Back again.  Geek Love was on Wednesday this past week and went very well.  I directed and Carrie DPed for this project that Shannon wrote and produced.  Carrie and I met with Shannon last Saturday at her apartment to see the location and discuss the best way to shoot it. I then wrote a shot list and Carrie and I met to talk about that on Tuesday before the shoot.

Everyone was supposed to meet at Shannon’s on Wednesday to shoot at 12 pm but we had quite a few people that were late.  Jacob, Shannon, and I were the only ones there for about a half hour before other people showed up.  Once we got going around 1 pm everything seemed to go pretty well.  Also Gesi wasn’t on set until about 2 pm so until then Morgan (PA) ran audio.  One of our actors had to leave at around 3:30 so we got everything we needed him for done.  Around 3:30 after our actor left we took a break for lunch.  Shannon provided pizza and drinks for the cast and crew.  After that we shot the rest of our footage with very few problems and got finished around 5:30 or 6 pm.  

Carrie was a good DP. She followed my direction well and gave solid input when necessary.  I think we made a good team.  Also Jacob’s gaffing was great.  He had a good idea about what lighting we needed and tweaked it until I was happy with it.  He did a very good job.  Morgan was a helpful PA, especially when she stepped in for Gesi until he was able to be there.  Gesi was audio and he did an ok job when he was there but it was obvious that he didn’t really want to be there.  He was friends with our lead actress and spent a lot of time talking to her, about things unrelated to the project.  Sometimes to the point of being a distraction from the production.  He was also text messaging almost the entire time we were shooting. Just about every time we stopped a take he was back on his phone.  If nothing else it was distracting. Shannon was a solid producer.  The talent was here on time and they were good.  Our lead actor was hilarious to the point that we sometimes had a hard time getting through a scene without someone laughing.  It was also nice that she provided lunch for the cast and crew. Overall she did a good job coordinating actors and location.

For the most part this project seemed to go well. Production starts for the Pen tonight, so hopefully that goes well.

Until next time,

Tyler Otten