"OK. When I say "action", take her face in your hand and start kissing her lips"

I press the record button. "Quiet on the set! Rolling camera! and ACTION"

The young man takes the young woman's face in his hand and starts kissing her. He looks a bit clumsy, unsure of how to handle this awkward situation.

"CUT!!!"

"No, no no no.. Not like this. Like THAT". I give them a little "kissing for the movies" coaching and we roll again.

ACTION!

This time it looks real. I film a few seconds fo the kissing and now I got what I need. Time to move on to the next car.

"CUT!"

I lift my camera up, turn around and walk up to the next car. Unbeknownst to me, the couple behind me is still kissing. And they will keep kissing for another 10 minutes!!!!!!!!! (so I was to find out the next day LOL)

 !! Guess I am a good kissing coach HAHA!!

By now you are all saying: FAITH, we're coming to your next shoot!

No. It's not what you think! We are on location in Fillmore filming the "Passion Pit" night scene. Or, to put it more mildly, the "Lovers Lane" scene. but wait... I'm getting ahead of myself... Perhaps I should start from the beginning...

In the beginning God made man. Then he realize that man was dumb without the woman so he created the woman. Then he realize that neither of them knew what to do so he created the filmmaker. That's when I come in .

The week had been one of my busiest to date. Preparing for two night shoots back to back, both of which requiring a "larger" number of actors, extras, wardrobe and of course PERIOD CORRECT CARS. the later being the hardest to come by. I have been on the phone all day for several days now and I am having a hard time securing cars for my shoots. By now we are only a couple days away from the dates and I still only have TWO cars for my Passion Pit scene.

TWO????????? ... Yugh . Can't have a Lovers Lane with only two cars on it. I became desperate.

I picked up the RED phone. You know, that's the phone that has a direct line with the Big Man upstairs.

"hello? God???"

-Yop Faith, what's up?" he said

-I'm in a load of doodoo. I don't have enough cars. I REALLY REALLY need help here. can you work another miracle for me or have I run out?"

- Let me check.... No, looks like you still have a few left.

_Oh, good. I want to use one then.

-OK, you got it. Let me see what I can do...

I hung up the phone, feeling better. I had FAITH that He would help me out.

The very next day a man falls from the sky. I have never met him before but someone told him about the film and my need for Fillmore located cars. He calls me and immediately solves the problem. And like that, by a mircale of God, I suddenly have the cars I need.

Not only that, he also brings to the table a NEW LOCATION !!!!!!!!!!!!!! . This is a location I had been looking and hoping for for an entire YEAR but was never able to find. And suddenly, there it was, in all its period correct beauty, acres worth of it. Complete with period correct structures, cars and even an old barn. Oh and did I mention ORANGE GROVES??????????????

HALLELUYA!

When I pulled into the property that Saturday, followed by a long convoy of classic cars, hotrods and actors, I felt, in deed LOVED. This was HEAVEN! We planted the trailer and immediately got to work. My new Production assistant STACEY (who kicks ass like you would not believe!) helped get the paperwork done, I got my actors into their wardrobe as fast as I could and did the boys hair. 10 guys.

Tim steps in, "Hey Faith, I know how you do the hair, God knows I've watched you do my hair for months now, so let me help you?" (he sure can be a real sweetheart when he wants to).

Oh why the heck not, I thought. "You get them wet, I nuke them". We are talking about their hair, of course . Tim is not quite an expert yet and I get a few guys that are drenched, while a few more have clumps of dry polmade stuck to their hair ... Oh for heaven's sake!! We laugh about it and I fix the booboos fast as I can and we are soon ready to roll. This is vital because I will start filming at twilight today.

Meanwhile a make up artist is fixing the girls up. It's her first time volunteering for us. She is bitchin about the dust and the lack of proper space to work in. Guess she's not cut for our hardcore, full throttle kind of filming. I dont have time for whiners. So I guess this will be her last time with us too. Everyone on the set is bothered by her negative attitude. One thing is for certain: On my set I have nothing but awesome, positive attitude type people. And everyone always comments about this and how wonderful and rare that is. Just how cool, nice, helpful, supportive everyone is. So when you get a negative person they stick out like a sore thumb and noone there wants them around.

