“To’ona’i” - Pre-prod Day -7
(No idea if I’ve got the right lingo but this diary’s gonna be cheap and nasty.)
Pre-pre-prod has been ramping up the last couple of weeks. Fighting over budgets. Okay, squabbling. No, fighting.
Whatever, the budget has been stretched as much as it can be. I thought it was already stretched but it’s amazing where you can find savings. And still pay people. And feed them.
Actors - check.
Heads of department - check.
Schedule - in progress, virtually a check.
… Okay. Camera has been unable to source camera gear. It looks like shifting the schedule back one day. I can deal with a day’s delay. I hope and pray the cast and crew (excluding camera, of course) can handle the delay, too.
It’ll be fine. I keep telling myself that: it’ll be fine. It’ll be fine.