Back in Palo Alto
By Tony Vallone story, screenplay, associate producer
We are back in Palo Alto and it has been great so far. Going back home to film a movie about kids who go back home has created a very interesting feeling in us all. I say “interesting” because I am too tired to open up my adjective vault. Yea I’m a writer.
Filming outside of LA is wonderful. Families come to the curb and watch us film, traffic generously stops when we take, and when cops roll by they usually stay and watch. In LA you’ll be kicked out the moment you put down a tripod. But Northern California is not perfect. It is very cold. I have to double sweater it on most nights when we shoot outside but in Southern California I could bust a t-shirt and be fine.
The first couple days in Palo Alto were spent filming the last scenes of the Jaime (Autumn Reeser) and Nolan (Johnny Lewis) story line. This wasn’t ideal, but due to scheduling issues we had no choice. If we shot the story a little more in sequence it would help us and the actors realize the proper character arches. The way we have it now means the characters are very different each day and we have to keep track in our head where the scene falls in the film.
Me, Brad (Director), and Rachel (DP)
We have encountered some interesting problems that I’ll talk about in a future post.
We are back in Palo Alto and it has been great so far. Going back home to film a movie about kids who go back home has created a very interesting feeling in us all. I say “interesting” because I am too tired to open up my adjective vault. Yea I’m a writer.
Filming outside of LA is wonderful. Families come to the curb and watch us film, traffic generously stops when we take, and when cops roll by they usually stay and watch. In LA you’ll be kicked out the moment you put down a tripod. But Northern California is not perfect. It is very cold. I have to double sweater it on most nights when we shoot outside but in Southern California I could bust a t-shirt and be fine.
The first couple days in Palo Alto were spent filming the last scenes of the Jaime (Autumn Reeser) and Nolan (Johnny Lewis) story line. This wasn’t ideal, but due to scheduling issues we had no choice. If we shot the story a little more in sequence it would help us and the actors realize the proper character arches. The way we have it now means the characters are very different each day and we have to keep track in our head where the scene falls in the film.
Me, Brad (Director), and Rachel (DP)
We have encountered some interesting problems that I’ll talk about in a future post.
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