Shooting Today

Wow....has it been a hectic week of running around or what. Still, I love doing this no matter how stressful it is.

Yesterday, 1st AD Jason McLeod, Grip Kiran Singh and I went out to several production service places around Toronto, driving a giant HINO van to pick up all the lighting, location support equipment and the big prop of the fancy coffin. It was a fun ride that ended up with all three of us being extremely starving in the sun (which thankfully came out again just in time for the shoot!). We topped off the day with a nice little meal courtesy of Popeye's on Yonge. What a meal that was! :-P

At 6pm we had a small dress rehearsal for Michael and Claire at Carina's place. Art Director Sonia Hong was on call to help me determine what is needed for hte wardrobe. With that out of the way 2 hours later all that was needed was to keep a clear head and a smile on your face and you're ready to start shooting.

They tell you it's easy? Boy do they not know what goes on in one's head 12 hours before a shoot!

So here I am, it's 10.36am in Toronto by my watch. We're due to meet up for our first location shoot, the Metropolitan United Church, in an hour and a half. I'm excited, nervous, and impatient. I really hope this works out both for my sake and for that of all the people who've had faith in me over the past few months to make this work.

See you on the other side :-)