Close but no cigar

SHOOTING DELAYED
Foul weather played a part in the cancellation of my latest shoot. Well, foul weather and the fact that I never got the location I desired locked down. Actually, it wasn't so much that I didn't get the one I desired; none of the ones that Theo looked into were a lock.

"The Road" has been plagued by starts and stops. Most notably, a stop for nearly a year.

Out to shoot the end sequence, which originally took place outside, in a field, I had to re adapt the script for it to be an interior shoot, due to a rainy cold front we had last Monday.

I figured that we could hijack a parking garage and use the ambient lighting in place of fill lights and bounces. Although we'd probably need some kind of key lighting somewhere. Still I was willing to take a chance.

It got later and later and before I knew it, it got foggy as Hell, so I just pulled the plug on it.

We're going to try again, next Tuesday. I'm trying to line up a rehearsal day so that we've got the lines down and some of the blocking.

MIXED IN
I was finally able to attend one of those San Antonio Film Commission mixers yesterday. I arrived quite a bit late with my brother in tow, but it was an interesting time. I saw one of the actors, Mike, who's appearing in "The Road", not to mention Theo, Hope and a few other recognizable faces.

It was interesting to see so many people. I'm guessing a lot of them have been involved in the scene for some time. I didn't get to meet too many people, but, honestly, I was just there to get a glimpse of the scene. I'm glad my brother was able to go. Turns out he knew a few faces there too. Being a Mac Genius, he will undoubtedly work on many of the Macs these would be filmmakers own.

Well, that's all for now. I'll report back after rehearsals.

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