BARN DANCE - John LaBonney

Just a note on the production side. Almost everything is falling into place for the big shoot on Saturday. As this is my first real production, I was hoping that I could some help in the food area. John told me that "comfort food" is the key. Any ideas on what that would mean for 25 teenagers? We are thinking pizza...
 
Pizza, plenty of chips, pop, and maybe vegetable/cheese platters with dip for the more healthy conscious.

Plenty of bottled water as well.

Good luck! Just have fun with it.

Mikr
 
Yeah food is good. I like to starve my crew and feed them only after they have been working for at least 12 hours. I feed them only crackers and water that way if I promise them a good meal when they finish they work twice as hard. (I am only kidding BTW)

Anyway look forward to seeing you guys this weekend and I am glad to hear that you were able to cast the last main role. See ya soon.
Pauly
 
Final role cast

Final role cast

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We have cast Aaron David Johnson to play the lead role of Joey in Barn Dance (and not a minute to soon I might add, as we're shooting in three days). Much of Aaron's experience is in theater, and he's excited to begin working in film.

This addition completes the casting of main characters for the film. We still have a few spots on the bus for background players and we expect to fill it pretty much to its 24 person capacity. All-in-all there's a lot of excitement among the entire cast about working on the project.

We still have a prop or two to acquire. There's a debate between Michelle and myself going on about hay bales. We'd like to have them, and I do think they would really dress up the set nicely. I even have found someone who has horses to buy them from me after we're done shooting, but hauling them down to Eldorado Canyon (and getting the 100 lbs. bales up to the second floor) is the issue. There's just not enough room in the back of my truck for all the movie gear plus 6-10 bales of hay. But I think she's right. I just have to figure out how to get them down there and back without having them fall off the truck into the Nevada desert.

Sent out call sheets to the main cast and crew. Waiting on a couple of confirmations here and there.

We've come so far on this project; it's hard to believe that we've been able to gather a cast of around 25 people, a crew of nearly 10 people, transportation, lodging, two great songs, equipment, insurance, catering items, make-up, and a very unique and fitting location. When we started work on Barn Dance I didn't think we would ever get this far. Frankly, I was expecting something insurmountable to stop us along the way. But we just kept plugging away and when someone told us "no," we kept going until we found an alternative.

Preproduction has been a big strain and a huge learning experience. The real test will come on Saturday when we shoot this puppy. I can't hardly wait to discover what we didn't manage to think of ahead of time. I'm sure that there will be plenty of things, but we'll just deal with them the best that we can.

I'm not even interested in thinking about post at this point, but Paul informs me that they've come up with a solution for our special effects shot, so that's a plus.

Still so much to do!
 
pauly_the_hitman said:
I feed them only crackers and water...
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Crackers? You give them crackers? That would put us WAY over budget.

We have solutions to the food issue, we're just working out the final details. We'll have a good selection of goodies and beverages there (maybe even a few crackers for those used to working with Pauly), but the primary problem with hot food is the remoteness of the location. But while Eldorado Canyon is about 45 minutes from Las Vegas, it's only 18 miles or so from Boulder City, which is do-able, and that's where we'll be obtaining dinner. Michelle is on the situation like white on rice and is negotiating a deal with a restaurant there.
 
man 10 person crew?

this is gonna be amazing.

so glad to get on this!

and um could you guys please not cheap out and get the ritz crackers?

pauly only gets us the old moldy saltines.........
 
They are stale, not moldy jeez I wouldn't want anyone to get sick then they couldn't keep up with my demanding schedules...Looking forward to this myself. I am so glad that you got the last role cast I thought we were gonna have to end up using Kevin. Not that he couldn't have pulled it off but man good choice Aaron looks perfect.
See ya soon. I hope you remembered to make sure to get lots of caffeinated drinks and coffee Michelle, as we are leaving CA about 5:30am on Sat morning.
Pauly
 
Michelle J. LaBonney said:
Just a note on the production side. Almost everything is falling into place for the big shoot on Saturday. As this is my first real production, I was hoping that I could some help in the food area. John told me that "comfort food" is the key. Any ideas on what that would mean for 25 teenagers? We are thinking pizza...
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Help, help, help - you are shooting with 25 teenagers? :eek: This seems very stressful. Good luck! BTW, teenagers love coca cola.

Susanne
 
Susanne G. said:
Help, help, help - you are shooting with 25 teenagers? :eek: This seems very stressful. Good luck! BTW, teenagers love coca cola.

Susanne
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Heh, it does seem like a bit much. But they all seem pretty enthusiastic about working on a film and I know they'll be great.

I just have to remember to get a head count on the bus and make sure that we come back with the same amount of people we brought down there.
 
Michelle,
I actually prefer the old fashion coffee or Coca-Cola. I am not much of a heart attack in a can kind of guy. Although my brother does like that kind of stuff. But sugar is good too, sugar is real good it helps me keep my boyish figure.
Pauly
 
pauly_the_hitman said:
Michelle,
I actually prefer the old fashion coffee or Coca-Cola. I am not much of a heart attack in a can kind of guy. Although my brother does like that kind of stuff. But sugar is good too, sugar is real good it helps me keep my boyish figure.
Pauly
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A-men! It seems everywhere I look at my school there is some energy drink. I have never tried one and never will, those things are BAD for you!
 
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