Rehearsal with the Four Friends

Today was the very first time Jeff, Harold, Rudy, Andy and myself ran through the two bigger scenes that involve the four best friends. The previous times we did it was without Andy because he hadn't been cast yet. Now today with Andy it was great to sit back and watch the entire thing unfold, and let me tell you, the chemistry amongst these four best friends since elementary school aura that's in the room feels authentic. As Harold said today, "You know when Justin really likes what he sees because he's off to the side, covering his mouth and almost giggling." That is true. I should probably not be near the action because I'll ruin it with my giddy excitement.

Rudy, Jeff, Harold and Andy

We've been developing a rather big scene three different ways, so now it's just finding the way it should be performed when the time comes to shoot it. I think we all figured out how it will be, but new things can happen on the day of photography. Wether it's talked about and rehearsed, a sudden improv moment or a happy accident of any other sort, it's something I welcome and embrace. 

Speaking of embracing a new idea, today we extended the intro to a scene by about a page of back and forth random chatter among the friends. If there is a "negative" side-affect to adding to too much to too many scenes, it's that the entire film could run a bit longer than originally thought. With the length you could suddenly be criticized for a "lack of focus". In general people will already probably view the finished film as something with a lack of focus. That's in part what I'm going for. So if these minute additional moments add to the whole losing focus debate, then I'm all for it.

The guys play with some cards . . .

'The Empire Strikes Back' cards. Sweeet.

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Tomorrow will be another good day. Rehearsing some scenes with John Andring in the morning, then Jennifer Prettyman in the afternoon -- possibly (probably) shooting at least one scene with her.

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