Reshoots & Pickups - Day 9
Today was a good day of shooting. All the imagery came out beautiful. The beginning of the day started off in frustration when a wardrobe issue forced us to bag one of the scenes planned for today. I guess this WONT be the last day with our two leads on camera….*sigh* That’s ok though, we figured out a way to possibly sneak it into a day we are in another location so no more days should be added to the schedule. We’ll just shoot there in the morning then pack up and move down the street.
We started in the bedroom upstairs and prayed together. We didn’t do that as soon as the day started and I wasn’t doing so well. After we prayed I think everyone felt refreshed and ready to really start the day off right. We moved on and completed the scene we didn’t get to on Friday because we ran out of time. I was glad to get that out of the way. Afterwards we moved downstairs to get a close-up a previous shot done months ago. My gaffer did a great job matching the light properly and we bagged that shot quickly. Afterwords we moved onto the major dialog scene of the day. It came out fantastic and the imagery is superb.
Some people have voiced their attitude about the film and that its been shooting for so long. Do you want to know why the film has been shooting so long? There are MANY factors that answer that question but I’ll tell you what one of them is. We’ve re-shot some scenes (like the dialog scene we shot today) that came out poor and looked like this, so they can come out out wonderful and look like this and this. Get the point? We’re making a better film here, and with everyone on board to finish, what are you complaining about? Just a minor rant that is now over 
Overall the day turned out great. Lord willing we will have 3 days left but O I know how surprises come about 
Lets say we have 3 planned days and then we SHOULD be finished. Unless there is something that alludes us that we’ll find in the next week, we should be done shooting completely very soon. Keep us in your prayers, we need them.
May 2nd, 2009 at 5:59 am
Yes, we’re having fun, the film looks great for a bunch of rookies! Praise God, He IS good, amen! (Boy Kyle, you were right about the cheesy lighting on the scene with Eric and Rob talking… OUCH, that one’s NOT gonna make the reel!) -Shaun (the gaffer)