Day 14

     Another difficult day for me to do much of anything, as filming today took place in the same tiny trailer as yesterday.  Oh well.  More great work from Diane, Colton, and Tony.  I don’t know how we get those three and the camera operators into the same trailer – but it looks amazing.  Truly [...]

Day 13

     We are now officially beyond the halfway mark – very exciting.  It’s pretty amazing to think that we are closer to the end than the beginning.  Seems like yesterday when we started, yet at the same time it seems like months have gone by.  Funny how that works.  I guess it’s almost June.  Wow.
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Days 11 and 12

     Well, well.  As the schedule changes, so too do my habits.  Today I write from Scottsdale, as a messenger to send packages before the holiday weekend swallowed up the time allowed in order for a Tuesday arrival.  So, I missed today’s shoot.  As Kurt Vonnegut so wisely summed up most things about life – so it [...]

Day 10

     Its a good thing that I can view the titles of previous blogs, otherwise I’d have lost track of what day it is long ago.  I have little clue about what is going on outside of Jake’s Corner these days.  Not that I’m complaining, it’s just an observation of how focused we all have [...]

Day 9

     Today started right, when my alarm clock went off and BJ’s “Rock and Roll Lullabye” was playing.  Normally, I would have gone straight for the snooze button, but by suppressing this reaction I awoke to a beautiful tune, so perfectly fitting for what is going on here.  Things like this, and the darndest case [...]

Day 8

     Today, thus far, has been extremely productive.  Everybody seems to be really finding their groove right now.  This morning called for an outside shoot, with Gloria, BJ, Rich and Tony.  One of the more humorous scenes in the story (which I dare not give away), it was shot from three different angles, but because [...]

Day 7, Week 2

     After a very nice and welcomed day off yesterday, it was back to the grind today.  Just as Saturday was a big scene with many actors involved, so too was today.  Steve Giannelli (Shoots), Michael Rebresh (Flap), Vanessa Ramirez (Stacy), Natalia Garcia (Courtney), BJ Thomas (Doc), and Gloria Thomas (Gina) made their first trip to [...]

Day 6

     Ok, so it gets pretty hot here, but its a dry heat, as they say, and therefore somewhat bearable.  But today, with thunderclouds looming, humidity kicked in and made for an uncomfortably hot morning shoot.  Colton, Tony, and Jaztastic (the best doggie actor in the business) fought through the elements, as did everybody else, [...]

Day 5

     Hey folks – sorry about my slacking off yesterday.  It was a long day on the set, and once we wrapped up, the idea of coming back to the office wasn’t too appealing.  But there is much to talk about.
     As I mentioned, the day was long but extremely productive.  A few scenes were filmed inside Jake’s Corner [...]

Day 4

     Another strange day of weather – much like yesterday (sun, then thunderstorms), with a touch of smoke in the air.  I think the winds shifted a little bit, blowing the smoke from nearby wildfires in this direction.  The smoke did not reach Jake’s, but it sure came through Payson.  Anyhow, enough about that.  Focus, son, [...]