Long Dark Way Day #3

Well, I must say that was fun. We shot the club scenes and the scene where our heroine has an encounter with a car. More on that later. but first I want to say thanks to all the great people.

First and foremost on my list tonight are Greg Raw, on lighting for making everyone look so good on camera and Brian C. Jackson on sound for making sure the actors can be heard clearly.

Second to none are Greg Hisaw, extras wrangler extraordinaire among about 100 jobs, including location scouting, he does on this film and Sonja Jones who not only takes exceptional notes of the scenes, and runs the slate (you know: "Scene 3, Take 7") but also provides locations, totes stuff for the decrepid director (that's me) and provides wonderful food for all and most importantly keeps said director from getting too stressed.

Then there is Erick Wolfe, who came to coordinate stunts and stayed to bring laughter to us all. Eddie "Monster" Evans, the ever present and calming influence, always ready to lend a hand any way he can.

A special thanks to Club 209 in the Brady District of downtown Tulsa, Oklahoma and to Amber for opening up just so we could shoot these scenes. You can't know how much I appreciate it.

I saved the best for last: my cast

Renee Weygandt - our heroine, who sacrifices her time, petrol to travel fro Bartlesville (for those of you who don't know that is 30 - 45 minutes away) every shooting day, and tonight an even greater sacrifice (see photo at the end).

Zane Berlin - as our villian, Danny. He shows how a good looking young man can be creepy and villianous. Now that is good acting. Can't wait to get to the psycho scenes and see what he comes up with. ;)

Kelli Kickham - the daughter, Abby. Always bright and cheerful. And now a little happier because she got to run the slate. ;)

Marc Hall - the club bouncer - excellent job ferreting out those minors and not letting them in. ;)

and to all the extras who showed up at the last minute tonight to make our club look like a popular hangout:

Sam Harvey - Thanks for being the guy who almost ran down our heroine and did run down her purse. Good job!

James Stander and Trish Hutton - our underage clubbers. Great adlib lines.

Seton, Jillian, Ashley, Fernando, Jeffrey, Amber and Renee thanks for being our club crowd.

Next post will be pictures including a photo of the sad remains of the first casualty of the film.