Day 2 – Wednesday May 3, 2000

Hi Everyone:
Well, day two of filming is behind us. It was a terrific day here in Toronto with sunny skies and temperatures in the upper sixties. Just about perfect for moviemaking. It was a fairly large day today with cranes for the camera so we could do these cool shots of the streets surrounding the Steele home. And, best of all, our Buck worked his first day today. And, Kirk was terrific in the role.

We got together before we began yesterday and visited in his trailer and began the whole process with prayer. What a refreshing young man this is. As I sat there I was reminded again of how the Lord has put this whole thing together. Paul spent some time today along with our on-set writer and Chelsea Noble who is playing Hattie. Having read the books, Chelsea had some great insights into the character and really helped us fine tune some ideas. That’s the great thing about movie making. It is a collaborative process where no one person can take credit. And, when you get these wonderfully talented people around the level just rises and rises. Just another example of that was on our first day of filming.

Brad Johnson (Rayford) and Janaya Stephens (Chloe -- and yes we will have her picture posted shortly) really began to play with their relationship and make it feel so natural. There is a little bit of tension between the characters but you can see the real love they have for each other. Tomorrow Clarence Gilyard (Bruce) is doing the first interview for the movie on a national Candian movie program like Entertainment Tonight. It is the beginning of a great opportunity that the Christian actors in this film will have to share their faith and why they wanted to be a part of this project.

On the extras, production assistant and driver volunteer opportunities please check the bottom right corner of the Cloud Ten website (Error! Bookmark not defined.). The main day for extras is May 13th for the big O’Hare day (we have a set in Toronto that looks exactly like O’Hare—isn’t movie making cool?), but there are a couple of other days as well.

Finally, we heard back from the lab today on the actual film of the first day of shooting (this is very important because it confirms all the choices that our cinematographers have made as to camera, type of film, look, color saturation etc). The news was terrific as the specs were bang on and the look was exactly what we are going for. Just to give you a clue to watch for in the film – you will notice, just subtly, that the world is more colorful and vibrant before the rapture. Then it greys out a bit slowly as we go deeper into the film. You’d have to be watching for it to notice it, but it will give the impression of a world darkening.

I also haven’t updated you a lot on Vic Sarin our director. He is a wonderful, gentle man who has been nominated for and won Emmy’s, Cable Ace and Genie Awards for his work. He has a great sense of the material and especially for the characters. We all agree that this film is not about effect and explosions (though are a lot of the those because Paul and I have a motto that it is not a real movie until you blow something up!) but about the people who are living through this time. We want the audience to really get to know the characters in the brief two hour period we have to the tell this story. And, for you folks, and for Tim and Jerry, we want you to say "Hey I know those guys!" God bless and keep praying for us! One more thing – forgive the typos – I am the world’s worst keyboard jockey and without my wonderful assistant Sylvie to clean up after me it can get quite ugglly.

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