Just because principal shooting is over...

It doesn't mean that this blog is over. Quite the opposite, actually.

It's been a few weeks since we wrapped principal photography for "Love, Concord", and I'm just now settling back into things in So*Cal. I have 6-7 hour-long Mini-DV tapes filled with my footage shot from the set, including interviews with actors and crew to silly behind-the-scenes stuff that was amusing, to say the least.

Under the oh-so-helpful eye of Jimmy, I bought a Lacie Rugged external hard drive to house the huge video files that I'll be using for my project. I chose that HD because it's the same type Jimmy was using to wrangle footage from the set, so if it's good enough for him to rely on, it's good enough for me. I wanted a good, reliable hard drive to use since the one I bought two years ago to backup my iPod died on me in a few months.

Now that the shooting is over, I can finally turn my attention to my thesis project...Soon, I'll jump headfirst into watching and capturing all my video footage in order to make sense of it all.

It's still pretty surreal that I spent a nearly a month with the cast and crew of the movie, as it went by so fast...you always hear people say "man, that went by so fast!!" but I can really say that about my experience on and off the set for the three week period in June.

I have a lot of great interview footage with Gus and most of the principal actors, and it will be a lot of fun (and a lot of work) to compile it all together. But hey, I'm in grad school, I'm supposed to lock myself in the library and slave away at a computer screen all day...right?

I'll check in soon with more updates about my project and anything pertaining to post-production for the REAL movie, if necessary. It's my understanding that post-production will start up shortly.

Until next time, hope you stay tuned to this blog and the movie Facebook page... :)

--Adrian

THAT'S A WRAP!!

Yep, production is officially in the can for Love, Concord. We started our last day of filming yesterday at around 4 pm and finished...at 5 in the morning. Yes, a 13-hour day.

Needless to say, I felt beyond tired by the time we wrapped as the sun rose in the Concord hills. I have to commend Angelina and Jorge ("Gerry & Melinda") for their tireless energy all throughout the night, as they filmed scenes at our first location and then all night until 5. We were at a spot with amazing views of the Bay Area...to wrap shooting just as the sun was rising was beautiful and quite metaphoric, as you could say the sun is rising on our movie. :)

This has honestly been one of the most amazing experiences of my life. The entire cast & crew of the movie are now my friends, and the thought of not spending 10-13 hours a day with them on various sets is sad. We all teamed up to help Gus reach his dream, and in doing so we've created a movie that I know a lot of people will love. All the actors did fantastic jobs with their roles, and I can't wait for the world to be able to see what we were up to these past 3 weeks.

This blog will definitely stay active, so don't think that just because production is finished, that the blog is too. That's not the case at all...I'll keep everyone updated about post-production tidbits and news leading up to our eventual movie premiere sometime in the (hopefully) not so distant future.

As a former student, I have to congratulate director Gustavo Guardado on living his dream. He's always wanted to direct his own feature film, and thanks to our wonderful cast & crew, that dream was realized just as the sun came up last night/this morning. That must be a pretty surreal feeling, and I know it will be just the beginning for Love, Concord.

Thanks to all you guys for reading my updates, and stay tuned for more soon! :)

--Adrian

Last Day! And another mention by Claycord...

Today is the last day of filming....:(

Claycord.com visited the set yesterday and wrote a follow-up article to the one they posted on Sunday...check it out here. It has some on-set pictures from where we were filming last night.

We of course are very thankful and appreciative of Claycord's interest in our movie, and hope everyone stays tuned during post-production and all the way up to when the movie will be viewable for audiences everywhere!

I'll post again later, I gotta get ready for the day...

--Adrian