Wow… I can’t believe we finished. Sorry for the lack of updates, but it’s been a busy, chaotic semester. I worked of four flicks other than my own (one which should have counted as ten) in addition to maintaining ye olde GPA in both English and Film. Whew.

The shoot? Oh, yeah. It was a synecdochal  representation of the rest of this crazy, crazy semester. My cast and crew endured some long hours, harsh temperatures (not a joke, even though we were indoors), and a few crew members are probably still experience PTS episodes.

I don’t even know where to begin, but in a nutshell:

• New Kid Mike (AKA the female supermodel) stepped up to the plate as boom op and rocked the mic. (Please ignore the Disney gameshow-esque banter.)
• Amanda nearly died. Really.
• Justine was the best AD I could ever dream of and even stopped herself from killing me when I asked to do that shot we spent 10 hours in scheduling trying to cut out.
• David and his team (AC Kelly and Gaffer Matt) rocked the hell out of cinematography. The footage looks like I dreamed it would… Beautiful contrast, bold blues, and a great shots of random crew members calling slate.
• Did I mention David, Kelly, and Matt are amazing? AMAZING. (And I’m still sorry about the beds!!!!)
• Jacqui 2nded everything.
• Candace’s art direction looked like a beautiful mix of Kubrick and Burton. Genius.
• My PAs were AWESOME (and I’m pretty sure that one of them has replaced me already…)
• The cast was perfect. I couldn’t believe my characters were real. I could have sworn I wrote them. (And Nina and Kyle’s switch from comedy to tragedy in mere seconds still takes my breath away after hours of re-watching dailies.)

Anyway, the dailies came out beautifully and the real editing will begin within the next week or so. I’m still syncing the last of it, but I’ll post a few clips when I get the chance. (Nothing before the actors get their DVDs of some dailies, though!)