Day fourteen. The scene with where "Phil" finds "Jason" at the grade-school. I had "video" scouted the location, but I wasn't convinced as where to shoot. Rick and I walked around and chose the steps since we didn't have the generator and power was close. It worked out because we shot the 'grade-school' scene with the young actors at a totally different location, Crossroads Christian School. We used both HMI's to create sunlight in this dark corner.
	Rick paces out the walk so that "Phil" will stay in the light as he comes up on "Jason." I sort of dropped the ball here on the location. We shot Labor Day 1999. I had left a message for my contact at Portland Christian Schools the week before that were going to shoot that day. I didn't get a confirmation back from her, but shot anyway. When we were almost done shooting I had a very irate Principal talking to me.
	Jacob gets into the mood here. Actors have their own way of getting into their characters. Jason, for intense scenes especially, took some time to think through the the scene, get into the character. Stephanie on the other hand got in pretty quick, except for the crying scene in the rest-room. And those were real tears.
	Since there were only guys on the set this day Rick decided to go shirtless. And this makes sense since he would work up a sweat preparing for each lighting setup, running all over the place. Most of our power came from the classroom behind Rick. Fortunately, even though it was a holiday, teachers were there preparing for the start of school the next day. Jacob and Chris go over their lines for the scene.
	Rick and Johnny move one of the HMI lights around. Johnny carries the 'ballast' which is a large transformer, and it's heavy.
	The scene is setup and pretty much ready to go. I am running camera this day, so even though we have a monitor, I only use it part of the time.
	One of my favorite shots, as far as the video camera is concerned. It looks very cool all setup and with Chris and Jacob in the background. They continue going over lines and getting the scene down.
	Another one of Rick's ideas. In the scene "Phil" finds "Jason" after he's disappeared for three days. Obviously he would be run down, ragged and tired. So, Rick grabbed his makeup kit and gave "Jason" some bags.
	The 'ballast' units in the foreground. These babies were heavy and sucked a lot of juice. When we used both of them we had to divide them onto two difference circuits.
	Stan makes himself comfortable as he prepares to get the dialogue. In post, except for the ending few lines, we replaced all though. Why? Well, it was a critical scene where I wanted the audience we concentrate on them, not the car alarm going off in the background. Sorry Stan.
	Always the smiling face Johnny. Believe me, it really counts to have positive people on the set. He walks from the water table we have set up around the back of Rick's trailer.
	Rick checks the light level and shadows off of the faces. The guys continue to go over lines. It was great because they really didn't have any distractions, so when we were ready to shoot they got right into it. The grade school location is a few miles from the high school, and right up the street from my in-laws house. When I checked it out I knew it would work great.
	Placement was something that had to be figured out. Chris is supposed to see Jacob, walk up behind him, and deliver his first lines. It's harder than it sounds. We needed to place Jacob in a way on the steps so that he would be straight on enough when we set them both down, but not so far angled that he would hear and see Chris walk up. I don't think it really mattered too much because when I edited the scene I mostly used close-ups.
	Rick moves the light in for Chris's close-up, and then moves it back for the two shot. It was a small crew that day, Chris, Jacob, Rick, Stan, Johnny, and myself.
	Chris and Jacob talk as we break down. Thankfully we shot in an area where the shadow distance never really changed a whole lot in and out from the steps.
	Rick completely re-designed his trailer three or four times before he was happy. You'll notice, there isn't an inch of space in some places. Johnny puts away one of the most expensive pieces of gear, an HMI light.