So Close.

Wednesday is the first day of filming! I think I can speak for the crew when I say that we're ready to just sink our teeth into filming. The separate departments have really been working their butts off in pre-production, and while there are still some things that need to be worked/reworked/started, I think that once everyone gets on set we'll really see how this is all going to play out.

The biggest snag we've hit so far came to us this weekend. Starla received an email from the actor playing Cole saying that unfortunately he would not be able to take on the role anymore. Right after I read her email I called Jon to find out his thoughts and we decided to try and contact our back-up immediately. This subsequently brought on a call to Rich to explain what happened and ask his opinion, then a call to Starla to ask her to contact the back-up, as she had all the contact info on the actors at the time. So, after all this, today I was informed that Joey Martin will now be portraying Cole in "Free Wall," and I am pretty happy about that fact! Joey will do a great job portraying Cole.

From a production core side, right now we're double checking all the things we're going to need coming up. Printing out contact lists of both the crew and actors to post in our production office, as well as making sure we have an almost finished script, locations and directions, release forms signed, etc. And we're still in the process of reworking our filming schedule- the shots that involve the characters painting on the wall need to be done very close together, in case they get painted over by local artists. We just have to fit it all in, and in such a manner that we're not overworking ourselves or trying to squeeze too much in on one day.