Day 6: I get by with a little help from my friends.

We had a lot going against us today. The weather constantly looked like it was going to downpour (until after we wrapped), we had lost two cast members that were needed for this shoot, one of our actors had to leave by a certain time, we were filming in a very public schoolyard, this was the largest scene that we have shot on Red Scare so far (both in the number of script pages (9) to the number of cast members). I knew it was not going to be easy, but somehow we did it, and here is why: 

*The weather held out. It was cloudy, and terrifying while we raced the weather, but it never really rained. In fact, after we wrapped, the sun came out. Go figure. 

*One of my oldest friends, Max Arias, came on to fill one of the roles that we had. (I wrote out the other one.) 

*Everyone on set was incredibly patient and professional as we nailed every scene we needed to get, and scheduled on the fly to best work with the time we had. Seriously: amazing cast and crew. 

*Miriam Cortez earned another credit as Homo Sapien Relocater, as she politely but firmly suggested to kids who wanted to play in the yard that they should go somewhere else as we were filming a movie. It was shaky at times, but thanks to her we were unbothered for the most part. 

*Like I said, amazing cast and crew. Everyone did their job and did it well. 

I really have to thank everyone who helped out today. It is only because of you that this happened today. As I mentioned once before, one of the joys of the cameras we work with is we can watch dailies right after we shoot, and the footage is phenomenal. Hysterical, very well shot... All around great. 

Provided the weather holds out, we continue shooting tomorrow with some more of my scenes. Today was the most complicated day so far, and we made it through in way piece with some great footage to show for it. It won't be the most complicated day of the entire shoot, but we are now moving along at a much quicker pace than originally. 

 Below are some pictures from today's shoot. Be sure to check out some of the amazing work our costumer, Tinea Abdallah, has done. 

That's all for now. 

Stay tuned!

Sam 

Actor, Writer, Producer

Red Scare