Blogging from Blenz

Here I sit in the Blenz Coffee shop on Hamilton Street in Yaletown. I paid the 10 bucks to Fatport for 24 hours of access to the WiFi here at the shop. Why am I here you ask? I have a production meeting for the TV pilot I’m working on as 2nd AD this weekend and next at the production office here on Davie Street. The show is called Daingerfield. Yes the spelling is right and there’s no relation to Rodney the now deceased comic who could ‘get no respect at all’. The show stars it’s writer and producer Michael Daingerfield. The story is loosely based on his life as an actor trying to make a go of it here in Hollywood North. I didn’t blog at all yesterday as I was reading the script and going over the 1st AD’s cast and crew lists One Liners (Used by everyone to remember how the scenes relate), DooD report (Day out of Days – A chart of days of work for each actor on a project) and Call Sheets (Used to let cast and crew their timings and scenes for the next day). As this production has 42 actors (not including background extras) the logistics involved in having everyone in the right place at the right time could be crazy making, but it’s a challenge I’m looking forward to.

Today we have to go over the creators’ vision for the project and get everyone straight on roles timing and locations. I’m really looking forward to this. It’s exciting to get involved at this level. There’s lots of work ahead but fun all the same. Any script that has the word diarrhea in a joke on the first page is good in my books. 🙂