"If you're no longer nervous then it's no longer meaningful."
So goes the old adage in some semblance or another, and what a true one that it is. Tomorrow is our first readthrough of the script where we will also be discussing additional scenes and logistics to get cameras rolling on two yet to be scheduled days before our big shoot in early August. At the moment I find myself spinning several plates in the air, and they are not all rotating in the same direction; a few I am even raising and lowering as to not let things get boring... Pre-Production.
I'm negotiating issues with cast and crew members, trying to keep up with the SAG-AFTRA paperwork, developing an entire new sequence and looking into locations while working through emails of interested actors for featured extras in said new sequence, ordering additional equipment for the shoot, sweating budget, planning departmental meetings with crew, waiting for the wrong person to stumble across the prized prop hidden in my basement, beginning to consider wardrobe and more - all while being a father and a husband. The truth is, I love the stress. Equally true is that I'm scared as hell whenever I take the time to consider all of the individual moving parts, and that excites me. Pre-Production is as terrifying as it is exciting. There are three production phases for a reason, and each is as equally important as the rest. Now is the time to freak over everything to be done so that we're prepared when we go into production only to see it fall apart on any given day and react on our feet to address problems on the fly to keep moving; pure adrenaline.
Pre-Production: Fear is the taste.
Production: Adrenaline is the hook.
Post-Production: Success is the reward.
...and then you figure out what you're going to do with it, but it all starts with getting ready now.
So goes the old adage in some semblance or another, and what a true one that it is. Tomorrow is our first readthrough of the script where we will also be discussing additional scenes and logistics to get cameras rolling on two yet to be scheduled days before our big shoot in early August. At the moment I find myself spinning several plates in the air, and they are not all rotating in the same direction; a few I am even raising and lowering as to not let things get boring... Pre-Production.
I'm negotiating issues with cast and crew members, trying to keep up with the SAG-AFTRA paperwork, developing an entire new sequence and looking into locations while working through emails of interested actors for featured extras in said new sequence, ordering additional equipment for the shoot, sweating budget, planning departmental meetings with crew, waiting for the wrong person to stumble across the prized prop hidden in my basement, beginning to consider wardrobe and more - all while being a father and a husband. The truth is, I love the stress. Equally true is that I'm scared as hell whenever I take the time to consider all of the individual moving parts, and that excites me. Pre-Production is as terrifying as it is exciting. There are three production phases for a reason, and each is as equally important as the rest. Now is the time to freak over everything to be done so that we're prepared when we go into production only to see it fall apart on any given day and react on our feet to address problems on the fly to keep moving; pure adrenaline.
Pre-Production: Fear is the taste.
Production: Adrenaline is the hook.
Post-Production: Success is the reward.
...and then you figure out what you're going to do with it, but it all starts with getting ready now.
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