Second Day on One Roll.

3 pm call time at the Meat Packing District. The coldest night of the year, and we were right next to Hudson river. The wind cut like a blade, but we, the crew, were out there to set up heat tents and lighting on the streets. It took about 2 hours to set up with 2 additional g & e crew showed up for this very day. One of them was Full Sail alumni, but he wasn't keen on becoming chummy with me, despite my Full Sail grad jacket. I'm so glad I chose the jacket instead of the watch. Because of its bulky size, I didn't know I would ever wear it, the winters in NYC are unlike the ones I experienced in Chicago, but it's perfect for cold location shooting days like this. However, it wasn't adequate enough with four layers of clothing I had underneath that jacket. With heat blower and all, nothing could keep the crew warm enough. That's why everyone was more or less glad that we were forced off the street because a meat packing factory has to work at the very spot where we were set up to shoot. We got couple shots before they told us we gotta move, but I guess those shots won't be used anymore. The whole day is wasted, blowing couple of thousand dollars of production money for virtually nothing. If the production had more money, we could've shut down that corner street with help of cops and bribe the factory, saving from the disgrace as well as additional production money to complete the film elsewhere. It's important lesson in film, or any biz, to know when to spend or to cut the loss. I learned that well over the course of this week...

In a mad rush, we wrapped nice lighting setup we got going, and packed to go in one hour. Although the talk of shooting elsewhere floated for awhile, but it got quickly scrapped and everyone went home by midnight. Everyone was glad the night was over prematurely. I went home and took hot, hot shower to recover some warmth within my body and slept like a pig.