Sex & Breakfast Day 1 - Wednesday 19th - LET'S DO THIS!

-Post should have been posted last Wednesday but these last days have been crazy. Sorry- 

Scenes and shooting schedule were organized. Equipment and food were in place. I had moved (literally brought a suitcase for four days) to the location. The sun just had to shine so real job could start.

Best location ever.

At 6:50am, I receive a call; Frankie was downstairs. There I freak out, my alarm didn’t sound, I was lucky she showed up earlier. I take a quick shower while she sleeps half an hour more. We start setting up, washing dishes, cleaning the kitchen, putting the black out in the windows, setting lights, everything was in place. Then the call:

“We are here.”

“Here, where?”

“Here at 5874”

…

We gave the wrong address to the crew and actors, twice.

The set clean and tidy wating for our lost actors.

They arrive 30 minutes later while we hate ourselves. However, the set was almost done; we could start in good time. While Frankie was directing the actors, Eva and I made sure that camera and set were ready. I look for a marker in a bag and I see a film stock box…

Oh… oh…

Oh-oh

Fak…

FUCK!

“I LEFT THE FILM STOCK AT HOME”

Seven film rolls, seven. Six of them 40 minutes away by car, only two minutes of film left in the camera, three whole scenes ahead to shoot. If you ever had a heart attack, I think I know how you felt.

First the address and now this, WE HAD OUR SHIT TOGETHER, I SWEAR.

"Now what?!"

I guess sometimes one really needs to follow that famous advice “don’t plan things too much because they won’t happen”.

"Hihi fuck my life."

Anyway, we would finish what was left and then go for the rest. Amazingly, we started to shoot only 15 minutes later than expected, and even more amazing, we ended half an hour before and there was still film in the camera. TAKE THAT “NO PLANNING” ADVICE.

Bolex bebé behaving as it should.

Frankie runs to my house. Meanwhile, the actors and our sound boy Andrew record some isolated sounds for sound design. Lunch break follows (today’s menu: Dagwood’s sandwich). At 1pm, Frankie comes in and the second part of the day starts.

Andrew in action.

Again, we overcame our expectations, half an hour ahead of time. Although we faced some lighting problems, everything went out well; even some tears were thrown out while rehearsing our saddest scene.

The day was over for our actors; we stayed for the last scene of the movie and of the day. Smooth beautiful shots, the day ended up as a success. We celebrated with a jar of sangria while re-checking our schedule for Thursday, hoping it was not just “first day luck”.