weekend two: the electric boogaloo

Some of you might remember the laughable problems that took place during production of Rusted Sun Films' last feature venture, A Cowboy's Silver Lining. For those of you that aren't privy to the way I bitched and contemplated the astounding absurdity of these obstacles, you can check them out on the Official Rusted Sun Films website, www.rustedsunfilms.com or just ask one of us sometime. It made for an eye opening adventure in the trials and tribulations of filmmaking.
So, this weekend we had our first of many "scene shoots" for our next feature piece, Divine Manipulation of the Threads. We started early, had some great takes, a few bloopers, a lot of laughs... had some issues with neighbors mowing their lawn... and that was all before 11am.
We had a layover until our next shoot was to take place. We took some time to set up Anthony's television like a monitor... bought some headphones... ate some cheese...
Somewhere around 3:00pm a nice little typhoon rolled through our Bartlett location. The power flickered here and there... and then knocked power out for around three hours.
Joey Joe Joe (Joseph B. Smith) showed up to shoot and we couldn't get started until 7:15pm. We thought that if Anthony could learn how to breakdance (The Electric Boogaloo) that the Gods would smile upon us and bestow the house with the much needed Amps required for actually shooting a scene that day. No luck. Thankfully, the rainstorm cooled off the temperature to a bearable degree. I make note of that because we were shooting in a garage (which will be used a couple more times for a couple more shoots). We finished up the shoot within two hours, put the gear back in all of the cases, I managed to pull my back, and then we talked about the beginning of "The Threads."
Ralph Hatley (a.k.a. The Guitar Man) had an idea... To make note and keep a tally of all of our laughable and often idiotic sayings during the production portion of the film. Here's what we've got so far:
1. "Mrs. Mifune's hat looks like a condom's reservoir."
1a. "oh crap, it won't stay on...nail it, gaff tape it, glue it with gorilla glue, staple it...."
2. "The last time I did that was in Prison... I mean, uh... Church."
So, that's the news so far. We've got a few more weekends scheduled and ready to roll. It's been long shooting days with very rewarding material. We'll keep working on it... be ready to laugh...