Arrangements Premiere and Trailer

“Arrangements” will premiere Mother’s Day, Sunday May 11th at the Santa Cruz Film Festival.
Here’s the trailer!

Making Arrangements – Day Six Plus

So it’s all in the can.
The rest is all about editing, sound and music.
Jay Kensinger is our editor. He did a manly job juggling this project, prepping for another film (he’s got one of his own in prepro right now) and launching his new band “Isadora’s Scarf”. Consequently, getting to a final edit was a [...]

Making Arrangements – Day Five

Time for pickups. All shot MOS, just a few of us required… here’s what we needed.
It’s important to me to establish “Bill” and “Cassie”’s marriage as a healthy one… Bill makes some questionable ethical decisions, and it’s important that those are weighed against a good relationship, not mitigated by a troubled one. No time to [...]

Making Arrangements – Day Four

Okay, I’m writing this long after the fact, but I’ll try to remember as much as I can…
We’re shooting all the outdoor stuff today, on a cul-de-sac in Live Oak, in front of my friends Brian and Adriana’s place. (Brian is the Production Designer that got me my first real gig, on Fat Rose and [...]

Making Arrangements – Day Three

How did we get everyone to show up on a weekday? Don’t these people have jobs? I don’t know… but it’s a Monday shoot and we’ve got a bunch of dedicated volunteers here again.
Today we’re shooting the first and last scenes in the story… funny how that worked out. We’ve got a small white empty room that [...]