The beginning, the end and all the bits inbetween

It's finished! the script ! all done! 112 pages of zombietastic fun and gore. well fun, with some gore thrown in. I managed to get it finished in the early hours of Sunday morning. 4:30 am to be exact! It was a bit rushed in the end but it got there. After that it was passed over to my good buddy Mandy to work away on editing and making sure it all makes sense. Then Came Tuesday, the big read through. We gathered as many of the cast and crew as possible in the spur hotel and sat down to read. It's strange feeling other people reading your script. hard to describe.I was really nervous about it for days! what if they hate it, what if they all decided this was the biggest load of shit ever and they were definite;y not taking part? well I didn't have to wait long to find out. Page 1, everybody laughed! thank god for that! And the laughter continued all the way through. There were a few surprises in the way people read but nothing that can't be fixed with a little direction. Now we just got to film it! That's when the real fun begins :/

I got some sad news this week as well. A Friend of mine passed away. Charlie McKinnon.I call him a friend but Charlie was more like a mentor at times. He was one of the founding members of the Apex Players.When I joined them I said I wanted to direct but was told it wouldn't happen, that i needed more acting experience first! Charlie heard this and came up to me at rehearsals one night. He said he was about to direct a play and he needed an assistant director, he wanted it to be me. I accepted. it was my first shot at directing. He was great. He told me everything, never tired of me asking questions and was always there to point me in the right direction. Unfortunately his wife took not well and he had to give up the apex to look after her. He would still pop in occasionally to say hello and see how we were doing. I'll miss him.
well, that's all for now. I'm going to try and keep blogging during the filming. Partly to keep you all up to date but mainly to try and keep me sane! cya later!