Efficient Weekend

Last week, Zach (cinematographer), Cody (director) and I finally had our first weekly meeting.  We planned out how long each scenes was going to take so that I was able to do a better job at keeping the production on schedule this weekend.  I think it really helped having this planned, because days 12-14 were our most efficient weekends so far.  Friday and Saturday we finished close to the schedule.  Sunday was a completely different story because we ended with the intimate scenes between the two main characters.  Those were tough - they had to be perfect because they are so important, so I tried to back off a little bit on rushing things.  It's important as a 1st AD to know when to push things along and when to let everyone take their time.

Overall, a good weekend.  We are really getting somewhere!

This week, I will be rearranging the schedule to make up for our disaster weekend. It will take a big chunk of time out of my week, but it's entirely necessary.

Also, this weekend we are shooting in a convenience store, which is kind of cool.