Frustrations

So... I would generally consider myself a compassionate, patient, and caring person... but scheduling 9 actors and 5 locations is stretching me to my limits. After 3 or 4 (or 5, I've really lost count) reschedulings I really don't think I can compassionately handle any more scheduling conflicts. I agree with Kelly and Jeff... It is truly so incredibly hard to be working with people who seemed to prioritize absolutely everything over what you're trying to accomplish. Unfortunately we have an incredibly talented cast, which means that they are all involved in other plays/projects and also, because of their talent, I am not willing to recast. I just hope and pray that our filming goes well and there is absolutely no need for reshoots.

Sigh.

impressed

so after watching the final cuts of all of project 1, I am impressed on how everyone's ideas came out in the end. I hope project 2 goes just as well. Al and I are running into some snags with scheduling. Some people actually celebrate Easter apparently. I'm just joking, I think we can still pull off our shoot this week, as long as no major problems occur.

So here I am sitting in class and I just realized I hadn't posted.

With 9 actors and 4 locations our scheduling has been a little insane and our main actor having tooth issues has only made things more complicated... I am still excited though about what I hope will come out of this project. It truly is an awesome script and an amazing cast so I feel like it's really going to be a film that we can all be proud of... if we're able to work out scheduling that is.

Well...SB08 obviously threw a kink in the plans (but it was quite needed and much appreciated).  Missing a couple shoots due to Michael's abcessed tooth.  I would have liked to have hit the ground running coming off of SB, but I'm not too worried about it.  Finally got the clearance for Crown Hill Cemetary (much back and forth and a $50 donation to seal the deal)...awesome.  Kathleen has been doing a lot of location work over SB, and we're doing hardcore scheduling immediately following class.  Here's hoping everything goes smooth from here on out.

New Project

Haven't started the new project yet but I totally rewrote the script and got it to the actors. Hopefully I can get the actors together to talk about it but so far i've only gotten response from one of them to tell me that he couldn't do it on the one day that could seemingly work out to have all three of them there. I don't know. Hasn't been fun using the acting department. It's much more of a project than it should be to get things scheduled. Just headaches. Ready for this class to be over with and be done with school period.

Schedules

Yes, Kelly summed up my opinion on our scheduling conflicts nicely. Bad timing has played a large part with all of this - just not enough weeks in a semester for everyone to do everything. Ironically, I think our actor would be more free next week when his show runs. On the plus side, I think I have rigged up a contraption for our "violent scenes". My aunt is a nurse and she was very helpful over Spring Break lending me some unique items. I also made a visit to a Goodwill and had some luck finding the actors wardrobe. I'm just anxious to get started filming. Should be an interesting week/weekend with many late nights. I just realized most of our shoot takes place in or around cars. Good thing gas prices are at a record low.

Project 2 starts with a fizzle

Jeff and I had planned to shoot a majority of the film yesterday. Unfortunately due to an actor's schedule we are having to rearrange our shoot. One of the biggest dilemmas is getting everyone's schedule to line up. I look forward to the day when everyone is under contract or atleast employed to be a part of the film. Personally, I don't need to be paid any money (at this time) to make a film, but using money to persuade a crew/actors to help us would be nice. Perhaps 1% of the Letterman building expenses could be moved to a CEC films budget. Just a thought. Everyone works harder when their being paid... Other developments, we casted "The Man" with a Fishers local with acting experience. I am working on getting the police involved for the final scene. I still think we will be alright for the rough cut turn in date. I hope...