Boom Guy and PP for "Beth Ann"...

September 11th was our first day of principal photography. People have asked me if there is anything significant to us starting on that date. The answer is no. All of our schedules just happened to align right then and there. It was a good day to remember, though. All the people who have lost their lives to secure our freedom...we're capable of making a Christian movie because of those sacrifices. There is the freedom of expression, art, and love that many people in this world aren't capable of understanding or experiencing. We're blessed beyond measure.

So, the 11th was the "official" official start date. We had Boom Guy from KFW come in and he's helping us out SO much. Really, we couldn't do it without him. Although, I'm still thinking of another name besides Boom Guy. I'll continue to ponder over that.

How I realized Boom Guy was extraordinarily awesome: one of the first days working with him for KFW, he was so tired from being at Comic-Con and then traveling all the way back to Middle-of-Nowhere, Kentucky. The poor guy fell asleep in the middle of a scene, holding the boom. Camera guy for that movie tried desparately to get his attention silently, but to no avail. The boom was slowly creeping into the frame...

...And then...he woke with a start, a slight freaked out expression on his face. We could take it now longer. Laughter ensued.

Thus began our friendship with Boom Guy. We heart him so.

IT'S ALIVE....

After a year of an annoying process called "planning", we've finally commenced our first two days of filming. There were a few bumps along the road, but that happens with anybody just starting out in the biz.

While we had planned to film at Kings Island, some circumstances popped up that made it impossible for us to do so. The major circumstance being that one of the boys we conned persuaded to come with us got kicked out. For a year.

Anyway, the first day of filming was a success regardless of our failed K.I. experiment. We went to the park where the director gave us the entire park to do whatever we pleased. It was the coolest day we've experienced in Middle-Of-Nowhere, Kentucky for 105 days. We were still in the 80s when we filmed, but it was a glorious cool 80s that didn't make me want to slit my wrists.

Although the ominous black clouds heading our way did. But thankfully, it was as if the storm split and went around us, so we got to deal with some pretty awesome overcast-ness, which is a photographer/videographer's dream.

The only downfall to the beautiful day was the wind. The blasted wind. But how can I complain when everything else went so well?

Besides, I'm all "complained" out. The Director got the gist of it, anyway, so I won't bother anyone else with it. Mwahaha.

Oh, and principal photography is finished for the short film!

Thank goodness it's almost Fall...

Director and Producer (me) are meeting with a guy that runs everything over at the local park today. We'll be filming there, hopefully, two days in the coming months. That is...if he likes us. Fingers crossed that he will.

In the meantime, Director wrote a script long ago that was meant for stage, but we adapted it into a short film. Since I have a new, amazing, fantastical camera, we're going to test the short film on that and try to impress people with our amazing skills so they will work for us and give us money. Dream big, right? I just threw that last part in there about the money. But I will accept cash if offered.

Bundles of it.

Composer is doing some neat things right now. He gave me a sample of the soundtrack that he came up with pretty much on the spot, and I was so green with envy it made me want to vomit. People, look out...he's the next Hans Zimmer.

If you don't know who that is, google him or youtube him. Then you'll realize how empty and void your life was before Hans.

And finally, I came to a conclusion today. I love Fall. I love everything about it. The temperature, the colors, pumpkins, the temperature, no allergies, the temperature. I'm happy to be filming in the Fall.

I made a promise to myself that I would never, ever, EVER film in the summer. I did for KFW this Summer, and it's just too much of a hassle. What, with the sweat and tears. And misery.

Doin the blog thing...

I've never been a blogger. Personally, I never felt my life was interesting enough to write down the mundane details. But I'm starting a new chapter in life called Proverb Films. After working for Kelly's Filmworks for nearly four years, I'm branching out to start my own little shindig. Some friends have been encouraging me to write down all my thoughts and whatnot during the filming process. So, here we are.

I can hear the crickets right now.

Anyway, I didn't get a lot accomplished today. But my partner in crime (aka the Director) did. She bought some pretty cool filters for editing and whatnot. I played with the camera a bit. Took a nap. Woke up. Took another nap.

This isn't normal behavior, I promise. After working for KFW these past few months, you learn to sleep when you can. Sadly enough, there are only two more days of filming left. I'll miss the cast and crew of course, but man...I really wanna sleep for a year.

But, I digress. Some of my cast and crew are going to Kings Island this Saturday for bonding time. That, and it'll be easy to get what looks like home-video footage for the lead (aka the Star). It'll be Director's anniversary with her hubby, and the day before my birthday. We're gonna rock and roll all night and party every day til then.

Not really.

But yeah.