Day 6 Wrap

Tuesday was packed. After Monday's wrap, I think I made it to bed around 5:00am and slept lightly until eight bells. A quick trip up to Minneapolis to shoot a Vikings promo with Emily and then back down to Hastings where Emily and I were interviewed on KDWA radio. Then back on set at 4:00pm for another 12 hour shoot. I loved it! Doing anything else for 20 hours in a day would run me ragged, but when it comes to acting and talking about acting, you don't need to stick a quarter in me to keep me going.

Tonight we shot our first death scene. It was intense! The footage we got was equally beautiful and disturbing. It certainly wasn't easy to get because of the cramped quarters and hot lights. I can't get much more detailed without giving away too much of the movie, but I think the scene we shot tonight will be one of the more memorable scenes in Horror House.

As short as the mentioned death scene is in the movie, it took us several hours to get what we needed. The only other setup of the night was a pair of kitchen scenes that equalled nearly 8 pages of the screenplay, and that footage was captured in just about the same amount of time. I was so impressed with all our actors tonight and it's due to their professionalism we were able to capture as much as we did in a 12 hour shoot day.

I'm lucky my itch to act was scratched in the morning because I didn't get to do any Horror House scenes tonight... except for a quick pickup shot with Gary right away when we got to set. The third take of the shot Gary improvised a ridiculous line and I proceeded to take my shirt off and run after him. Too bad Horror House isn't a comedy because that was my favorite take. :)

~ Justen