SWEET-ASS OR NASTY?

Hmmmmmmmmm.

WINDBLOWN

Someone told me that we had winds today of 40mph. I responded, "yes, I know, and I was in them all morning."

Mary, Jeff and I went to Naperville to work on Matt's student film, "Flare Gun." This is a slightly retooled version of a short film made last Spring. Jeff is taking over for Eric, who starred in the original. Eric, too bad you don't live closer than Peoria. It'll be nice when you're more in the area in a half-year.
Mary replaces Kelsey, the seductive, smoky-voiced, coughing co-ed who played Maddie in April. Matt maintains his dual role of director and main character.

Yesterday we filmed what we could before the rain started falling. It wasn't all that much.

Today, we started the day hoping the weather would hold off. Almost immediately the wind gave us a warning. In every take, the wind is howling, screeching, tumbling. It was brutal. Added to the soundtrack was the continuous rumbling of cars driving past. We would scout out an opening in the traffic sound and then rush to take advantage of it. It was a long few hours, in which we only taped a few scenes that will eventually add up to maybe 30 seconds of the finished film. But at least it was fun, and produced dozens of material for inside jokes and great stories.

There is a possibility that Matt will not be pleased with the footage because of the wind, or how overcast it became early on, and dark.

I forgot how exhausting standing around pressing "record" is. I can sleep for 12 hours right now. But it's worth it.