Film Shoot + Life = Stress & Sleep Deprivation

Ohh...It's 1 AM here at the Studios, and I and my brother are deep in the throes of Film Shoot Eve-itis. You've all been through this before, and will recognize the symptoms--red-rimmed eyes at 9 AM on-set, the D.P. (me) falling asleep standing straight up, and...storyboards that made "perfect" sense at the time, but will probably look like a script for "America's Funniest Home Videos" come daylight. There's a mic shockmount that needs to be fixed, software which needs to be reinstalled, and the final storyboards to finish before we go to bed. And that's with approximately 5 hours and 17 minutes until we HAVE to be up in the morning to leave for the shoot. Thankfully this is only a short project, but it seems the simpler the project, the closer the deadline... I guess I'll post more information later, including some fantastic shots from our trench set for the Battle of Moore's Creek Bridge that we shot last week. Teaser: it includes a live-firing field gun and muskets. Right now I just need to get the storyboards approved and make a decision about the shockmount before we go to our belated rest...and we'll leave the rest in the Lord's hands.

IHS,

John Calvin