Pre-Production Report

I'm happy to report that only after a couple days of the site becoming fully functional, traffic has really started to take off. As said in my previous post, a website is only as good as the people who visit it, so this is great! We really appreciate your support.

Having said that, for those of you who are wondering about the production details, I thought I'd take a quick moment to share them with you. Currently the film is in pre-production, and everyone is scrambling around trying to get everything ready for production when it begins on July 10th. Personally, I've always felt that preproduction is one of the most exciting times to be working on a film, but also one of the most stressful. While it's great to see the different elements of the project start to come together, there's always something to be worried about. The amount of planning that has to be done to make a filmset run smoothly can be staggering. While on the screen you might only see the camerawork or mise-en-scène, this is only the tip of the iceberg. Even once those elements are in place, the production team still has to worry about things like the budget, transportation, catering, safety, and even the weather. Believe it or not, one rainy day can cause all kinds of problems! Obviously in a situation as daunting as this, it's imperative that everyone work together or nothing is going to get accomplished. Needless to say, the cast and crew gets to know each other really well (sometimes too well?) really quickly. Luckily for us the fly away team is not only incredibly professional, but also genuinely cool people.

While hopefully i've answered some of your questions about the pre-production process, if you have any more, feel free drop a comment below. I'd be more than happy to respond.

-Pete