We wrapped the show last November and because of technical issues we had to fly back to Vancouver to fix things. There's a reason why executives try to avoid re-shoots as much as possible!
As a producer there were many things that I had to do to ensure that the film got finished and all of this being done from Fredericton, NB.
I had exactly 4 days total to get everything shot. As it turns out we were able to cram in, two and a half very busy days to get things done.
Locations...It's six months later. One of the bigger issues with locations besides trying to get them again, was trying to get them to fit in with my 4 day schedule. Some guys can only let you shoot on the weekend, other guys at night, or early in the day. As it turns out I caught a break and was able to jumble everything together and cut the shooting days down to 2 very busy busy days.
We lost our original house location, then I got it back, only to lose it again. I was able to find a new house, but this one really didn't fit the story too well. Luckily Edgar met a guy on the flight up from Mexico who was more than willing to lend his house.
I also had to re-negotiate getting the bar location (got that for free this time) as well as getting the crew back onto the Northshore studios lot. The location we shot there was actually being rented out this time so we lost our office. However on the day I noticed that the company that had rented it hadn't completely moved in. I convinced security to let me in and Edgar (director) was able to get the shots he desperately needed to tell his story.
After that I had to make sure all our actors where on board. Our main character had a big beard, so I had to make sure he was able to grow it. If he was already committed to another show without a beard that could have derailed the whole thing. Our lead actress was flying back to Mexico so our production dates had to work around her, as well as work around getting the gear and the rest of the crew....
Then there's the crew, how many of these guys moved on to other shows and are busy? As it turned out most of them were able to come back with minimal convincing.
After all those logistics you have to get into the smaller things like prop and makeup, which is getting out of producer territory and more into the other departments.
The director of photography has to match lighting schemes that he and his crew devised. The painful thing about doing this is you've had time to figure out how to light something better, however you can't go too overboard because it won't match what you've established previously.
And arguably the most important thing is getting the director and actors back on the same page to try and re-create what they had done 6 months ago.
I watched the dailies yesterday and am happy to report that the film is looking good and once all the layers have been put into place it should be a nice tight little story.
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