MZU: Day 1

So the first night of shooting on MZU has come and gone. Way past gone now (I know I need to stay on the ball) The day started pretty early at 1 p.m. there was a brief meeting and the "zombies" went to get made up. We had the good benefit of working with Stephanie Burris who is really good at the whole makeup process. Then we paused for lunch and then we made the trek to Sundance to start shooting. Cut to sundown and at 7 p.m. we started shooting. First scene in the can and spirits were high. The shot was apparently great. Then we shot another one. Cut to a little later we shot another scene that turned out good. Subnote: We had the cops called on us because apparently someone saw some of the chase scenes and thought it was REAL! Tits! Anyway the shooting kept going along and it seemed that I was apparently doing all the running (I am still sore) Then there was a large pregnant pause in the middle of the night. I mean about an hour and a half of dead time during which apparently the directors were trying to figure something out. Then we went to the front to do some more shooting and it was then that the underlying diorganinization of the night started becoming abundantly clear. After a quick running they took another long pause and shot one of the characters last stand. And after a helluva time shooting that we wrapped for the night. Some of the fellow actors and myself noticed the inconsistency of the crew. And by all means it wasn't their fault. I know what it must be like but in this case the phrase of the day was "Too many chiefs and not enough Indians." The following day they sent out calls, called off production for a while, and apologized for their faults, which I thought was very mature of them. And with fingers crossed the production should pick up after Christmas. And I do hope they continue the project because I am more that glad to daty on and see this thing to the end.