behind the scenes

Part of being an intern is being a problem solver and learning how to use every second of the day to do something productive.  

Erika is busy doing pre-production work for our upcoming athlete profile on a competitor in the Baja 500.  Jerry is finalizing the GX Racers commercial, putting all the 3-D elements in and fine-tuning the timing.

Meanwhile, I have finished my to-do list and I don’t have much on my plate.  The temperature in Reno couldn’t be more perfect today…  So I just decided to take advantage of the extra time and I got into a little yard work in the FLF office courtyard.  Mowing the lawn, sweeping the deck, pulling some weeds, typical yard work.  Check out the action pictures!

It’s a beautiful day at the FLF office… 75-degrees and sunny outside, glass sliding door wide open for the breeze,  Xm81 rockin the office sound system, and a cool, bubbly glass of pelegrino at my fingertips.  Feels like summer.  

Though I’d love to go outside and play, it’s a prep day here at FLF.  Jerry and I fly out at 6 am tomorrow morning… LA for the day.  Not a huge shoot, just some pick-ups for one of the recent toy spots we filmed. 

So I’m about to go through my mental checklist and thought I might as well share that…

- Crew booked? Check.

- Petty cash?  Check.

-Shot lists printed?  Check.  

- Call times confirmed?  I’ll do one last call-around for double verbal confirmation from everyone.  It’s also my opportunity to see if anyone has last minute questions.

- Meals planned?  Check.

- Production kit? Check.  Sent down with our camera truck earlier today.

- Location checks? Check.  Note to self:  throw some extras in my wrap book just in case.  Mike the Intern told me they were packed in the production kit, but I didn’t have visual confirmation.

- Rental equipment pick-ups?  Check.  All taken care of this afternoon by my rad grip & art departments.

- New set printer tested with my laptop?  Check.  Mike the Intern installed the driver for me yesterday and we tested it.

- Client given map & calltime?  Check.  Requested phone call tomorrow AM when we arrive.  No problem.

-Wardrobe?  Check.  Fitting happened this afternoon.

- Airline itineraries dispersed? Check.

- Hotel for the crew staying overnight?  Check.  Some have arrived and checked in already.  No problem.

- Hard drive for the media?  A-ha.  I don’t have any info on that. Note to self: call Assistant Camera Baker to make sure that was included on the camera truck.

- Plan for returning all rental gear?  Sort of.  Needs to be solidified on set tomorrow.  

I think we’re in pretty good shape.  I usually have a production manager and/or production coordinator to help cover this (especially on bigger shoots when we have 30 - 50 crew and talent to organize), but since this is just a little day of pick-ups, it’s gonna be a pretty skeletal operation.

Anyway, we’ll check back in tomorrow… from La La land!