Oh, nelly!

I’m excited.

This afternoon, we are going to start filming the pilot episode of The Hubby’s first mini-series; a concept created by him and his friends/coworkers!

What is it about? The show will be a mockumentary on school education with each episode being 5 minutes long. Is that vague enough? Sorry guys, I don’t want to give away a very awesome idea!

Anyway, should be a lot of fun.

Production starts at 3:30pm, unfortunately I won’t be there until 5pm. It takes me a while to get to the location from work. Yesterday, I was contemplating on making muffins for the crew but my laziness took over. Oh well, it’s the thought that counts right? The Hubby bought chips, drinks and granola bars so hopefully that will keep them happy. Hey, we’re on a zero budget! Though, I’m not too overly concerned because the shooting will end at 7pm and most of the crew will be going straight home afterwards. If it was going to be a late night or during the weekend, then I probably would have made a bigger effort on those muffins.

The Hubby said that I can ‘do my thing’ on Opening Night. Last time, after we filmed The H, we had a few friends over (aka. the crew) to watch it for the first time in our theatre room. It was fun! A little casual (it was a last minute thing and people had plans that night) but regardless, it was nice to sit together, enjoy the fruits of our labour and discuss our next project. Kev, one of the main actors of The H gave The Hubby and I a bottle of wine and some gourmet chocolates. It was so unexpected! And so cool!

The Hubby also has another project in the works. And it will be a feature film! I really hope that we can get the ball rolling on that one because it’s going to be great!! I’m really looking forward to it because like The H, the story is created by The Hubby. I know, sometimes I offer a little more criticism than a supportive wife should, but to be honest, I’m quite impressed and proud with the work he has done so far. It’s so neat to see his vision come to life! So yes, can’t wait to start that project and since it’s going to about 30 minutes long (The H was a short film – 10mins), we can make Opening Night a bit more special.

The Hubby emailed me today to confirm that he should have enough crew available for tonight. He was a little concerned because Car couldn’t make it tonight and he is our main boom operator. I offered to help but he really wanted me to take ‘behind the scenes’ photographs. I took a lot of photos while filming The H and through B.lurb, created a really professional photo book. I have to admit, I’m good!! Hehe. So he/we want to do the same thing with all of his film projects. I think it’s just a neat way to show your work.

The good thing about having The Hubby direct the films, is that he always gives me first priority. Meaning, I will definitely be doing the cover for the mini-series and most likely the new feature film. Which is great because it really makes me feel like I’m part of the group. It’s nice to be supportive but it’s even nicer to see your name on the credits roll! Whoop whoop!