Tails
“Tails” refers to the tail slate, the clap at the end of a take when things get flipped around—and this blog is just that: a flipped-around peek behind the scenes of my second feature.
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For EVERY scene in the script – make a little note about what each characters’ goal is for the scene. It seems obvious, but those little reminders to review with the actors at the top of the scene (when you’re giving everyone an overview of the action and story context) would be incredibly helpful. You…
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Submitted an assembly of the film to SXSW late last night. It’s currently 2 hours and 11 minutes long. Which is definitely too long. Lots of work left to do. It’s scary how rough the film actually is for the submission. Fingers crossed.
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Trying to figure out how to get everything back from the line producer without angering her. She can get so angry so fast. She truly scares me.
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I feel bad. We went over budget. By a lot. I’ve had to spend a lot of time running around begging for people to loan me more money. Not invest. Loan. Our line producer went directly against many of our direct orders about how set should be run and it really added up. She could…
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Everything went really well today. The crew was small. It was lovely. Film LA did not show up and shut down our production. And we got everything done. Our small art department and gaffer really came through today. I hope they’re as proud of what they were able to accomplish as I am. They’re so…
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Line producer heard about us wanting to film with a smaller crew at an unpermitted location. I was on set with crew setting up for a shot when she came in and started yelling at me in front of the whole crew about what I wanted to do was impossible and there was no way…
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With the apartment bailing, the production team found an apartment. They showed it to me and I said it looked good to book. They then came back and told me that it was not going to be possible to film outside the front door – the location wouldn’t allow it. But they had already booked…
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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…
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It was a weird day. Mostly prepping a new location at a film ranch. Plus filming one scene. We told the location we were going to film some that day. We were mostly using them as a base camp for rigging a car and then driving on nearby roads. At least, that was the original…
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Overnights are tough.
Tails 