Tails

Schedule today was not ideal. Not sure whose fault that is.

Our schedule for the rest of the shoot is going to be a bit chaotic.

I’ve gotten to a place where, any time I start to worry about people quitting the project at this point, I would welcome them to leave. Anyone who would do that when we’ve gotten this far is not someone I want around anyway.

I still think we’re overloaded with crew. The extra bodies are like a bloat bogging down the production. Distracting each other with chatter when we’re rolling. Not focusing before takes in general. I’m not sure what some of the production office support does all day when I find so many mistakes in the call sheet on a daily basis. As though they’re not thinking through things logically.

I wish we had stuck to our guns more about what we did or did not need. I worry about the money we could have saved. I worry about how little budget I have left for score in post.

I worry about what kind of mess I’m going to be left with to clean up at the end. They’ve lost track of the budget so I fear the worst.

I get that working on this movie isn’t easy. Indie filmmaking is making a movie while pushing the bounds of what is acceptable. But I worry we brought a production team on that is used to working on much cushier circumstances.

I worry that I don’t worry enough about the actors. Not focusing on giving them feedback on their performance enough.

I worry.

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