We finished shooting around 5:30PM. I let the crew go around 5 o’clock and shot the last bit of footage with Andrea myself. I didn’t actually get home until about 9PM so that made it a FIFTEEN-hour workday for me. Imagine if we had more than a one-day shoot?I’m going to digress here for a moment. Fifteen plus hour days on a film shoot are typical because it is hard work. That’s why no matter how crappy I think a film is I still have props for the filmmakers because whatever the result, it took a lot of work, time and effort to produce it.
Back to the production, how do I remember such details? Ever since I was a child I had the uncanny ability for total recall. I can remember everything I experience to the last detail. Well not really, but that sounded good right? :p The answer is cell phone! They can record your whole life can’t they? I just checked the times I made the phone calls that day and approximated the times. I’m not a magician so I can reveal my secrets. LOL.
I have to give props again to my uncle and aunt for letting our little production take over their home…and their street. We had to stop traffic momentarily while we were filming our scenes in front of their house. Don’t worry, after we shot each take, we let the cars go through. Each individual take wasn’t that long and the neighbors were very courteous. We shot in front of their house, in their house and in back of their house (deck, backyard). We even stopped my uncle from entering his own house while we were filming in his kitchen. Thanks again Uncle Rommie and Aunt Gwen and thank you for being so gracious.
Previous “Takes” on Principal Photography
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