We are done with principal photography.  The past three and a half weeks have been the most challenging of my life.

While we tried to keep the shooting hours to 12, Jeremiah and I have easily been working 14-16 hrs a day this entire time.  We had our longest day last week, it was about a 16 1/2 hr day with a company move and about an hour afterward to load the truck.  Our crew was amazing to work with.  We’re really grateful to them for their willingness to get the job done, especially on that day.  It was rough on everyone.

On Sunday we rented an underwater housing for the camera and shot some underwater footage at a natural spring pool in Cave Springs, GA.  It looked like a lot of fun, but we wouldn’t know since we basically just gave storyboards to our DP and AC and they got in the water with the actors and stunt guys and got the shots.  We basically just sat by the water for 8 hrs.  The footage looks cool though.

Here are some highlights of the shoot:

- Shooting in Covington, GA.  This is the closest thing to a hometown that we’ve got.  Our grandparents lived there and we’d always watch “In The Heat Of The Night” being filmed there when we were kids.  It has always been a dream to shoot a feature in Covington.  Now we have.

- The rattlesnake.  That was fun.  For a kid who wanted to be a director and a herpetologist (someone who studies reptiles and amphibians) this day was the best of both worlds.

- Getting to know the crew.  We enjoyed working with everyone.  Making a movie is hard work and it’s nice to have a fun crew to do it with.  MELLING!  The inside jokes are fun too.

- Goose Sh*t Island.  Yeah, it was nasty, but I have fond memories.

- Working with my brother.  I’m happy to say we’re still best friends.  I don’t even think we got upset with each other too much.  I think we snapped at each other a couple times, but nothing major.  I can’t wait to do the next one with him.

I’d say we have about 90-95% of the film in the can.  We’ll be finishing up in August with a week of pickups.  I know I’ll be ready to get back at it.  I’m already forgetting how miserable I was at times.  I love my job.  Now if I could only get paid to do it!