and here we go...

Blogs are not my thing, but instead of constantly updating myspace and facebook every other day, this is probably the easiest. Am I brilliant or finally catching up to 2008? Prrobably the latter of the two.

We shot T&S during 5 grueling days. I keep getting asked the question as to why it was grueling. Simply put... going into this production I had no fucking clue what the hell I was doing. Now that I am on the other side of the proverbial tunnel, I at least know a little bit about making movies. (If you don't know me, I like to down play a lot.) Thankfully I did have a lot of great people (and not so great people) that certainly helped educate me while on the firing lines. One lesson that I did learn is that my executive producer is a great, great person. He told me going into this thing... "Kelly just remember that you are going to make mistakes." And when I picked extremely difficult locations to shoot in (especially the one without a bathroom so we had to go to a hole-in-the-wall strip joint); was rushed, but still went into overtime to get the shot; missed key shots; ordered too much food; ultimately spent too much money - yeah, I realized that i certainly made too many mistakes. All through production I kept remembering what Joe said to me and it all felt ok. Mistakes occured, issued swelled, tempers flared BUT (and that's a big BUT) we all pulled it together as a team and shot some great images (Jason Herrick, my director of photography is extremely talented and one to watch.) The actors pulled some great moment visually with their facial expressions and body language as well as delivery. See?

So all in all - everything is turning out fine. Well at least my attitude has subsided. I was really depressed after we wrapped. Luckly for me everytime I was down, some stepped in to pick up the slack especially producer (and wonderful girlfriend) Heather Coutts (who also plays Annette in the film) and co-producer Lori Hobart. I worked for so long - almost 2 years to write and produce Tremble & Spark and when production was over, it hit me like a Mack Truck (shout out to my peeps). I couldn't get off my couch. I kept reflecting over and over the harsh conditions I put everyone through and that I missed some key shots or didn't get enough coverage. In the end though, it is what it is. And right now, Tremble & Spark is shaping up nicely.... of course no one has seen it yet!