When the sun came up on October 21, we still had one more scene to finish, scene 76, the one we all dreaded shooting. It was 33 degrees outside. We were standing in three feet of water, and we were freezing. We had been shooting for 16 straight hours, and we were more like the walking dead than filmmakers.

    Unlike some films, after we wrapped the final shot, no one was really cheering. It didn’t feel real. We had done the unthinkable; we had shot a feature-length film in just 12 days. That kind of thing doesn’t happen, and we fully understood why.

    Most films don’t call for heavy effects makeup, 75% night shoots, remote locations, living animals, bitter cold, three days in water, gunshots, driving stunts, older actors, and child actors. Add an extremely low budget and 12 days of shooting on top of all of that. It’s pure madness.

    Trying to shoot a film in 12 days is difficult. Trying to shoot THIS film in 12 days seemed impossible. But we did the impossible. Though the locations were beautiful, they were remote, muddy, dark, and cold.

    For most of the cast and crew, “Come Morning” will probably go down as the hardest film we’ve ever made. For everyone’s sake, I hope that’s the case.

    Despite the difficulties mentioned above, I have to tell everyone how happy I am with the way the film is looking. The movie took a serious physical toll on my body in the two weeks after, but here I am, staring at that final scene, scene 76. It’s cut, it’s colored, and it has a temporary soundtrack laid down. And it looks good. It looks damn good. For a bunch of walking zombies, I think we may have created a small masterpiece.

    In my imagination, one day soon I am sitting with Bob and Harvey Weinstein. As the end credits for “Come Morning” roll Harvey turns to me and saying, “$46,000?” “Yes, sir. And we only had 12 days.” Both Bob and Harvey’s faces are in disbelief. “That’s impossible.”

“I know, sir. We did the impossible...........I can’t believe it either.”

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    Over the next few weeks, I’ll be talk about about directing, shooting, and editing the film. Alaina will be writing posts about make-up, costuming, and sets. Zac, Ani, and others will also be writing about their own experiences during filming, so look forward to that in the coming weeks.

    In the meantime, enjoy the first screenshot from the film!

                                                                        Thank you all,