All of Thursdays shoot took place in North Austin, on N. Lamar Blvd, After meeting with E.J. the films Camera Operator and Hershal (The Bellhop) in Downtown Austin, we all took a bus up to my place on N. Lamar Blvd, where we set up the lights, backdrops and props for the interior scenes that would be shot later on.
The three of us then took of on foot up N. Lamar and filmed some hand held shots of Hershal (The Bellhop) as he walked along the sidewalk to the corner store where he would purchase the amusing meal of whole milk and cookies.
During Thursdays exteriors we managed to make a good amount of street credit and publicity from Construction Workers, Pizza Delivery Drivers, and Families that would be driving up N. Lamar and turn around out of there way to see what we were shooting.
Our Behind the scenes camera operator will not be available till next weekend, Saturday and Sunday Oct 18th and 19th, So all of the background footage up until that point has and will be gathered by either myself during filming or by E.J. during breaks in the filming. So far we have gathered a good amount of conversing between myself and the films subjects along with some footage of E.J. Oping both interior and exterior shots.
This is the first time I am working on one of my films where I haven't been operating the camera for all the major areas of each scene, like on my first film "Mirrored" and also on "End All Beginnings," I've always been a bit of a loner when it came to shooting.
Now after what we have shot for "Thoughts from Food" up to this point I am really becoming more open about my work and grateful for the other few necessary positions that should be used when working on something that is of importance to not only you but to the people in the film.
After getting our exteriors out of the way we moved into my apartment and filmed the eating scene with Hershal, which had me rolling inside as he ate with ear phones on, head bobbing, reading and dunking cookies as it turned out to be the most interesting thus far.
With each subject I shoot I become more and more connected to this idea, I have only shot two days and already I feel more inspired by these people then in any other project I have ever been a part of.
Tomorrow, Oct 11th, at 12:00noon we will begin filming scenes with Rebecca (The Yoga Instructor) and at about 5:00pm Russell (The Reverend.)
I am still shooting to have the first episode of the making of "Thoughts from Food" streaming by the 18th and can't stress more the importance of you subscribing and keeping yourself up to date on this film.
Thank you and Be well,
Joshua Maxwell
