The aftermath of production

Shooting is a cross between an orgasm and having your teeth pulled. The emotions run an extreme unlike anything I can describe. High and low, up and down, pain to pleasure.

My cinematographer, Yueni Zander, is not one who likes to compromise and that is something to respect. She wants to light a shot in such a way that it is life. Real life captured with a lens. When one compromises, that life is dimmed.

We had some compromises put to film on Saturday and Sunday. Time was the cause and I regret that. such is the pain of making a film.

Going to war

Yesterday was like a war. Everything that you could imagine that would be against you... was.

Time. Money. Sound. Make-up and hair.

The very long day of production on my short film was like an extended battle and I was the lost General, wondering how he was going to get out of such a mess.

Fortunately, all was not lost because we actually shot moist of what was needed and captured some magical moments. The crew, mostly volunteers, were so hard working and full of valor that I am humbled.

Truly.

And I will get more into that tomorrow.

In the meantime, I have two more scenes to shoot. Ten shots/setups in total at two locations.

Today will be a breeze compared to yesterday. Kind of like taking the helicopter out away from the battle field.

Something tells me I'm busy

What a shame the blizzard dumped all over me. It's been some time since I could come back here and in that time much has happened. We lost our leading lady because of a scheduling conflict. Time is time and when it conflicts, such is life. So Hiroko and I will work on something down the road and in the mean time the lead will be played by the lovely Andrea Carolina Chan.

We are on schedule and shooting this weekend. Things are frantic and I must say, I have completely ignored this blog as a result. At the moment I am suffering from a bit of exhaustion and just need to catch up on sleep. If I am not rested for the weekend, I am in big big BIG trouble.