After sitting on the tapes for a year, I finally edited the film…in three days! I was waiting to calibrate my speakers before finalizing TFII and archiving it to make space for WWK. Once I had purchased a sound level meter, I was able to listen to TFII confident that my speakers were properly set up. I will write about the calibration procedure separately.

Now I need to have the actresses do a dubbing session before I can proceed with post-production.

Production was set for June 10 with the 11th reserved “just in case”. It turned out there was a bit of rain on the 10th so we ended up shooting on the 11th.

The film was shot at Blue Hills state park in Milton, MA. When we got there my D.P. (thank you, Dan!) and I spent half an hour looking for a location. It had to be well-lit (i.e., open-canopied) yet secluded, so we trekked up the nearest hill thinking there would be fewer trees. Sure enough, an appropriate spot was found at the top, so we returned to pick up the rest of the team.
The shoot was interesting, all right. It went pretty smoothly until the end, when my D.P. got struck down by pollen or something. I hesitated for a bit over whether to him (was it that bad?) or continue shooting, knowing that time was short. In the end I did get plenty of coverage. The sound was not too good though; lots of wind and noise (it’s a park, after all). I have not had a chance to watch the actual tapes, but I fear we might have to do dialog replacement. If anyone wants to retrace our steps, start here.

Finally, I can think about OTWOTW…

After a brief round of auditions, we landed two diligent actresses. I will reveal their identities in a few days! We intend to shoot early May; preparations are underway. Watch this space…