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steve norcal: faith , you look good slepping , heck you look good anywhere ! .. steve

Rudy: DAMN!!!! This is it !!!! Please say there s going to be a sequel.. I love your MISFIT Attitude !!!! Do it your way, think & do out side the box.

Ade: Excellent. Cant wait to see it in the UK.

steve norcal: great pic of lea & "t" shirt . cant wait to get one ... good luck faith .. steve

steve norcal: faith , im very proud of you ! lea says she has you covered , so sleep till you wake up , dark kool room ! thank you so much .. steve

Alex: Very stylish blog with good cool pics.

BUTTERFLY: GREAT BLOG

steve: good afternoon faith .. steve

FILMMAKER: DVDs should be ready by December, hopefully before the Holidays. Let's keep our fingers crossed!!

Doug: Always had FAITH you'd finish it! Can't wait for my own copy. When does the DVD hit the streets?I've been excited about this project since I first learned of it back in the Spring of '09

Claude from France: Congratulations Faith ! You did it !! I can't wait to see a Premiere in Paris France !

Mad Jack: When is the Hollywood premiere, cheri?

Steve Hansen: The October "Premier" is good news. My tux is in the cleaners so I will not be able to attend. But a premier means it is in the can and I can have a copy soon. Love ya Faith.

Mad Jack: Kitty!

LottyAnimated: Congrats on JOTW excellent blog.

Rob from Australia: Hi Faith..Just stumbled across the movie,read every blog entry last night ,watched the teasers i was blown away !!!!! i cant wait to spread the word around our rodding country !!!...cant wait for more .............

Mgnta: Congrats on JOTW! Lovely blog, btw! :]

Chastity Brackeen: Congrats on winning blog of the week!

LEO: WOW!...PERFECT GIRL....PERFECT MOVIE....I CAN'T WAIT...BEST OF LUCK & GREAT SUCCESS...RODDER FROM BIRTH..BURN RUBBA!

Dan Reel: Gril. I'am 63 and have been doing cars most of my life. And it's about time a good move came along about hot roder. The old hot rod moves way back were corney. Cant weit to buy you'er move. And if it's good dont stop there. Good luck Dan.

FAITH GRANGER: Thanks for all the kind words guys,... Right now looks like I should have the film completed by the last quarter of 2009... If God wills! I can't wait to share it with all of you worldwide DEUCE OF SPADES fans !!

HotRodChick31: Hi Faith... My dad and I have been following your progress and can't wait for movie to come out. Thank you from all us hotrod fanatics for invisioning this film and bringing it to life. I've added links to your sites to my dads website, he has over 20 yrs. building experiance building hotrods: http://www.randysrodshop.com/index.html. Thanks again, Bobbie

Teyo (Belgium-EU): Dear Faith, As I was browsing the web, I bumped my head on your project and.... WAAUUUWW when I read your blog too. It's pure custom & hot rodding CULT-ART. Can't wait to see the movie and I hope it will get the recognition it deserves in Europe too.

Jon Kinstley: Faith, When do you anticipate a release date? From reading your blog I see that this film is going to be historic and I wouldn't want to miss the opening. Congrats on becoming a Sidewinder!

johnny C/fla: WE REALLY DIG UR PROJECT, CAN'T WAIT TILL YA TAKE IT HOME. KEEP THE FAITH AND ALL US OLE SCHOOLERS WILL BE ROLLIN RIGHT ALONG WITH YA.

Todti: Hi!I'm really lookin' forward to your movie and hope it will be available on DVD so we could watch it here in Europe! Keep up the good work and thank you!Greetings from Austria!

Doug: Looks like a wonderfull project. My 13 yr old aspiring film maker and hard cor old school motorhead, says it looks BITCHIN!!!! We'll wait for it to hit the East Coast!! Looks like a home run outta the park.

GodsPropertyCC: I have been Blessed to be a member of built2railmagazine.com for awhile now and saw clips for the movie there. I was wondering when the film will be coming out? I am sold and want to see it on the big screen if possible but if not I want to still get a copy of the film. I love the way you take the time and pride to make things right. I hope all is well with all involved in the film. God Bless!!

Daniel: Hi! Really looking forward to this movie, and I hope that it will be able to purchase to us Swedes to. Keep up the work, it´s to little movies for carfanaticsout there =)

Anders from Sweden: Hi Faith!Finally someone makes a carmovie and makes it look good and takes the matter seriously. I've only seen the teasers, obviously, but I'll say this already;Your up for awards, believe me.I can't wait to see this movie. 35 years after American Grafitti this will be a classic for all of us car crazy cuties.I do hope it will be distributed in Sweden

Or else I get a planeticket across the Atlantic.Good luck with the editing and postproduction.

rj burns: damm, I wish I was involved with this project

tammy21inaz: Hey! Thanks for writing me back and answering my message. So few do.....can't wait for the film. Costume party pre and post. =0)

Marc Oberdorfer: Faith, you are the best and you're giving me "faith" for my project. Thanks and break a leg.

