The week of shooting is now over, and I think it went really well besides my feet being a little sore from standing all day. We shot Monday thru Friday, and the hours were roughly 7am to 7pm each day. So that is a lot more standing then I’m used to, since lately I have spent a lot of time on my butt in my office chair. My office now looks like a toy store from the toys we brought back to use for the VFX work, and I have a lot of paperwork to sort through.
Although it was very tiring, being on set was a lot of fun, and I learned a great deal more about the live action side of things. It was also a very productive week, and from what was shot they will be able to make somewhere around 40 different commercials using different combinations of the vignettes we will be making. We are now waiting for edit to finish the first few vignettes for us to get started on with the VFX work. Hopefully we will have something as early as the end of day Monday to jump on.
We have some pretty intense deadlines this time around, and I have been working all weekend trying to rough out a schedule. There will be a lot of moving pieces, and they all have to fall into place to make sure we deliver everything on time.
I’m excited to see how this round of commercials go, and I expect they will turn out even better then the last round.
In addition to shooting all week I was also able to make it to the Producers Guild networking event that was on Thursday evening. With being tired from the week, and between babysitter drama, and having to wake up early the next morning for the final day of shoot I did not stay very long. It was still nice to get out for a little, and meet some new people.
This week will start our post work, that we are expecting to last until December. I’m excited to get a start on everything, and still a little stressed from the tight deadlines. I just want to do the best job we can, so everyone is happy, and proud of the work.
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