7PM, the sun just plunged behind a tall mountain. I have to start rolling RIGHT AWAY! I wil have about 20 minutes or so to film all my couples in their respective cars. I have already placed each car on the set and now I grab a girl and a boy and slap each made up couple in each car.

Boy, I feel like madam tonight!

I have about 8 cars on the set and 8 couples. DARN IT! No, I have seven couples and a half . I am short one gal. What to do? What to do...

STACEY!!!! Drop those contracts and run to the trailer,  throw a cardigan on, some red lipstick and make a quick poneytail. HURRY!!! Then jump in this La Salle with this boy and start kissing him immediately, I am losing daylight!

It's my Production Assistant's first day on the "job" (she's a volunteer) and I think she is going to remember it for a LONG time .

Minutes later, she is locking lips with 17 year old extra Matt. Matt was not complaining and from the look on Stacey's face (see below), she wasn't either

LOL. Hey, whatever it takes!!

I am going from car to car, panning from interesting car elements to the couples sitting inside, kissing away... the car owners, who are watching all of this, are laughing. In fact, we are all laughing. This gotta be the most fun shoot we have ever had!

(car owner Tom Potter chats with "couple" sitting inside his convertible)

(Garth Rattlif (owner of this green beauty) jokes around with Kyle and Kristen who will be smooching inside his car shortly.)

In fact, everybody is kissing... Everybody but ME . Rats. I feel like I am really missing out.

I soon release my extras and all are delighted. They can't wait to be back on the set. These are a batch of new actors I found, through yet another casting call this week. I suspect some of them will get a part with dialogues in my Saugus scene. They all are reliable, cool and really excited about the film. Good people, good people.

I now move to Art and Sandy in the green Lincoln. This is their first scene kissing and by the look of it, they are clicking! I could swear these two have been a couple for years now. Kyle Clifford is doing a great job, I don't have to tell him what to do. The boy can kiss alright! . Great footage, both of them do a great job at the dialogue and her storming off to look at a Nomad parked in the distance.

(Jerry Mull's gorgeous Nomad will be the star of this scene!)

It is now very late. Past midnight by far. I call Tim and Lex to the set and we load them in the back of the Nomad. This is going to be interesting. Lex is not looking forward to the scene, since she has to lay on her back on a hard surface and have Tim litterally on top of her (do I need to say more?). Fortunately there is no nudity involved, but the situation is still awkward at best. Resulting in some of the best Bloopers and outtakes of the film. ...

Tim, who is very considerate, will hold his body up on his arms the entire time we film, (over an hour) so to not "crush" Lex. He is quite exhausted by all the push ups and simulated hip movements entailed in the scene. In order for the whole thing to look REAL on screen, I have to coach them both, once again.

Maybe I should start charging for my services??

This is all very crazy but it WORKS.

"No, not like this - Like THAT!"

Tim is as always, very patient and a pleasure to work with. He is looking extremely very tres severely sexy in this scene. His trusting me, combined with my sharp eye make for a good combination, resulting in sexy hot, but classy/artsy, footage.

The funny part is that on screen Lex and Tim are lovers but off screen they tease each other all day long and beaker. They are good buddies that get on each other's nerves most of the day. I just sit back and watch them battle... It certainly keeps me entertained .

Taking a break from all the "humping". Tim's arms are going to be sore tomorrow! NOTE: Is it me or is there a smile on his face?? HAHA!

4AM - IT'S A WRAP!!!!!!!!!

I send everyone home. Everyone, except for Lex and me, who will camp out on location, with the gear, in the trailer. I am too tired to move a muscle and need to SLEEP. Tomorrow call time is at 5PM, so I have time to get home, download my footage, shower (I NEED IT) and eat and drive out to the next shoot...

But wait... That's my NEXT blog entry! .