The last month has been hectic. Very hectic.
The weekend before Thanksgiving we shot at the Hilton Garden Inn in Emeryville, in the lobby of a city building in downtown Oakland and in Oakland's Chinatown. It was a small 2nd unit crew (a nice change from the chaotic swarm of principal photography) and a big shout-out to everyone who helped out, including 2nd unit DP Jamie Metzger, sound mixer Fred Runner, AC Marianna Ellina and our PAs Crystal and Myles, plus all the cast. The footage looks great.
This weekend we're going back to Livermore to shoot inserts at the house we're using as Mary's parents place. Simeon, who plays Mary, is flying up for the shoot (thanks to a Southwest cheap seat). Plus we're also shooting a scene for the party sequence that we weren't able to get during principal (one of the featured actors was under 21 and the club wouldn't let her in). Between those two locations and a number of city street exterior pick-up shots, we've got a pretty long day.
After that, we have one more day of random pick-ups including one intense scene on an airplane (which we unfortunately had to cut from principal photog due to time constraints at the last minute). Beyond that, there are a number of inserts we'll have to grab (mostly establishing shots). For the locations outside of the Bay Area, we'll have to find local DPs to shoot for us (anyone in Hong Kong or Shanghai with a good HD camera?).
Once we're done with this weekend and the next pick-up day (the one with the airplane scene), we'll be able to finally get to work on a rough cut.
Making a feature film isn't a mad dash, it's a marathon of marathons. And that's true even before we account for the next major phase after editing: VFX.
Incidentally, if you want to help out as a PA this weekend, please get in touch: brant @ studiolomismo dot com.
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