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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Location booked on peer space came back trying to ask for more money. Having trouble now getting the money back from peer space saying it’s somehow our problem. Some of the actors are unhappy about how little they were mentioned in the deadline article. The rest of the crew is killing it.
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We were able to make our day without losing any shots. Actors are doing an amazing job. Production design is superb. One of my producers was able to get us a write up in Deadline. She’s been doing some incredible work behind the scenes. It was exciting and a great start to the press for…
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I’m so glad to be out of filming at the strip club and into filming at other locations. No offense to the strip club. But we just had too much to do in such a short amount of time. I feel like we’re back to a reasonable schedule. Walked up to this new location, that…
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Filming this week was overall only okay. Friday was the worst. We were not even getting the bare minimum we needed for some scenes as we raced through the final hours at the location. We really needed 6 days there but our budget only allowed for 5. I’m worried we didn’t get everything we need.…
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Found a new line producer to take over, but now the original line producer doesn’t want to quit anymore. I’m wondering if I get too sensitive when my spouse criticizes me on set or shoots down my ideas in front of the crew. We don’t do a good job of speaking to each other as…
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Spouse and I have started to argue more in front of the crew. It’s not good. I think I found a new line producer to come on. Finally finished making casting choices today. Hopefully we can book them all.
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Got some great footage. Made our day. Actors are happy. Line Producer / Producer is quitting because the work is too much for them to keep up with. They’re going to finish out the week. Searching for a replacement. Very confusing day.
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Today was a bad day for me personally. We made our day and shot an “if time” scene a lot of people didn’t think we would be able to get. The scenes before lunch, which were the ones I was the most stressed about, went great. Then it all fell apart for me. It started…
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Last day at the college went great. Shot late but everyone was in good spirits. Made our day. I feel bad for all the work art still has to do tomorrow. Excited to get back home and see my daughter.
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Started filming even later in the day to do splits. It’s definitely rough. The crew was tired but everyone was laughing and being ridiculous instead of being grumpy. We were able to get everything on the schedule shot and also two pickups from other scenes. I’m worried we’re not getting enough fun transitions for our…
Tails 