Today felt very scattered and I don't have a very positive feeling about what we accomplished or lackthereof. In hindsight, maybe we should've taken a day off to recharge, but with Steve leaving Saturday, we don't have that luxury. Basically, there wasn't any plan. I couldn't plan a walking route because I didn't know if Steve had gotten ahold of Dotty, and Dotty turned out to be more elusive than we thought she would be, so Steve couldnt get ahold of her. Add that in to the late start and the sun-light issue and we didn't get what we wanted to get. We did get one of the flower deliveries and some "night-time" running shots, and I think we got a reasonable amount of good footage for the Cab scene. But from first shot of Nick Adams entering Henry's, where there some puppies in the window of the building along the route, Steve wasn't very focused and was all like "puppies!!" We should've known, at that moment, that the day wasn't going to be one of the better days.
Afterward, Todd, Steve and I brainstormed about the opening sequence, because Todd and I agreed that we didn't like how off-the-cuff, unplanned the day was. We've got a pretty good idea of how we're going to shoot the opening sequence now. Basically, we're going to place Pine Grove Park, spatially, south of the area down Quay St, in the film. Nick Adams starts South and heads North to get to Henry's and has to run south to warn the Swede. Tricky editing and shot placement tomorrow will be key but I think we've got a pretty good grasp on the whole thing.
I need rest though, because my back has been aching something with murderous intent. Long day tomorrow and it starts early. I gotta get us in a flower shop.
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