Well, hope you all got my messages last night, but if not, to reiterate: today at Abigail's house, 9 to 4, and then off to Hamilton Creek Marina at Percy Priest Lake (for those of you who will be involved in the driving shots). Please bring costumes for the kitchen, decoupage, first bedroom and (just in case) the driving scene (which will be whatever you were for the movie theater/city street scene.

Somnescently yours,
Dimitri

Okay folks, forecast is SERIOUSLY mixed for the morning, could have T-storms, at the least lots of heavy clouds. So this is the backup plan as it stands now for Saturday:

Saturday morning, 10 AM. Meet at Abigail's house. We will proceed to shoot the kitchen and the decoupage scenes. Then about 4 PM or so, Robert, Demetriss and some of the crew will head to our lakeside location to shoot the driving scenes. You will probably have about two hours to rest and prep for the bedroom scene, so you may want to take your meal break, prepare, or leave until the next call at 7:30 PM Saturday evening will then proceed as scheduled.

I will let you know more as the weather schedule permits. Please expect a phone call from me tonight.

Thunderously (and lighningish too),
Dimitri

Okay, here we goooooooo, one more tiiiiime...

This weekend's shoot will be as follows:

Saturday morning (Robert and Demetriss) at Percy Priest Lake. 10 AM-1 PM. Scene 4, Sylvie and Steven drive by a body of water. I will give directions personally tomorrow; however, be aware that the forecast is for RAIN. Rain, I say. I expect anti-rain chants from each and every one of you and there will be a quiz.

Saturday afternoon/evening, 3:00 PM to 11:00 PM. (Robert, Demetriss, Abigail, Tabitha, Monica and Elle) This will take place at Abigail's very lovely house in Murfreesboro, and will consist of the kitchen scene and the decoupage scene in the afternoon, pickup shots for the four women in the driving scene, and in the evening, the first bedroom scene.

Sunday morning, 10:00 AM to 1 PM. (Robert, Rachael and Patrick) Our final scene of the production, and our return to our favorite street in Franklin. Our intrepid cast drives and discusses everything that's happened in Robert's crazy little mind today, and out of the blender comes something, um, reassuring and uplifting. Yay! Cookies for everyone!

I hope you're all ready for this, our biggest weekend of the production, the humdinger, the swing for the fences, the humunga cowabunga from down unda... I'm so proud of all of you and look forward to wrapping this sucker up with a pretty bow. Yep.

Your president of the Lola Falana Fan Club,
Dimitri

You cats rock my world, you know that? Every nutty scene and circumstance I've thrown at you, you've responded with professionalism and talent, and even when we're running behind - and I know, seems like we're always running behind - the mood is happy and pleasant and everything that I hope a set can be. We're doing an incredibly difficult thing with the Steven/Syvlie scenes, which is essentially, shooting five movies at once...but none of you have been anything but completely enthusiastic. Thanks.

Yesterday was probably our smoothest day yet all around, with everyone pitching in to get the job done, performances on mark, and the technical stuff turning out better than expected. Next week will bring principal photography to a close, and while I'll be sad to break up the production, you've already given me amazing gifts of your time and new memories. But first...we have to get through Saturday. :)

Saturday will be THE monster day of production, with massive technical and emotional challenges. We start off with the scene in Sylvie's car, move onto the decoupage scene (the requirements of which I will be discussing with Lorie and Demetriss tomorrow), spend time on the emotionally harrowing kitchen breakup scene, and then climax the day with the first bedroom scene in Sylvie's apartment (with wonderful mobiles! High score on the groovy thank-o-meter to Rachael for providing a lovely one last week, and more are absolutely welcomed). Then Sunday, we finish the photography with the scene in Lacy's car, which may be shot back in Franklin, depending on whether or not we need a second lane for certain shots. As always, more details as the week goes by.

Now, as has become our little tradition, a glimpse of the footage from yesterday's shoot:





Your Captain Sunburn,
Dimitri