Halfway through principal Filming

What luck we've had thus far with the filming of Sarah and the Sock Puppet.

We finished filming on Monday and Tuesday and it all went pretty smooth. Yes, it's amazing. And we got some really great stuff. Doubly amazing.

All the cast and crew (14 in all) met at the Director CJ's apartment and we all carpooled out to the location together. When we got to our beach, which was just a few miles past Malibu, we unloaded and set up base camp and started filming. We were a little worried about the weather, because we needed a sunny day in order to film some scenes with shadows in them, but those worries were subdued because we had a hot and sunny day.

Actually, it ended up being a VERY hot and sunny day. We probably went through 6 or 7 palates of water and some crazy amount of sun screen. But despite the harsh conditions (not exactly easy filming on a beach...) we moved along fairly quickly and got pretty much all the shots we needed that day. All the actors were awesome and knocked out each shot with ease. We actually finished early. Success!

For day 2, we carpooled out again and began shooting. This day was a little more difficult because we began filming some of the Sock Puppet scenes. It took a little longer to set up each scene but we wanted to make sure that everything worked and made sense. But it wasn't quite as hot as the first day and everyone worked together to make each scene great. The only problem is we could only have the actors for 12 hours according to their SAG rules, and with the slower moving production, I was a little worried that we wouldn't get everything done that we needed for that day. But, with time coming down to the wire, we got the last scene in and finished the day getting everything within the 12 hour mark.

So now we have two more days of filming left before we take it to editing. These last two days involve a lot of puppet scenes and may be a bit of a challenge, but we should be able to get it all taken care.

It's pretty exciting to be moving along with this project. It is definitely happening and it is going to be great. Stay tuned.