Coffee & Celluloid

Sent call sheet out slightly past deadline. #

Star Wars soundtrack while wrapping. # Now Lord of the Rings. # Entering grace period. #

Getting craft services for Z day. # Crew mutiny over lack of coffee. I've been sent on a starbucks run. # Zombie camp is cranking out zombies for Z Day. # I volunteered to get the pizza. In my air conditioned car. # Eating lunch with Jurassic Park soundtrack cranked...

Scared a family while firing blanks for a scene. # Late night ATL meeting. # Star actor "stuck" in Vegas. Second AD is taking his spot. # UPM Errand - pickup boots, lens paper, and 6v battery for light meter. # I am now Producer/UPM/Second AD. Soon I'll be director......

Devil's horns keep falling off. # Temporarily taking over as First AD. # New deal called. Eating some hot Christmas Morning Cassarole. # I've been recruited as a zombie. # My face is covered with latex. # I have risen from the dead. # First AD general announcement...

Getting craft services ready. # Getting more people to be zombies. # Getting bagels from Bruegger's. # Eating a late lunch. # Taking exposed film to FedEx for overnight processing. #

I'm back on set after a few week break. We're filming on the soundstage today, so I'm able to get online. On set, the responsibilities of the UPM aren't that demanding, so I might be able to write some posts, but just in case, I've turned twitter back on, which I'll...

I realized that the posts are not exactly organized in the best way for someone who is trying to learn the filmmaking process step-by-step, so to make life a lot easier, I've just create The Filmmaking Process page. All past posts are organized into one of the stages...

Day wrap. Off to Moe's for some dinner. # Off to set. # Setting up for next shot in a few hours. Playing 'favorites' in the meantime. # Finished completely rearranging a family's living room. Hopefully I took enough photos to put it back. Now addicted to chips and...