Tails

Filmed the opening scene of the film today. I think we covered it well. But we ended up having to push a scene from today to tomorrow. Now tomorrow looks a bit insane. Not sure how we’re going to get through it.

I think the lead of the film trusts me. But I’m not sure about the others yet. I’ve also had more time with her, so I feel like the others could still come around.

I think I’m in a good groove with everyone on the crew except for my spouse. That bad day last week felt like just a stressful day for everyone, but we’re all in a better flow now.

We’re filming some late nights for the rest of the week. It’s going to be pretty rough. I’m just hoping we can all stay focused.

Cast still isn’t all locked. It’s super distracting to have to be casting so much during filming. I can’t do this to myself again.

Lots of requests coming in from people to change our shooting schedule for various reasons. I’m trying to be reasonable and accommodating. I’m only going to be able to do so much. But I think it’s important to let people be humans if you want to have a long term working relationship with them. Not every producer feels the same way as me about having a flexible schedule. It doesn’t help that some of the “bad cops” I’ve hired on the film seem to be spending a lot of time just fighting with each other. I don’t love being caught in the middle.

I rewrote a scene today that’s shooting tomorrow. Still haven’t dealt with the ripple effects of it fully yet throughout the rest of the script / schedule. But it’ll at least make tomorrow a little easier.

Hopefully.