Well today is finally the end of our official production for Fortunes Mine. Finally the end of an amazing and intense three weeks of shooting, problem solving and getting to know the wacky and talented kids that we were working with. This is our second year of the Summer Film Camp, and this year was definitely much different, and it felt so much improved. Although in fact there were many new problems and difficulties to address, I think that every obstacle actually allowed us to create solutions that were better than the original idea; overall I learned so much more about what it takes to make a movie happen. I am so excited to begin post production, and to finally see the final product in October. Even now I can tell what an amazing piece of work Fortunes Mine will be. It was fantastic and loads of fun, and its already time to begin planning for next year’s camp.
]]>Hey all- as you can see, this is my first time posting, and I am really pleased to say that I just started into preproduction for our upcoming film, Fortunes Mine. Now that our script is nearing its final version, James and I sat down with it and began to break it down into its elements. This time around, I am also performing the duties of Unit Production Manager, in addition to being the Script Supervisor on set. It is a very big job with many new responsibilities, but I am working closely with James, who is showing me the ropes, and I am pretty excited for a challenge. Tomorrow we are actually beginning set construction for bits of the cave walls. In the next couple of weeks we’ll all be working really hard on the various set pieces, as well as drawing up a shooting schedule for next month. This year we have a much bigger crew, a greatly expanded cast list, and a lot more material to shoot, and I am really looking forward to being on set again.
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