15 Hour Film Delivery: Anchange Style
By Dan Engelhardt producer
At the beginning of our August 4 th shoot Matt, our 2 nd AC, mentioned that we were running low on film, and that we were probably due for our second batch from Kodak. Under normal circumstances this would be a simple request – my first call the following morning would be to our sales rep. and the problem would be solved. Unfortunately for us we are shooting 400 miles from LA, and this announcement was made on a Friday night.
There are a good number of 24 hour film dealers in LA, but San Francsico is a different story. As we wrapped on Saturday morning (7AM) I began my phone calls – at this point I had been up for 19 hours. The plan was to have Kevin our editor, who is currently in Los Angeles, pickup a few roles of film, drive them to LAX, and ship the package through United Airlines’ cargo service. A perfect plan, I thought. At 9am, after coordinating our after hours pickup and payment with Film Emporium, I called Kevin. He quickly drove to Hollywood (from Culver City), and then headed back to LAX.
At the United front desk he ran into a problem. They recently changed their policies, and only a “credited shipper” can send packages over 1 lbs. Suddenly we were stuck with no way to get our film to Palo Alto in time for the shoot set to take place in less then 12 hours. It was now 12pm, and I had been up for a solid 24 hours. I began pooling friends, and family hoping someone might be willing to fly to Los Angeles, and drive the film to Palo Alto for us (as luck would have it my sisters car was in LA even though my sister was here in Palo Alto). After my parents and I made a few calls, a close friend was willing to do us a huge favor, and after being up for 27 hours I was able to sleep for 3, and head over to set. At 10pm on August 5 our savior arrived with a fresh box of film – we were saved.
At the beginning of our August 4 th shoot Matt, our 2 nd AC, mentioned that we were running low on film, and that we were probably due for our second batch from Kodak. Under normal circumstances this would be a simple request – my first call the following morning would be to our sales rep. and the problem would be solved. Unfortunately for us we are shooting 400 miles from LA, and this announcement was made on a Friday night.
There are a good number of 24 hour film dealers in LA, but San Francsico is a different story. As we wrapped on Saturday morning (7AM) I began my phone calls – at this point I had been up for 19 hours. The plan was to have Kevin our editor, who is currently in Los Angeles, pickup a few roles of film, drive them to LAX, and ship the package through United Airlines’ cargo service. A perfect plan, I thought. At 9am, after coordinating our after hours pickup and payment with Film Emporium, I called Kevin. He quickly drove to Hollywood (from Culver City), and then headed back to LAX.
At the United front desk he ran into a problem. They recently changed their policies, and only a “credited shipper” can send packages over 1 lbs. Suddenly we were stuck with no way to get our film to Palo Alto in time for the shoot set to take place in less then 12 hours. It was now 12pm, and I had been up for a solid 24 hours. I began pooling friends, and family hoping someone might be willing to fly to Los Angeles, and drive the film to Palo Alto for us (as luck would have it my sisters car was in LA even though my sister was here in Palo Alto). After my parents and I made a few calls, a close friend was willing to do us a huge favor, and after being up for 27 hours I was able to sleep for 3, and head over to set. At 10pm on August 5 our savior arrived with a fresh box of film – we were saved.
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