We keep on rollin'....

I'd say we're hitting our stride these past couple days. After Sunday's 13-hour marathon, we spent yesterday filming more school scenes (providing me with another chance to steal the show as an extra), and then switched locations to "Caitlin's House" to film some important night scenes as well. Yesterday also marked the third and final day that Bryan Navarro would be on set with us...Bryan, as has been mentioned here before, was the lead Gaelvision President and all-around go-to guy since he began at Saint Mary's College in the 2006-2007 school year. Because of his impressive resume and the fact that he traveled to the NCAA March Madness tournament to cover the SMC men's basketball team, Bryan was able to get a job with a news affiliate in Medford, Oregon as an on-camera news reporter. His busy schedule only let him work on Love, Concord this Sunday through last night. He did manage to get himself in the movie in some scenes at the school, so keep your eyes peeled for his role once the film is done.

We at Love, Concord wish Bryan the best of luck, and hope that he does SMC proud in Oregon...but that should be easy for him.

Speaking of busy schedules, we were forced to re-cast the role of "Alex", Melinda's friend. Vince Rodriguez, former SMC student and theater actor, was set to play the role, but his new involvement with CAL SHAKES, the California Shakespeare Theatre, made his schedule too busy to be able to juggle both acting gigs. It's too bad Vince didn't work out, but we wish him the best of luck with CAL SHAKES. Luckily, we were able to re-cast the role with a great actor out of San Francisco named Alex Rodriguez.

Alex is a natural for the role (besides sharing the character's name), as he's done a great job capturing the essence of the character in the scenes we've shot so far.

Alex has a lot of experience with theatre, having played parts in Rent, Pirates of Penzance, The Rocky Horror Picture Show, Joseph & the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, and A Chorus Line, among many others. We're thrilled to have him on board the movie.

Today is Day 9 of Production, and call time is at noon...thankfully, that provided us all with a great chance to catch up on some of the sleep we've been sacrificing the past week or so.

That's what's new right now, I'll post up some pictures in the next few days...I was clumsy enough to drop my camera on the ground, breaking the lens, so I'll have to use my less-awesome camera for the near future as I see what my options are to fix my good one...but I'll post the pictures I've taken so far this week sometime soon.

Thanks for reading once again,a nd see you soon!

--Adrian