Chapter 10
Principal Photography
NOW THE FUN BEGINS
This is my favorite part. I love being on location and having the hustle and bustle of production going on around me. All that work – developing the screenplay, raising the money, working with the director, organizing the table reads, doing the casting, working with the line producer on the budget and schedule, and all the other million details – was worth every minute to get to this moment. This is what it’s all about. Being able to hire an entire crew and have incredible talented actors on the set is a dream come true. To be the one responsible for giving these creative people the chance to be fully self-expressed and have their own dreams come true is magical.
The schedule on these low-budget ...
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