ITS WHO YOU KNOW
My buddy Theo knows a few people in town. So I asked him to help me find a building we could use for my TheLot.com project. He came through with flying colors.
I was put in contact with a guy named Laurence, who is part of a real estate brokerage firm here in San Antonio. His firm has quite a few buildings in the downtown area and agreed to let us come on one of their properties to film our movie. At first, we assumed that it would be like pulling teeth to get access to a rooftop in downtown San Antonio, but Laurence was incredibly helpful and worked well with us.
We had originally selected a more modern building adjacent to the property management company's offices, but when we met with Laurence, he gave us a tour of his building. It worked out much better than I had thought it would. So we signed off on the liability release and set up a time to come shoot.
UP UP IN THE SKY
We got there a bit early to block the shots and to make sure that we gave the crew the same safety precautions that Laurence had given Hank and I.
We had scheduled a block of 4 hours to shoot and managed to finish with 45 minutes to spare. Hank makes my job so much easier. He's been my DP for the last 2 films. We work well together. Admittedly, I'm not as knowledgeable as I should be about f-stops and camera tech. Hank doesn't mind answering my questions. He's full of great ideas too.
The actor, Christopher, is also working on another film with me. I've posted stuff about it on this blog. He's very professional and insightful. He likes to explore stuff about his character and takes direction very well. I enjoy working with him.
Along with some last minute crew, my son, Terrance, another actor, Raven & Christopher's girlfriend, Monica, we went through and knocked out the shoot with very few problems.
On one of the last shots of the day, we had to walk over to Travis Park and film our actor from the ground. It was about a block away and we'd watch him looking over the edge of our building. While we were standing there, setting up, a guy walked up to us and looking for another production company. Turns out another indie film group shooting a love story in the park that day, not too far from where we were. Their director, Greg, came over to say hello when they saw Hank.
After we walked by to the building, we set up our last shot and wrapped for the day.
It was a fun shoot and it seemed to go by very fast. I love this job.
Our next shoot will wrap this movie and we'll move on to the second project for TheLot.com. I can't wait.
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