Episode 3 Shooting Day 6

I promised I'd have big news to share today but, as it turns out, I have some funny stories and *two* pieces of *great* news. Let's jump right in!

OUR NEW CAMPAIGN IS EVEN BETTER. We've launched our new campaign for Episode 5. The awesome part is, we're not going to work through any type of fund-raising website -- we're going to do it all ourselves. Pop over to our website and you'll see, on the left hand side, a widget with a rainbow frame. Everything is right there -- safe, easy, secure and instant. There's no waiting; donations literally appear instantly and we keep shooting, editing, writing. And, maybe even better, is there are still rewards (which you get faster!) -- and new rewards at that :) Of course, we're funded all the way through Episode 3 and more than half way through Episode 4, so we have time... until February 15th! Yikes! That's right, even with snow, we're moving at the speed of lightning to make "Ghost Sniffers" a steady, fabulous success.

SHOOTING RESUMED TODAY. Yes! Not shooting that works around the snow. Not inside shooting with snowy windows covered. Real. Honest. Shooting! We secured 25 shots of freeway and travel footage and organized two of our actors who have yet to finish their scenes for even more shooting (actually our biggest day yet) tomorrow. We're so thrilled to be moving toward completion so we can throw ourselves into the editing process. Yes, the episode will still post a week later, but we'll have more time in the editing room.

That second piece of great news leads into our first funny story:

While shooting on the freeway today, Cris drove while I shot out the passenger side window. Brianne and Faith rode in the other lane and posed appropriately (and, of course, safely) while I filmed. At one point, we apparently won't traveling at speed (read: over the limit) that the gentleman behind us wanted us to travel at. Cris quickly sped up and changed lanes out of his way. He decided to motion very animatedly and give her a piece of his mind which ended with, "What are you doing?" Her instant response was, "Shooting a film for kids, you !@#$%!" Since there were no children in the car with us or within hearing range so I admit I laughed. Very hard. All the way home.

And rolling right into the second story... To celebrate our first full day back to shooting, Brianne baked cookies. When they all strangely burned and stuck to the pan, she sighed and shrugged. "I have the cookie curse," she admitted in complete seriousness. Later, Faith took me aside and whispered, "Brianne usually makes really good cookies. Is there any way to break this curse?" I may have popped a button either from laughing again so hard or because I love to eat overdone cookies.

Tomorrow we'll shoot with Zach and Lizzie Green and I'll get their head shots so we can add them to our Actors Gallery. Many of you already know Zach and Lizzie's voice work -- Zach was the Recorder Ghost in Episode 1 and Lizzie was the GPS Guru :)