings of THE RED ROBIN.


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