June 26 Log: A Very Weary Update at 7:43

7:41
Where…and I mean WHERE did the day go?  This is frightening. It always gets like this in pre-production.  I think I already said that yesterday but today was even worse.  Up at 5:15AM with this huge day stretching ahead and this sense that you can move mountains … and then 14 hours later you’ve gotten [...]

Supreme Court Agrees to Review Navy Sonar Case

Now this is interesting.  It just came out that the Supreme Court has agreed to review a California Appellate Court ruling against the U.S. Navy regarding the use of mid-range active sonar in California coastal areas. 
For us, this is quite fascinating because this is a story which plays a significant role in our film story [...]

Sunday: A Day Off (Sort of)…and Some Quiet Time With the Script

7:00 PM
I got in a good 5 hours this AM with no phone calls, no emails, no interruptions — and was able to put it toward developing the shooting plan for some of the key scenes. I started with the open water scenes and did a narrative shooting plan and some sketches. These [...]

18 June Log (Updated at 5:40PM)

Updated 5:40 PM
Spent the last two hours on the phone with the 1st AD going over the detailed production schedule. For anyone not familiar — this is a very intricate process in which every scene is broken down into a “strip” and then all the strips are assembled into a “board” (kind of a [...]