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Gaffer just bailed on me. He was one of the first crew members we brought on. He came to table reads and gave feedback on the script. I flew him out to a location for a tech scout. I thought he was more invested in the project. I thought he was more invested in me.…
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Made some amazing headway on casting today. Still farther behind than we wanted to be at this point. A lot of people are still panicked for costumes. Lead actor finally texted me back and we had a good chat. Was even able to snag their sizes from them. A win for costumes. We’re worried our…
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Fixed some major location issues today. But we also found out that the food situation with our first location is not what we thought it was. Maybe found a solve for an animal issue I was going to have. We’ll see how that shakes out. Don’t write animals into movies. I knew that rule and…
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I had a lot of plans for how I was going to be productive today. I ended up sleeping a good portion of the day. Feeling guilty about the money we’ve paid in childcare for me to nap.
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It’s a Saturday and yet people are willing to do work on my film. I went through all the wardrobe changes for each character with my costume designer. The thoroughness of my crew is incredible. I also learned today that my costumer is leaving a union tv show early to work on my movie. That…
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Solved some problems. Found other problems. I thought I was a genius when I found a diner that would let us film there for free. Scouting it, the crew brought up some logistical problems. But they could be solved with money. More money than it would cost to pay to film at a location somewhere…
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I’m in pre-production on my second film. I regret not keeping a journal when making my first film. I remember there were times when I was convinced the first feature wasn’t going to come together or was about to fall apart. But it didn’t. And because it didn’t, those terrifying moments have faded in my…
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