November 3, 2007 - Day 1

The very first thing I want to say about day one is that I had a blast. It was loads of fun, the energy was extremely high, every one was working high paced, and the actors were cool and performed brilliantly.The day started in my apartment at 2:45 pm. Mike arrived and we went over some lines. Then Laura arrived at around 2:45 along with Josh, the script supervisor, and started putting make up on Mike. The whole make up process took about 45 minutes.

Laura working on Mike to make him look a week after the accident.We arrived at Waikiki around 4 o'clock p.m and started to set up everything. Don (DP), Mark (sound), Josh (script supervisor) Grace (prod.) and I set up for the opening and closing scenes of the movie.

DVX100A with Brevis35 adapter and Nikon 50mm lenses on tripod and dolly over PVC tracks. Setting up LCD screens.


Laura: final touch ups.

Examining her work, which looked pretty good.Setting up the first shot.

Mike was prepared, delivered well:

Action!


Preparing the crane shot:

Either James or Traci took this extraordinary picture of our crane shot. It really looked great! We were just waiting for the sun to hit the perfect spot.

James acting.


Laura directing the extras. Everybody pitched in, it made things go incredibly smooth.

The phenomenal Glauce, aka, Grace, with an extra.




Don: shot some beautiful images.

Due to the type of lighting that I was looking for we only shot half of all the scenes. Next week we return for more.