MTHC Pt. 5 – First Day of Shooting!

Finally! After all the months of waiting, planning, and anticipating…the day for the first day of the shoot finally arrived. What a feeling…

Our day started out at seven in the morning when we had to place make-up on BJ; since he’s playing an old man, it took us nearly 2 hours to get him situated. But that time flew by because I was preoccupied taking care of other arrangements, including making friends with the owner of the location we were shooting at; Robert Pickenpaugh of Pickenpaugh Pottery.

Most of the crew showed up at around 8:00 am and wasted no time setting up the equipment. We had quite a few toys to play with: Hi-Def cams, GIB machine, dolley, lights, etc. We had a great crew to work with that made the best of every single second that was available to us. I have to say that I was impressed.

Today’s scenes focused on the conversations between Mr. Holloway and Glenfeld at the beginning of the script and at the end of the script. For those who are not versed in the many styles of acting, here’s one of the interesting differences between film and stage performace. In the theatre, it is customary to do run through the scenes and lines in sequential order, since that is how it will be presented on the stage.

In film, though, it’s common to only run one line and parts of a scene at a time. And back-to-back shots may be from completely different scenes. Such was the case today, as the beginning and ending of the film are in the same location: Mr. Holloway’s shop.

I got a couple of shots today that capture what transpired. I apologize that there are not more shots, but I got wrapped up in the action that the entire day had almost passed before I realized I needed more shots. Therefore, there will be more shots tomorrow.

Enjoy, and talk to you soon.