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Hurry Up and Wait
As some of you know, that's pretty much what filming is like all the time.
When that wait is in -13 degree weather, it's pretty annoying.
Nonetheless, I had fun filming this weekend, and Laurie's bold idea to film the wheel of the year will result in further adventures in weather as shooting goes on. Since I am the stranger from the other village, I won't be in all of them anyway. With the first story shot, the characters are getting more depth and background as the actors (almost all amateurs) find reasons to do what they are doing. I remain hopeful the writer will take some of these threads and weave stronger stories out of them.
At least we didn't get hit with any crazy snowstorms while trying to shoot.
Of course, everything took longer than hoped for and I just barely made the 9:30 bus, except that I had to go through security first. I don't know why there were metal detectors and security personnel for the bus, but I had to go through the whole routine: keys and change into the bin, metal detector, check my flask to make sure it was empty and remind me that if it wasn't I wouldn't be allowed on.
That all pushed me to the overflow bus with six other people, and then that bus was canceled so I sat in the bus station for 2 hours and got to go through security again. Just lovely.
I'm exhausted from getting home so late, and still scruffy and unshaved from looking like a desperate traveler whose arrival portends dark things for the village.
When that wait is in -13 degree weather, it's pretty annoying.
Nonetheless, I had fun filming this weekend, and Laurie's bold idea to film the wheel of the year will result in further adventures in weather as shooting goes on. Since I am the stranger from the other village, I won't be in all of them anyway. With the first story shot, the characters are getting more depth and background as the actors (almost all amateurs) find reasons to do what they are doing. I remain hopeful the writer will take some of these threads and weave stronger stories out of them.
At least we didn't get hit with any crazy snowstorms while trying to shoot.
Of course, everything took longer than hoped for and I just barely made the 9:30 bus, except that I had to go through security first. I don't know why there were metal detectors and security personnel for the bus, but I had to go through the whole routine: keys and change into the bin, metal detector, check my flask to make sure it was empty and remind me that if it wasn't I wouldn't be allowed on.
That all pushed me to the overflow bus with six other people, and then that bus was canceled so I sat in the bus station for 2 hours and got to go through security again. Just lovely.
I'm exhausted from getting home so late, and still scruffy and unshaved from looking like a desperate traveler whose arrival portends dark things for the village.