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Moviecamp Day 1: the cast & crew meeting

June 15th, 2008

by: Linda Seto

After several weeks of pre-production, re-writes of the script, finding props, preparing sets, finalizing Locations to film at, making wardrobe choices, breakdown of filming schedules ( if it rains, it will change), Cast calltimes, transportation lists, etc.. We are ready to start the Filming of this years Independent film, ” Adventure on Willow Street”- a family film with a cast of 13 young actors ages 10- 17 yrs. We will also have “cameo roles” by our own YAS Instructor, Maggie Truitt and by Aaron Uribe….oh.. you might not recognize them easily, as their characters are quite different.

Today we did our first cast “read through” with most people still “on book”…that’s a bit scary- since we actually start FILMING
tomorrow. It’s always a CHALLENGE to produce these Movies every summer, and this year it’s even LONGER! It will be about another 10-15 minutes longer, yet we are STILL Filming everything in LESS THAN 1 WEEK!… talk about a Challenge!!.. Hollywood Movies take much longer.

This year HARRISON HOLMES, DOUGLAS O’LAUGHLIN, & BRANDON SMITH are making their first DEBUT in an independent Film
and will certainly get a “crash course” in just how difficult “moviemaking” really is!!.. The glamourous part is the PREMIER held
at the ANGELIKA FILM CENTER, Plano, when you get to “dress to dazzle” at this exciting event- where You ARE the Star!..

Getting up early every day this week….try 5:00am and long hours of filming is REALITY. There’s alot to be done but with our
experienced Crew- with Brad’s talents on the Camera, Suzanne on sound/audio and Maggie Directing- and our talented cast we will meet the challenge and do GREAT!

BIGGEST WORRY- the weather, of course. So far, it may rain on Tues or Wed and we have scheduled to be FILMING OUTDOORS on Wednesday- ALL DAY!!.. We will be checking the WFFA weather radar several times a day, for possible changes in our filming schedule. If we need to switch scenes around, we will do it. Having a PLAN B is vital to Moviemaking! The HEAT is a concern too….it gets HOT filming outdoors with this Texas sun, so we’ll be bringing alot of water and sunscreen.

FILMING LOCATIONS: We’ll be at Maggie’s parents house & neighborhood in Irving for a few days and at Danielle S.’ parents House in Southlake on a few. They have an amazing Clubhouse located in a Tree in their backyard, which we’ll be also filming at.
They are so wonderful to offer their Homes for our Filming this year!

MOMS in the “action!”… Maddie Earhart’s mom- Kim and Alexis Sillaway’s mom, Jennifer will be at YAS this week volunteering
to watch the Office at our Staff is busy On Location Filming…. Jane Marie Jenevein’s mom, Terrie is buying snacks for cast & crew, and Ashton Armstrong’s mom, Tobie is bringing her Dog, Margo to be in our Movie too!

Tomorrow, we spend time FILMING and REHEARSING LINES. Calltime: 9:00 am for Cast
After that…long hours and little sleep ( exp. for the CREW who has to arrive EARLY and leave LATE!) We’ll be adding those “extra shots” to our Starbucks coffee drinks for the Crew!… Yet, its exciting, fun and such an amazing CREATIVE Project to be involved in!!

STAY TUNED for more…..

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