"Previously Viewed: 2-Day Rental" - Day Three, Part Two

On the morning of Sunday, June 8, 2008, around 5:30, we wrapped principal photography on "Previously Viewed - 2-Day Rental," the follow-up to "Drop Box." While we were able to get all the shots we wanted, it was a little more hectic at first because we had no crew. There were five people there: me, Lori the A.D., Eric the actor/producer/writer Zack the actor/writer and my nephew (who came just to check things out).

No one else who had been there either of the first two nights made it out.

As I said, at first, things were a little hectic. At the very least, I was a bit nervous, but once we got the lights set for the initial shot, everything was fine. The biggest reason for that was that all of the shots were of Eric or Zack or both of them beyond the store's counter. Therefore, there was minimal camera movement, and being in the same places for all those shots, the lighting never needed major adjustments. Well, at least to our amateur eyes, they didn't.

The biggest concern became who would hold the boom poles. Lori helped out in that regard significantly and in one shot, Zack held his own boom while acting. Pretty amazing the talent that guy has... My nephew even came to the rescue at one point.

But in the end, it was a good night and we completed what we set out to do. Now on to the editing. We have a lot of footage to get through and only about 4 weeks to get a final cut together for the first set of festivals we are looking to enter.

Four weeks seems like a lot of time, but I have the feeling that it won't be much time at all.

B