First Day of Shooting


I think it went well. All the actors were strong. Things ran a lot longer than I anticipated, and I want to see us pick up the pace. I still can't say I know exactly what I'm doing, but my motto is "stumble forward." I realize that I have to learn how to give actors better notes. Not just for the overall scene, but for the parts of the scenes, and even for particular words. But the biggest thing is choosing the best talent, so you don't have to do as much work.

As tomorrow is Sunday, we'll take our shoot into one of our actor's homes for the first half of the day, and then go back to the church for the afternoon. It's all going really well. One sad note: My purse turned up missing. Fortunately I had my credit cards on me, but my digital camera my mom gave me for my last birthday was in it, and the purse I'd bought on a trip to Paris last year. Something told me not to take my purse in, but I didn't listen. Intuition is there for a reason.

Onward.