January 23rd

Monday Morning....I'm on scene 088 of 256. Seems like plenty left to do. Granted our scene numbering was a little unique. We opted to treat the script scenes like a schedule almost. As we shot a great deal in my house(another huge story there), we decided to try to make use of the script to help us economise our locations.

So instead of a location being just 'the house', the script identified each location in the house in detail. That way when it came time to breakdown the script for shooting, we could anticipate other shots and scenes that would be needed at that particular location; Top of stairs, closet, secret closet (in studio), bathroom etc. Not sure if it was the more efficient way to work, but we did it.

So now I have the remainder of those 256 scenes to cut, although, like I mentioned previously, there were a few occasions where I skipped ahead to edit particular scenes that were intriguing to me. It's daunting on a Monday morning... and I want to have the first assembly by next week. Fingers crossed..... feels impossible at the moment. YIKES. Sometimes I want a simpler job. One where you know your set hours, then you go home. A job where your home and your work are totally separate. On this particular movie, that separation is not there. I live where we shot, this film is my life... for now.

I said it before... YIKES.