At 9am I met actor Christopher Harris at the Southworth ferry and drove him to our house for his fitting. Christopher went through our huge bag of camo selections and was soon dressed and off to shoot a scene with Faith. Little did they know what awaited them!
No sooner did we step from the truck that the wind -- an arctic wind, no doubt -- tried to pick Faith up and blow her tiny little superhero body into the wild skies! Luckily, the beautiful heavy artillery she was shooting next to provided an anchor and some shelter.
Christopher and Faith nailed their scene in the icy rain with sputters of drops that weren't enough to bust out umbrellas but were enough for me to realize that my camera's raincoat doesn't accommodate my mic :( Hm. Brianne was with us today (not as an actor but as my production manager) so she called out the shots to me which always makes the process smoother.
We bombed Christopher back to the ferry (we were sorry to see him go but we know we get him back for two larger roles in future episodes this season!) only to beat actor William Michael Paul and his wife, Katie (who used to teach horse back riding lessons, which we think is so super cool!), by only five or ten minutes. William and Katie brought the cast and crew water and nifty hand warmers -- both of which saved the day...
...because it snowed.
That's right. Snow.
Okay, so it didn't snow on set (actually, we were shooting a scene with William inside an ancient building) but it snowed on the way there. Yikes! The cold, however, was absolutely on set and by dusk, we all felt like ghost-sicles.
William, Faith and Brianne worked together in a three-segment scene that was shot 1/4 yesterday and the rest today. The lighting was very limited but in a slanting-through-the-forest way that was interesting. Shooting the trees dancing (as William and Katie say, which I loved) was a spontaneously captured shot that will be added into the episode for sure.
William and Katie left at about 3:00 -- but they'll be back! Episode 11 will have William back in a funny, light-hearted role. We look forward to working with William again.
We have light until 4:30 and then have to hike back to the truck so we got in a transition segment and an entire scene set at one location. In total we secured 48 new shots and I was very happy with the footage.
Tomorrow? David, Faith, Brianne, Zach, Lizz, Cris... and Sammie?! More tomorrow about new, actors-to-the-rescue and finding the funny in the serious.
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