Production Update #39: Editing and Planning Next Major Shoot

Well, our core indie film crew has scattered to the 4 winds -- from Niagra Falls to Rehoboth Beach to Georgia to Manatoulin Island, Ontario -- to soak up some well earned summer R&R. That way, we'll all return home rejuvenated and willing to once again charge some cinematic windmills... (fingers-crossed...)

In the meantime, I have been hacking my way through the 7+ scenes we've already shot this summer, hovering over the antique 16mm Steenbeck editing table in the lonely, dark basement of the college, continuing to build the story -- shot by shot -- that will someday be our completed feature.

The footage looks great.  The sound is pristine. The performances are sincere and human and engaging... and I can't wait to get back out there on location to shoot the next round of pages.  I still have a few bucks in my pocket for film stock, but I want to use them before they get consumed by sky-high gasoline prices and other unexpected Recession-related expenses.

"You're wasting money on a film now?  In this economy?  Are you CRAZY!?"

God, I hope not.

According to the production schedule I put together at the very beginning of the summer, it looks like "all the planets align" again on the weekend of August 9-10.   I believe everyone is back in town and available that weekend...

It will probably be the last major shoot of the summer and will include the following scenes: dairy farm, rural walkbys, more house calls, night porch…and whatever the heck else I dream up between now and then.

So stay tuned for more details about that weekend.  I'll send everyone an email if it is a "go."

Hope the summer is treating you well...