7/9/10: Once more into the breach.

Whew. So, last Friday was crazy, and a hard shoot and it doesn't get any worse, right? Tonight and last night, we filmed some of what I thought were going to be easy shoots. Unfortunately, when I said "Let's film in front of my house," neither I nor anyone else involved considered what that might be like in terms of the noises of traffic going by... on Kennedy Blvd. So, yeah, while there was a lot to be said for the troubles of last Friday, we didn't have any problem getting audio. Today and yesterday were an excercise in patience with getting the audio we needed.

Another good thing about filming in the woods is nobody was around us (except maybe bears... and spiders... and snakes...). When you film in a city like Bayonne, and need to get a shot of a single person walking down a street into a building... Well, Broadway is not the best place to be. People will walk right in front, and short of asking politely to wait two seconds... We can't do anything else. We can't stop traffic... foot or otherwise. Another thing to worry about are assholes. While filming in front of my house this afternoon, we had the aforementioned traffic... So, when a random person walks up to the camera and yells gibberish and then runs into a car, it ruins another take. Yes, that happened... The guy thought he was getting on camera... As he stared at the side of it... SO, no screen time for that jackass, but his voice ruined the take nontheless.

Then, there's the lights... The lights last night make the shot look great... But shining bright lights in the middle of the night on Kennedy? Well, thank God I have nice and patient neighbors.

I am learning a great deal on this shoot. One of the biggest lessons? Patience.

But we got what we needed to get... And it looks gooooooooood. Big old thanks to the Mayfair Deli in Bayonne (Ave B, on the corner of 56th), and John Trigonis and Mike Cuttroff for their most excellent cameos.

The next shoot is a doozy. Two days. Biggest zombie scene in the movie. Exciting. Nervewracking. Who knows what will happen? But thankfully, there won't be traffic rolling by or schmucks running by making noises.

Stay tuned!

Sam

Actor, Writer, Producer

"Blaming George Romero"