Principle Photography Complete
Ladies and Gentlemen, after more than 38 (non-consecutive) days of filming, I am pleased to announced that Principle Photography for A Kind of Wonderful Thing has finally come to an end.
After more than a year of filming on weekends, off-days, holidays, and any time we had in between our other lives and jobs, we finally managed to finish shooting this film.
I want to sincerely thank everyone who was so kind and gracious enough to grace us with their presence as extras, or crew members whenever we needed you. It was an absolute pleasure working with everyone who helped out. For all those who donated their houses, places of business, time, money, energy, love and support, I cannot thank you enough … from the bottom of my heart, THANK YOU!, … and I can’t wait to start sending out the invitations to the premiere.
As you all know, our work now is far from over. Now that we’re finished filming, we begin the daunting task of mixing this whole mess together to try and create something cohesive out of the jumbled mess we’ve produced. We’ve managed to capture more than 30 hours worth of footage that we need to turn into an hour and a half long film. I’ve been hard at work since day one editing all the scenes together roughly, but now begins the task of refining and fine tuning to get every nuance, every little quirky line, and subtle look just right. Once the picture editing is complete, we’ve gotta do the sound, and we’ve got some incredible people helping us out in that department, and I am very excited to get this thing done and roll onto the next one.
So needless to say, it’s only fair that we terminate this portion of our lives with a parting gift … a scene that some have been eagerly awaiting. This scene is one of my favorite scenes in any film I’ve been a part of. I think what we managed to create here was something special. Shot on a warm April 23rd evening, this scene features Kelly Marie Murtha’s beautifully delivered monologue about living and surviving cancer, followed by a heated, yet oddly off-the-wall argument between Darlene and William Sherwood and Brian Andres.
Erica Sherwood is featured as Anna, our main character who comes to the group for support but finds out quickly that she’s going to have to rely on herself to get through this time in her life. What I find fascinating about this scene is that it was meant to take place about 3/4′s of the way through the film, but in piecing things together over the last year, I had a hard time finding it a true home. As I started piecing it together more and more, it became very apparent that this was my opening image. A down and out Anna, looking for help, but not able to find it … a scene that starts off with sentiment, and seriousness, finished with a light-hearted look at people with a terrible disease … this is the tone of the film … a light-hearted look at a serious subject .
Enjoy!