Good night Mr. Wolfe

I finished shooting with Erik the other night. We shot in the Village and Meat Packing District. I wanted to get some more footage for the montage, and we got it.

The one shot I really wanted was Allen and Maura in front of the Tiles for America. There are a couple references to 9/11 in the film, so it's fitting. I originally wanted to use this shot in A New and Accurate Map of the World, but I went with the mural shot instead.

The day we shot it was 30 degrees. We were outside for almost 6 hours. The reason it's taken me a week to post this is because I got really sick. I'm not sure if Erik and Elizabeth got sick too, I hope they're OK. Knowing Erik, and his immune system, he's dead and buried.

While we were shooting Julianne Moore walked by, really fast. It was almost "a power-walk", but she wasn't pumping her arms. She's a lot shorter in person.

RA

Camera wrap on Lauren Munger

I only shot with Lauren two days, but I absolutely love her. They were two of the best/easiest days of shooting on the film. Her transition from scripted dialog to improv, and vice-versa, is seamless. I would definitely like to work with her again.

We shot two very small scenes yesterday. I'm pretty sure that I'm going to use a still from one for the poster.

Once the weather gets better here, I need to get all of my pick-up shots. It's nothing major, just some shots of NYC traffic, buildings and such.

I'm going to use still photos throughout the film. I love mixing photo and video. I'm thinking of putting a post up on CL and MySpace asking for people to send me HI-RES photos on NYC. It'll make my job easier, and also be a cool way to get people involved in the film-making process.

RA

Another still

I captured this still a couple weeks ago and never put it up. This is from the first day of shooting. It's the second scene we shot, I think. This is where Maura shows Allen the photos that she took on her trip down from Boston.

I have a clip that I want to put up, but I'm uncertain about doing so. Elizabeth loves it. Erik hates it. If I put it up, it'll be in the next couple of days.

RA

Passing the buck

I just handed off all of the footage to L.E. Salas. He edited "A New and Accurate Map of the World" and he's now going to edit "Because of Time and Space". He's a FAR better editor than I am. He's also much more enthusiastic about the post-production aspect of film-making than I am.

We're going to shoot this Saturday, and again next week and that should do it. I thought we would be light-years ahead of where we are at this point. I thought the film would be near completion. I don't know the exact quote, or who said it, but it went something like this - "If your production turns out exactly as you planned, you failed.".

Take a minute and check out measure's MySpace page - MySpace.com/measuremusic. Some of their music might be featured in the film. Speaking of MySpace, I created a MySpace page for the film - MySpace.com/timeandspacefilm. Send the film a friend request, it's very lonely.

RA