'1001 Leaps Of Faith' was due to film this Sunday.
Myself, Lead Male, Lead Female, Director and Camera Operator piled into a house and went through it all; over and over, ironing out the creases, recording audio in case the following days filming was disturbed and basically working our bums off to make sure that there wasn't any problems.
I was pleased as punch with Camera guy. A great guy with oodles of talent, an eye for the visual and connections galore. He can make our small film much more flashier and epic than it actually is.
He, director and I made/make quite the team, buzzing around as the actors rehearsed their lines in the rooms upstairs.
But---ALAS,
--Lead Actor said that he had to leave to pick up his brother. Lead Female was going to go with him. Odd, we thought.
At about 12:45, They sent us a TEXT saying that they weren't going to do it. No reasons, nothing at all. We were all shocked. Lead Actor was the person that brought us all together months ago, made the connections with me and the director and made out that this project was important to him because he "wasn't an actor to be famous".
He cared about telling stories. Suddenly, hours before filming, he stopped caring about ours.
He literally left us but with no choice but to abandon the days filming, seemingly caring little for the people who came all the way (with equipment) to commit to this film. No explanation. Nothing at all. Maybe we were too 'small time' for these luvvies. Who knows?
A total pro.
I'm being reserved here, keeping it in a little, because I don't want to waste letters lambasting someone.
To be honest, it was not a failure because I'm proud of everyone who wanted to do it and who are more keen than ever. In fact, we're going to do more than just one film. Why? Because big or small, doing this means a lot to us. This makes us happy.
But it's not over by a long shot. It's still on, delayed but not derailed. Some extra good will come out of it, all being well. There is a ton of positives to cling onto.
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I'm proud of you Chris!
It's a shamed not everyone's so committed, it's a shame the world is full of nutcases :(
Actors? Bah! Puny!
Now real creative people with ideas and skills... not easy to replace. You'll be fine.
Found you via Chloe ...
And your story hit home. I've been in the business for more than a few years and recently had an experience like yours. Get angry and then move on - there isn't much else you can do. I stayed up a night or two raging and then sat down and tried to figure out how to pick up the pieces.
Good luck with yours - I hope you make the film.
Wow that is so rude.
Maybe it's a good thing they pulled out before you started filming them.
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