We struck the set

So it's taken me a few days to resume the thread I started, but what can you do? Last Wednesday we struck the bounty hunter office set. We finished up shooting there Tuesday night and returned to clear out the place the next night. The strike went relatively quickly with Mike, Sarah and Susan lending a hand. Moviemaking is an endeavor that basically requires a large vehicle. Trying to fit all of our supplies along with the various crew who need rides does not work in my hatchback (cf. 4$ gasoline). William's truck helped us load up all the furniture and props. Unfortunately it doesn't fit in my garage, so we had to transfer everything to the lobby of my building, then into the elevator, then out of the elevator and finally into my apartment that is now full.

The Tuesday shoot was interesting. We had three different sequences to shoot, one a reshoot because nine files mysteriously vaporized from Nick's hard disk recorder. We did quick reaction shots of Gina outside, the confrontation with the base guard and Jim and Ted's spat with the lawyers. The guard scene is a quick one but we spent some time playing around to bring out the winging-it vibe we wanted. Elaine and Kelly were great about going with the flow. Improvisation is never easy when the camera rolls. I think we ended up with some good material, and Nick put together an amazing lighting setup. It looked great and was a nice contrast to a lot of the material we'd shot so far.

It's late and we're shooting in the morning. Since we finished at a reasonable hour today I took a nap after watching the end of the Celtics game (how could they lose that badly?). Now my sleep schedule is messed up.