IceBreaker Production: Day 1

I meant to have this up yesterday but blogger wasn't working- sorry for the delay.

Today we shot the "Wanna screw?" portion of the rejection montage with Sasha and the dinner scene with Emily and Jane.

Day one went great. We got a bit of a late start (the owner of the restaurant, Luci Ancora, was late), but it didn't end up hindering us at all.

Our crew worked their asses off and I think it will show in the finished product. I am really happy with the camera and the light kit, both worked awesome.

Originally we wanted to shoot out the window onto the street, but the ever-changing weather outside prompted us to shoot in front of the fireplace instead. Luci Ancora is such a beautiful restaurant anyway, we could have shot anywhere.

Sasha had to have water thrown in his face for a part of the scene, and at the last minute Chad decided that instead of a glass of water, it would be a PITCHER of water thrown in his face. It worked much better. After we shot Sasha and Maggie's (playing the waitress) setups, we cut the sequence together in Vegas really quick- right there on the set!- and it was hilarious.

After that we moved into the dinner scene, with every setup being nailed by Emily and Jane in 2-3 takes. Awesome.

We made our day! We wrapped around 2:30 and had the set struck by 3:00. Production stills should be up on the web site soon.

I haven't had this much fun on a shoot in a long time. I can't wait until Monday (15th) to work with these people again!