Remember my first post (cue flashback music), when I said " Tomorrow, we reshoot a couple driving scenes that needed better lighting...Tuesday, I resume negotiations with Beggars for music rights for the trailer. (Fingers crossed!)" Well, it took another 10 days to get the informal thumbs up for using the tUnE-yArDs song in the trailer, and the ink still isn't dry on our contract. Then, we finally reshot the driving scenes last Thursday, thanks to unusual rain, then an insane schedule at my day job. There's a reason I wrote "Fingers crossed!" You just never know.
But this Wednesday, we shoot the final scene and so FINALLY wrap. (Fingers...you know.) It's a really short scene that takes place at a doctor's office. Problem is, it's pretty tough to get the rights to film on location at a working doctor's office, and it's even tougher to find a spare room/office that would make a convincing set. I've checked out so many disappointing leads. Of course, the only person I have to blame is myself. Why would I write a scene in a doctor's office? Stupid writer.
(Fun fact: the first draft of Diamond Bar had a scene in a futuristic supermarket, with shelves full of lab-grown meat and a fully automated checkout row. And I wrote that AFTER I decided I would be filming whatever I wrote. What was I thinking? How was I going to build a supermarket set? Why, 2009 Josh?)
Anyways, I can't even start thinking about editing until shooting is wrapped. I can't explain it; it's a psychological block. I can't overlap production and post-production. So Wednesday (assuming it happens, F.C.) will be both a relief and a kick in the pants to get going on editing. And before editing, categorizing and naming the video chunks and especially the audio chunks, which is going to be long and boring. Ah well. Onward and Upward!
Listening to: "Shock The Monkey", Peter Gabriel (I could lie and say something cooler, but at least I'm not listening to Phil Collins...)
