Woo! What a day. I went to a movie last night (shouldn’t have gone…I was way too tired) and got to bed too late. When I woke up this morning at 8am, my head was killing me. I called Dave Gifford to tell him we had to cancel shooting (not because of the headache but because of scheduling issues proposed the night prior). I went back to bed for another 45minutes and got up. I felt TERRIBLE, I haven’t felt this way in a long time. I used to get really bad dizzy spells and stuff some years ago. I could never figure out what it was, but it was always an event I could remember specifically. Not a normal feeling for me as I’m sick about 0.5% of the year (knock on wood). I went throughout my day feeling like junk, staring at a computer screen at work didn’t help, and then finding out the possibility that tomorrows shoot also could’ve been cancelled didn’t lift my spirits. I remember thinking at one point “God your in control…” and just continuing the day.
I went to check out a location we needed to shoot in on Thursday. Luckily it checks out fine, but I’ll have to shoot alone. I was able to snag a friend to help me (thanks Ben) on short notice so I’m not 100% alone. I’m glad the location checked out. It also frees up my Saturday more as that day was originally scheduled for then (juggling schedules on a day your head feels like it’s going to explode doesn’t help your head…trust me). I also found out today that something else I need to shoot is on Saturday (a real event taking place I can’t control but need to capture footage of) so the freeing up of the day is perfect.
I went home, and on the way called into WDCX 99.5 to talk to Neil Boron on the air. They were talking about Facebook. I told them what a great tool it was for those who know how to use it, how groups and fan pages are great for marketing and spreading the word, etc. I bashed Myspace for a moment and said a few other things. Maybe that show will be on iTunes or something, maybe I can find it! 
Either way after that I went upstairs and ate a bowl of cereal in front of the computer…and began editing. I was looking at what we had shot on Saturday and started putting it together. It came out fantastic!
Two of the scenes we shot totaled about 2.5 minutes of the film with more from that day still to edit. Shooting that much of a film in a day is a pretty big accomplishment for us, especially considering it was the most complicated scene we have ever shot in terms of angles, continuity, etc. I was thrilled to see how well it turned out. I wont ruin the film so you’ll just have to wait and see! Either way it should really add some spark to the film and give all of you a laugh. We’ll see how the other stuff pans out that we shot.
Oddly enough, I wrote a post about Julian Smith a few days ago. I remember saying that he would be on TV soon and to keep and eye out. Well wouldn’t you know it? He got a call earlier today to come on the Tyra Banks show tomorrow at 12 noon EST! Imagine that?! Congratulations Julian! The first of many my friend! That guy is awesome, all the best to him.
So yea all in all the day started horrible and ended up great. I’m feeling much better and I’ll know whether or not I kicked whatever tried to start when I wake up in the morning.
Let me say this though, and here is your spiritual lesson for the day. If I didn’t go out to the movie, and the schedule for today wasn’t ruined, I wouldn’t have been over tired and gotten sick, and therefore wouldn’t have gotten the email from one of my actors that ended up landing us a shooting day on thursday. Not only that, but I probably wouldn’t have been home to edit and get this great scene completed! What we were supposed to shoot on thursday was supposed to be on saturday but I had forgotten. So if I wasn’t sick and ended up at work and then contacted to move that shooting day to thursday…I would’ve missed out on saturday! Funny how God works, I was sick for a reason.
Time for bed soon. We are shooting a scene at a diner tomorrow, one of our few locations in the film outside of the church, and homes/yards of the main characters. Pray that it goes well!
