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Luncheon

I'm sitting on a panel today for a luncheon entitled "Framed by Women" - uh, about women filmmakers. I'm dreading it. GAH. Yesterday there were only 2 people on the panel. I hope there are more on it today. I will be quite happy when we move on to the 2nd session this afternoon. Wish me luck!

7. Jimmy Black (post mortem) [pt 2]

So we reconvened with the crew, rented gear, wonderful actors & of course the fabulous Cadillac on the following Saturday. The crew hooked up a couple hours before the cast was called to get the rigging set, to shoot some driving sequences, etc. It was all going okay. Down under the bridge our actors joined us, the temperature dropped to about 40 degrees with a probably 20 degree windchill. And then the anti-freeze started pouring out. Not just dripping but gushing. So much for the car being 'fixed.' I called my 'car guy' - he recommended not leaving the cap on tight on the radiator (um....) and just to use water & anti-freeze. The car hadn't been driven in 10 years! (I was earlier told it hadn't been driven for 1 year). so we clunked along. There was a slick of anti-freeze along the path that we were driving; there was a virtual lake at the turnaround point. Ah 4 Track Films, killing the environment, one gallon of anti-freeze at a time. Ugh. We wrapped ...

Stress

So, I lost a caddy - well, I didn't LOSE it but I had one for my shoot this weekend, and then I lost it...but then I found another one, so we're okay there. One actor dropped out - but that's okay, we'll manage. I still need to get my budget in line (yikes) and my locations properly nailed down...one is very secure with the City of Duluth and won't be a problem (yay permits!) the other is more tricky and I still haven't come up with a good solution. I'm dreading 2 overnight shoots. I don't get any sleep NOW so I don't imagine it will be that much different (haha) but I'm totally dreading it. I am excited to direct my own thing, but I'm scared as hell and my stomach hurts. Time for some wine.