She's having a bad day at work... and then Mom drops by.

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Cast

Crew

Production Notes

Pre-Production and The Shoot

Had a tough time with the casting of this film. There was to be 2 male parts but one of the actors that I wanted for this film wasn't available for the day that I wanted to shoot, so I cut out a character. Then my lead actress had to bow out a couple of days before the shoot so I had to find a last minute replacement. It all worked out because Aysara was suppose to be part of the crew so I just switched her over. She did a great job.

And then there was me. I had wanted to cast myself for a while but I wanted to get some experience before I went and did it because I knew it would be difficult.

Ha! It was way more difficult than I had first anticipated. Keep in mind that I wasn't able to find a DP or camera operator so I was both behind and in front of the camera at the same time. I won't do it again. If I'm going to put myself in front of the camera, then I'm going to make sure that I have someone I can trust behind the camera. So it won't be for a while.

I stayed up part of the night making sandwiches for the crew as I knew it would be a longer day then just half a day, so I had to be prepared. I thought I would have someone helping me with the sandwiches, but that fell through as well.

I was only able to find 2 crew members as well. I had a third that couldn't make it at the last minute.

So, October 2nd, production day. I wake up at 5am to a downpour outside. I started making calls to see if I could postpone the shoot one day in hopes of better weather. Not everyone was available so I had to move forward and hope for the best. Of course I wasn't on anybody's good side at this point.

We did makeup at my place and headed out in the rain. By the time we started shooting, the rain had died down to a spit. Thank GOD! The frustrating thing is that by the end of the shoot it was bright and sunny. So much for continuity. But what can you do? Mother nature does what she wants.

Other than that, we had to deal with the cold but I think all in all we had a lot of fun. Although I must admit, it was extremely stressful for me, but I don't think I've had a shoot yet that wasn't. I loved it anyway. :)

Editing

Argh! This was a very difficult feat. I didn't have any coverage, what I shot was lousy and the sound was horrendous. I had to ADR and foley the whole movie. I know I could have done better if I had started off with better stuff. Huge lesson learned.