The buck stops here. And by here, I mean with the production manager. At 9:00am this morning ( it is almost midnight now) Brianne found out our location for today was unavailable. Her resulting fevered rush to reorganize giant bins of props, daylight scene shooting order, and other considerations barely touched us. It meant an extra hour or two of getting for me and some nice uninterrupted school for Faith and Maxwell with Cris.
In the end, there was no need to fret.
We starting shooting outdoors on the property (mostly in the woods) at 1:30. Shot until 4:00 while the light was still good but we were simply not done with everything outside! Then had lunch and regrouped. Shot again from 5:30 to 8:00 when Faith insisted on watching one of her favorite shows, Terra Nova. Finished up shooting from 10:30 to 11:00. In total we signed, sealed and delivered 16 script pages spread over five sets, 95 shots, and 115 takes. Ratio for the day? Oh gosh. My math brain has turned off LOL! (Edit: 1.21:1 scorecard.)
Funny event of the day was that Faith was scripted to hold twelve letters, five magazines, and open a letter, unfold it and read it while standing by a mailbox. She looked a me and said, "With what hands?" We all laughed as I revised :)
Incredible news of the day? *Three* backers at KickStarter! One has already done a phone interview with me and been cast in a speaking role -- whether or not we reach our KickStarter goal and she actually has to pay for her donation (remember, if we don't meet the goal, KickStarter does not charge the supporters for their promised donations and we earn no funds).
We also received the last funds needed for Episode 2 dirctly through our website. This secures our special talking animal footage! Yes!
Whew! Now for some much needed sleep... Until Day 5 starts at 7:00am tomorrow!
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