Shooting Tomorrow

10 hours til production. 

The last day before production was an action-packed one. 

Rented a truck and checked out equipment - which went incredibly smooth by the way for the number of items that we checked out.  We finished in less than 2 hours.  Crazy efficient.  Special shoutout to Jeff, Evan, Isaac, Taylor, Carlos, and Mindy.  Afterwards, stopped by gear to pick up some more rentals, expendables.  Then headed back to the school to have a quick meeting with my AD and cinematographer to go over tomorrow's schedule. 

Then I got some unfortunate news that one of my actors had injured himself.  To the point where he was unable to walk or move around, so he would likely have to drop out of the production.  Then it became a mad race to try to find someone to replace him.  Tim, assoc. producer, started contacting previous actors from the auditions as well as grabbing referrals from anyone he could.  And even if we did get an actor, the tough thing is that I'd be casting him blind.  It'd be a huge risk in my eyes, but I really don't have any other choice.

At 6, I had a "workout rehearsal" at a gym.  The owner of the location we're shooting at was willing to give my actors a workout to give them an idea of how he trains people personally.  Extremely nice and helpful people.  We'll be shooting a video for them in the future as payment for the location.  After the workout, my actors and I headed to the local Dick's Sporting Goods and picked out some costumes. 

Tim gave me a call back later and was able to give me a few options for actors that I could choose from.  Again, this choice was a blind leap of faith but I can only hope it will work out. 

Last minute calls.  Last minute emails.  A lot of little details here and there that need to get done.  It can weigh on you, but I'm lucky to have so many great people in each position.  It'll be a fun shoot.