Production Update: Week of March 9th

Immediately after returning from Spring Break, we jumped right back into the project full swing. We had our weekly Monday meeting as usual to regroup and come up with a plan of attack for the upcoming weeks. We finally got the Indiegogo Campaign up and started promoting our Facebook page like crazy. In the past 3 days, we've gained over 330 supporters on Facebook and raised $410 through Indiegogo! The support from friends and family has been incredible, but I'm overwhelmed by the growing support and positive reinforcement we've received from the North Carolina Film Community and other kind strangers from all over. We're not just making a film, we're fueling a growing movement! We finished off the meeting by editing our interview questions for the following day and preparing Tuesday's shooting schedule.

 On Tuesday, I had class until 3:15, so the plan was for Connor and Robert to head over to Screen Gems at noon to shoot some B-Roll and begin setting up for our 3:30 interview with Johnny Griffin, Wilmington Regional Film Commissioner. My professor was so gracious to let me leave class early so I could get to Screen Gems in time to help set up. The interview went well, although we experienced some issues with sound that we will hopefully be able to fix, otherwise we may have to schedule a second interview with Johnny.

At 4:30, we hit the lot for a quick interview with Kyle Linderman, a Screen Gems employee in the lighting & grip department. Then it was over to the editing lab to sort through dailies & prep for editing.

At 9:00 we interviewed Shaun O'Rourke, a local actor and driver currently working on Under The Dome. Shaun was extremely insightful and passionate about the Film Tax Incentive issue & I think his interview is going to be received well by our audience.

We're now in talks with Beth Becka, owner of Insight School of Acting, who would like to share her story with us and will allow us to film her acting class, which consists of many actors who would no longer have acting opportunities should the Film Tax Incentive expire.