Day 10 was a day to remember: Time and money were against us, and emotions were high for all. To date, this was probably the most difficult day thus far; it's truly amazing what can happen when a production loses a couple of hours. The positive in all of this is, it took 10 days for something like this to happen; if it wasn't for the dedicated and talented crew we have, this surely would have already happened a couple of times before. And even more, the situation brought together a couple of producers with a few crew members who really hadn't had a chance to talk and get to know each other. So, in a way, this problem brought people closer together and opened a line of communication that should carry on throughout. The one thing that really excites me is the passion that everyone is bringing to this production. So many people are giving so much of themselves, and the final product will reflect everyone's hard work and drive. So to everyone involved: THANK YOU SO MUCH!
The Director: My poor friend R-T-Metro, I'm afraid that one of these times he's going to put those two stressful hands atop his newly buzzed dome and POOF! His head is going to explode. For Ryan, emotions like anger and frustration are running at elevated levels along side happiness and excitement, which would be too much for most to handle. In fact, I'm tagging what he's going through right now as "method directing." He's like our character "Darren," but instead of stimulants and depressants, he's being fed opposing emotions. The important thing to focus on is, he's pulling it off. Through observation I've learned that this kid is playing at a very high level, and doing it with very few resources, time, and money. I speak for all of the producers when I say, we're extremely proud of what he's doing, and the dailies reflect his brilliance.
Hamm, Grana, damn! True professionals, never phased, they're f'ing machines! Toby, Sean, Heidi, Kuba, etc., you guys are doing an amazing job, thanks so much for rolling with the punches.
Mansur, you're a true gangster, thanks for being here.
And to the "nuts, bolts and glue" of this entire production, Jo Haskin, producer extraordinaire, I say, without you, we wouldn't be getting ready to start day 11, in fact it is likely we would never have seen day 1.
For many within this production, myself included, we're living a dream right now. Please remember to stop, look around and take it all in, because even things that are perceived as negative at this moment will later become positive memories.
~ Kevin
I just came across these old storyboards as I am going through old Sensored files and folders gathering materials that will be needed for distribution. Every distributor is different, but we wanted to get a head start on making sure we have things together like our publicity items (Still photos, press releases, TV spots, deleted scenes, posters, postcards, artwork, ect.), documentation items (Final shooting script, chain of title, credit block, ect.) cast and crew lists and the lists upon lists that continues on. I digressed. It is interesting to revisit these original storyboards from our first teaser we shot to help show investors our vision. This was way back in 2007 and for those of you that have seen the film, you'll agree that many of the shots Ryan put in these storyboards, ended up in the final cut of the film. 
These were created long before we knew we would be shooting on the RED camera, before we knew Robert Picardo would be Wade Mixon and before the excitement of having a finished film with great visuals, actors that brought it, original music and a 5.1 Dolby surround sound mix. It is fun to look back to the past, while dreaming of the future.
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