Shooting Arrangements for my Film: Crossed Wires.

Let's shoot this fucker!--Bela Lugosi I have Hector's office scenes for the first day as the first day is usually very hectic...the crew getting to know each other...the actors for the first time meeting each other. Thus it seems by the storyboard that Hector's office is the easiest thing to shoot since the major portion of the day will be taken up with Hector and Kevin. Around noon things will settle down, thus I will bring in the Inspector and Carlos...Carlos being very important to the whole plot I want to be able to use as much time on his scenes as possible. Scenes total for the first day is 17. The second day we start the morning easy with Mary and Francy because the confusion of having the major portion of our actors on stage during the day, later on, will give cause to shoot easy scene--then a tough one--then an easy one--and so on--as long as the set is the same. Thus as Hector's office ends we start again on the easy shot of the porn studio where Mary is being photographed. She has had many dress changes during the day, and much dialogue, so here she simply sits--Then the others follow easily saving the police raid last because we have to break up the set a bit. The INT: TACO SHOP is a simple one line pick up that if is not shot that day, although I'm sure it will, can be done on the previous day. All our leads are on weekly anyway, so I'll have Kevin standing near at hand. Total scenes of second day is 21. Carlos' apartment or living room and patio scenes speak mostly for themselves. Shooting it in continuity as it is a good idea because of Carlos' many costume changes. He should be able to change quickly as the camera is changing set ups. I have saved the police arrival for last as to take no chances in positions happening during the Hector and Kevin fight scene. Total scenes...30. For the third and fourth day we must figure for outside. The alley scene, the hooker scene, the scene with the junky. There is an excellent possibility of bringing the picture in on four actual shooting days and one pre-production by doing this. We have 50 silent scenes that can be shot with little or no crew; cars driving in and out, Mary out of the house, Hector alone kills two girls in the park, the old woman dancing in the rain of roses; all silent. There are 15 scenes in which dialogue is used. This of coarse will go on the fourth day. Then shooting anything that has not been shot on that one pre-production day. Again, I emphasize, our major actors are on weekly salary and other are one day bits. No loss. Stock shots are not included in board break down but all else is. Via con Dios.