PRODUCTION JOURNAL

I talked to Bujalski today and decided that it's probably better if he doesn't prepare for the role at all in advance. I would prefer he just show up and we take it from there. We will already have 2 weeks of shooting behind us when he arrives, and so many new ideas will have presented themselves, that I think it will be better to fill him in when he gets here, rather than have him come up with a bunch of ideas that we can't use.

For KOTM and LOL, I had an unlimited amount of time to shoot the films. This time around, I only have a month. It's going to be intense. But for the first time, I won't be working day jobs and doing a lot of other distracting things while I'm shooting. A month seems like an eternity to me. I've never spent that amount of time totally focused on one task. I can't wait for the experience.

I thought about doing some grocery shopping today to get the house stocked for when everyone arrives, but I figured that would be a fun thing to do on Sunday night when everyone gets here. That way people can pick out the food they like. Kevin has volunteered to be the house chef and to cook everyone delicious meals, so dinner will be a treat. He learned some delicious cooking secrets from his host mom when he was living in Italy during college.