"You're going to hear me say 'organic' a lot..."
On Monday, July 9th the camera rolled on Day 1 of shooting Occurrence at Mills Creek. The first of two scenes shot that day was a scene between sisters Clara (Ava Psoras) and Cassandra (Alexa Mechling) at a secluded cove at the fictional Mills Lake. The scene starts innocently enough with the sisters playing around on a dock where they intend to relax before slowly becoming more intense as Jason (Jace Armentrout) shows up with serious consequences punctuated by the appearance of the visage of Emily (Betsy Lynn George) by the scene's end.
As is the case with any show, the first day of shooting is one that eases everybody involved into the work to be done over the course of the entire project. This scene was an ideal one to start with given it's narrative progression, deceptively laid back location and natural flexibility to develop the scene in an organic fashion. In short, the scene did not look like an overbearing mountain to conquer at the outset. In reality it accomplished more than I could've hoped for as the director; it bonded Ava and Alexa while pushing them further into the depths of their respective characters while molding the crew into a fine tuned machine by shooting in an uncontrolled environment - all under the guise of hanging out at a lake and making a movie.
By the time we shot the second scene later that evening, one that required all of the actresses to reach deep into themselves to connect to their characters, the crew quickly responded to very specific technical and artistic needs to reflect the dire emotional nature of the scene. The Production was on its game as we got in and got to work.
Occurrence at Mills Creek is underway, confidently treading the undertow of the long and steady current that seeks to see this project evolve into a full-fledged feature film. There will be challenges. There will be setbacks. There will be times when the undertow seems poised to win, but with the experience of shooting that first scene on the first day there is nothing that this Production cannot weather as others join us along the way, come what may.
On Monday, July 9th the camera rolled on Day 1 of shooting Occurrence at Mills Creek. The first of two scenes shot that day was a scene between sisters Clara (Ava Psoras) and Cassandra (Alexa Mechling) at a secluded cove at the fictional Mills Lake. The scene starts innocently enough with the sisters playing around on a dock where they intend to relax before slowly becoming more intense as Jason (Jace Armentrout) shows up with serious consequences punctuated by the appearance of the visage of Emily (Betsy Lynn George) by the scene's end.
As is the case with any show, the first day of shooting is one that eases everybody involved into the work to be done over the course of the entire project. This scene was an ideal one to start with given it's narrative progression, deceptively laid back location and natural flexibility to develop the scene in an organic fashion. In short, the scene did not look like an overbearing mountain to conquer at the outset. In reality it accomplished more than I could've hoped for as the director; it bonded Ava and Alexa while pushing them further into the depths of their respective characters while molding the crew into a fine tuned machine by shooting in an uncontrolled environment - all under the guise of hanging out at a lake and making a movie.
By the time we shot the second scene later that evening, one that required all of the actresses to reach deep into themselves to connect to their characters, the crew quickly responded to very specific technical and artistic needs to reflect the dire emotional nature of the scene. The Production was on its game as we got in and got to work.
Occurrence at Mills Creek is underway, confidently treading the undertow of the long and steady current that seeks to see this project evolve into a full-fledged feature film. There will be challenges. There will be setbacks. There will be times when the undertow seems poised to win, but with the experience of shooting that first scene on the first day there is nothing that this Production cannot weather as others join us along the way, come what may.
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