Spring River

A few days ago the cast and crew loaded into SUVs and drove about two hours from Paragould to a town called Hardy.  We stayed in hotels and shot several scenes at Spring River.  It was really beautiful there minus all of the ticks and snakes!  The guys from the cast/crew that had to be in the water said that it was freezing.  I just dipped my feet in.  

Yesterday we were back in Paragould and we shot my most intense scene.  I think it went well and the director said that he got some good footage.  After we tried to get a game night together but after a few games, everyone was tired and went to bed.  

I can't believe that we are over halfway done with the shoot!  I leave to go back to LA one week from Sunday.  Then it takes 6 months to a year to edit, before the movie comes out.

Blast from the Past

Click Here for a "blast from the past". Aaron Ginsberg posted an article on his blog that I wrote for the Daily Record about 24 hours in a 24 hour diner back when we were in high school.

Photos!

The River 2008 Slate!

Getting ready to shoot a scene with my "fiance" Michael. The actors name is Thomas and in front of him is our 2nd camera assistant, Lura and our script supervisor Ailena's Head

Maurice, Me, Craig and Jan. We play Marcus, Layla, Pastor David and Cindy in The River.

Brown Recluse

So our director has been bitten by a brown recluse spider!  Fortunately, it is on his shin, so he is already on medicine and he has managed not to get sick.  Today is our day off so we are hoping he is able to get some rest and heal.

Yesterday was a busy day filled with wardrobe changes because to get our background actors in and out as quickly as possible, we had to shoot all out of order.  We did the background shots of several scenes all in a row and then had to go back and shoot the main action and dialogue later in the day.  

I'm really excited about the movie because the footage that I've seen so far looks AMAZING!  I can not wait until it is all edited and put together.  Today we have the day off so I am going to try to make it to Walmart and get some of the pictures I've taken onto a disk so that I can start posting them.  I may have to just wait until I get back to LA in two weeks, but either way I have TONS of pictures.

Last night we were all pretty exhausted from the day but nobody was really tired.  My costar took some of us for rides around town on his motorcycle, so that was fun and exciting.  I have never really ridden on a motorcycle and it is pretty thrilling, even when you aren't going fast.  

Today we have off so I'm planning to help the assistant director get some work done on callsheets and set things up for next week and this evening the cast and crew talked about going to dinner or having a game night or hanging out by the pool or something.  This has been such an amazing experience so far!