February 17, 2006
Frozen winds blew in last night, and it's supposed to snow tomorrow. I can't think of a more serendipitous day to have scheduled the pickup shots for The Outlaw Son; no one will have to pretend that it's as cold as it was back in December. It'll probably be even colder.
I'm really glad we weren't able to shoot these pickups in January, as we'd originally planed; having an extra month to just contemplate things has been invaluable. So when I say pickups, what I really mean is the original two shots we didn't get the first time around, as well as a semi-extensive series of new setups (mostly extreme close-ups with very shallow focus), a few new scenes, a few new ideas for scenes and, of course, whatever spur of the moment bits of inspiration come to us over the course of the day. The film stock arrived today, one 400 ft. roll having become three (thanks, Jim!), and we'll start exposing it at 11:30 tomorrow morning. I'm up now taking care of a few last minute preparations, like making an airline tag for a close-up of the main character's luggage. This left me with the troubling dilemma of actually having to think up a name for him; after a lot of thought, I ended up just using Kyle's real name. I doubt anyone will be able to read it anyway.
I'm so excited to be shooting this thing again; you've no idea. I'm already sort of on cloud nine after seeing how well the rough, rough cut I put together this past week turned out; now I have the chance to make it even better than it already is.
Man, I hope it snows. Although for Kat's sake, I hope it's limited to North Texas....
Posted by David Lowery at February 17, 2006 07:05 PM