Johnny56: Looks great - keep up the steam. I cant wait to get my hands on the finished product!

29bowtie: That's bitchin footage! Go get em Faith!

mommyto2: blog hopping. movie looks great

AJ: You are welcome Faith. Your film looks great so far. Can't wait to see it.

Realm: hi there

Korner: blog hopping

Bits & Pieces: hello

Faith Granger: Welcome to my blog. Use this tag board to post your questions.

Monday, May 4th 2009

1:46 PM

SHOOT #93 - Fear strikes at 2 AM in the morning.

Mood:

The finding of Johnny Callaway's letter to Bettie is the catalyst that triggers my entire film. So I knew, going in, that this shoot was going to be challenging. How to retain the dramatic quality of the moment, within an otherwise mundane 'person working in their garage' everyday scene was the question. And that question was tossing and turning in my head while I was tossing and turning in my bed, unable to sleep that night.

Woke up with anxiety at the pit of my stomach. Somehow this feeling that I was missing the boat. I had filmed a couple shots of the girl finding the letter yesterday but I knew it was NOT IT. I had somehow wandered onto the wrong path.

Once again trusting my instinct, I knew I had to find the path and I had to find it FAST, cause we were going to film in a few hours... I prayed for inspiration... That I would "See the shots" I needed guidance. Unable to sleep, I decided to edit what we had so far... Assess where I was at. Turned out to be really helpful. I also found myself calling my mom in Nice , France, at 3AM in the morning. I needed to hear her soothing, loving voice. After all, I am alone here.

7AM - It is now time to get ready to go to work. I feel better but I'm sleepy and tired. I have decided to reshoot and to go with my gut feeling. New ideas are coming to me, as I drive to work... I am starting to SEE IT... Yeah.... That's it... That's how it should be filmed...

9AM - At work now, waiting for time to slowly trickle... Still feeling the pressure. What if I miss the boat? What if I fail? I used to be terrified thinking about Johnny's last race. The famous night race... For months I agonized over it... Not knowing how I was going to light it and thinking about how impossible it would be to shoot it... Then one day I found myself diving right in and all fear was gone. Hopefully today would be the same.

3:30PM - I pull in in front of Jerry's house.

"I've been doing a lot of thinking and I want to take a different approach to the finding of the letter."

The door rings, it's Michael. He is a fellow dvxuser forum member and has seen my add and answered it. We immediately like Michael. He seems very nice, helpful, pro but at the same time respectful of my artistic vision and he doesn't at all try to take my set over... We are a good match. I also find his camera moves to be very close to what I like so on that end of things we are also a good match... Michael loves cars and does a lot of filming for the Kelly Blue Book website. So he is excited about DEUCE OF SPADES...

Below: My crew today consists of two people: Michael (left) and Jerry (right).

4:00PM - We start rolling. Each shot is carefully planned and lit, and I rule out a master shot. This section of the scene is very up close and personal. So it is made mostly of close ups... Michael has to climb inside my trunk to film the trunk panel being unscrewed... He's going handheld on a super macro shot... And has the steady hand needed to pull it off! Hats down Michael!

We play with reflections in several shots and then we struggle to try to simulate the light beam of a flashlight to light the inside of the trunk, revealing the letter.Nothing we try seems to work . Finally out of options I go: "Well, let's try my stingray flashlight... I doubt it can put out enough light for my camera set-up, but who knows? What do we have to lose, we've tried everything else LOL".

And wouldn't you know it? The flashlight looks great DUH! I guess we had overlooked the most obvious and simple solution LOL: Using a flashlight to simulate a flashlight beam of light LOLOL... What a concept!

Now that the hotrod girl has the letter in her hand, we go to medium shots. We then film missing close ups on the letter itself, which will go with the crane shot we filmed yesterday...

Below: Battery acid and fifty years are causing the envelope to fall apart.

Below: Our hotrod girl doesn't know yet what she's in for, when she finds Johnny's letter.

Michael is nailing the shots quick so we finish that section of the scene around 10PM. Wow, that went well.

The anxiety is now gone. I am smiling again... Relieved... Looks like I am on the right path again... Happiness, in the palm of my hand... One more day of shooting and we will be done. Hopefully...

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