We have the limo.

We have the plane.

We have the motel.

Among the cast and crew, we have a perfect balance of regulars and new faces.

We’re almost ready. At this point, I just need to figure out what the film is, what happens in it.

Yesterday was incredibly productive. Cinematographer Ali Allie and I started setting up for auditions at 8:00 AM in Mountain View. After the auditions, we worked on calibrating his HPX-170 to match the three DVX-100As which have served each of my productions thus far. It was strange to use a tapeless camera and bring the image quality down to match obsolete technology. I’ve discussed these technical and aesthetic issues in plenty of articles and interviews, so I won’t go into them here, but I’m convinced the DVXs are still the most suitable cameras for my production methods.

Ali continued to work with the cameras last night and this morning, putting in far more time and effort than I would have expected or asked. He’ll be commuting up from L.A. for the next five weekends to make this project as good as it can be. Canary benefited greatly from his involvement, so I’m glad to have him back.

Tomorrow is my daughter’s fourth birthday party–that’s a production I’m only marginally involved in (I’ll be holding the park tables from 7:00 AM to 11:00 AM and, of course, celebrating at the appointed time). I’m in post-production on Babnik and will start production on Child of God in June. I’m hoping my daughter’s birthday party will be the best and most rewarding of these productions, but after that I love them all equally and wish them all the best.