New Mexico

We're currently about to go to bed as we all spend the night here in Truth or Consequences, New Mexico. (which we just found out was named after a game show)

This is at White Sands National Park.

Lots of fun has been had such as spending all day in the desert, eating good meals, having good conversation, jumping off of sand dunes, and poking HUGE spiders. All the while we have been having Time Closet convos here and there and although tired, are ready to get back to shooting. As far as I know, we have about a 65-70% chunk of the movie finished. There are bugs EVERYWHERE.

Production Diary 3

We were rained out for a little while today. But we still finished everything we were supposed to finish. Except for one scene.

Next week we'll be taking a production break/vacation to New Mexico where, at some point, we'll be watching Facing the Giants. We'll let you know how much fun we're having while we're there.

It's Become A Drug

In the process of shooting this movie, one of the most prevalent recurrences has been the way Jeff has chosen to respond to people who opt to use sarcasm for any form of self-expression. Jeff will stop what he's doing, look you in the eye, and with a face straighter than light, correct you or question you as if you were speaking literally.
I pulled up GarageBand today and happened to find the first half of our table reading we did back in May. I forgot we recorded this. I dropped the cursor to a random point in the timeline and hit play, and discovered that we had plenty of warning ahead of time for this crap:

Production Diary 2

Production Diary 1

David Kiern is graciously and beautifully shooting and editing this behind the scenes stuff for us. It's just another effective tactic in keeping our ego's as high as possible throughout the shoot.

It's Dinosaurs.

Last night we shot outside. At night.
We pulled off a ridiculously cool steadicam shot. Not bad for the very first exterior night shot in our entire lives.
Kristen shot her first scenes (yep, there's actually a girl in this one, and she's really good).
Arley repeatedly placed large pots of plants in Tyler's designated path for previously mentioned steadicam shot.
Jeff took his shirt off.
Darren officially put "Murder, She Wrote" into the movie.
Lauren Smith brought us Rice Krispy Treats and Brownies.
My parents let us turn their AC off for half an hour, and somehow lived.
Tyler revealed to me that the To-Do List written on his character's arm throughout the movie has included the term, "It's Dinosaurs," in every scene shot so far.

We finished our first week of shooting.

Apparently, it was awkward photo night for everyone. Jeff wasn't wearing a shirt, Kristin gave quite the seducing pose, and Darren... Well Darren was just being himself. 11 new photos are up on my flickr.