We're not panicked, but there is a definite feeling of urgency

(Dear readers, we're prepping this movie that shoots for the next two weeks. I regret to inform you that the succeeding blogs may contain an obscene amount of technical jargon. I apologize for offending anyone's sensibilities and will attempt to explain anything that may be unknown to the average joe or jane.)

Yesterday I was in charge of the script revisions, formatting shit in Final Draft and making sure the crew gets the blue pages.*

Had the big production meeting with (most of) the crew. It's sort of your first chance to use your douche radar and sniff out who might be the whiny bitches on set. The thing is this- at the ultra modified low non-existant budget level we are producing this movie at, the only time you get to be a bitch is when you don't accept the job. If you're here, it's only to work because no one is making any money on this show.

Still, regardless of accepting the job, there are people that when they get on set will talk for hours about how much better everything was on another set. [FOG HORN]

Also talked with HanjaWalt and the DP about the editorial workflow… er…they talked mostly, I absorbed. Good Ol' HanjaWalt knows what he's doing.

I might be in charge of the production cube** this time out, which is fun, but now I just have to make sure I avoid getting GD walkie duty. WORST. JOB. EVER.

Dropped off a script at comedysportz for Megan Kellie, who got cast as the Medic. Lucky for her it was written as a red-headed female because she's got one of the best lines in the movie(the last one), and I would have loved to show up in the last minute of the movie, grinning like an asshole.

When I got home, I cut up some college-ruled notebook paper and bound a little pocket journal. More flexible than the moleskin, less sturdy, but fits perfectly in my pocket. It's sort of a last hurrah of creativity before production and all the running around humping folding tables and sandbags starts...









* Script revisions are printed on different color paper; so after the initial White script you go to: Blue, Pink, Yellow, Green, Goldenrod, Buff, Salmon, Cherry, Tan, and Gray.

** The cube truck usually has directors chairs, folding tables, trash cans, butt cans, layout board, folding chairs, pop-up tents, and other assorted production supplies, not department specific.