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| Introduction: Opening the Doors Cast and Crew Prelude Journal 2: ACT 1: Blacklisted! March 6 (Day 2) March 9 (Day 3) March 10-11 (Days 4-5) March 12-13 (Days 6-7) Journal 3: ACT 2: Welcome to Ferndale! March 20 (Day 9) March 21 (Day 10) March 22 (Day 11) March 23 (Day 12) Journal 4: March 26 (Day 13) March 27 (Day 14) March 28 (Day 15) March 29 (Day 16) March 30 (Day 17) Journal 5: April 2 (Day 18) April 3 (Day 19) April 4 (Day 20) April 5 (Day 21) April 6 (Day 22) Journal 6: April 8 (Day 23) April 9 (Day 24) April 10 (Day 25) April 11 (Day 26) April 12 (Day 27) Journal 7: April 16 (Day 28) April 17 (Day 29) April 18 (Day 30) April 19 (Day 31) April 20 (Day 32) April 23 (Day 33) April 24 (Day 34) April 25 (Day 35) April 26 (Day 36) Journal 8: April 30 (Day 37) May 1 (Day 38) May 2 (Day 39) May 3 (Day 40) May 4 (Day 41) May 7 (Day 42) May 8 (Day 43) Journal 9: May 10-11 (Days 44-45) May 14 (Day 46) May 15 (Day 47) May 16 (Day 48) May17 (Day 49) May 18 (Day 50) Journal 10: May 21 (Day 51) May 22 (Day 52) May 23 (Day 53) May 24 (Day 54) May 25 (Day 55) Journal 11: May 29 (Day 56) May 30 (Day 57) May 31 (Day 58) June 1 (Day 59) |
Journal 7 April 20 (Day 32) With the production office staff sending me (cross country) a copy of the new edition of Titus’ Enterprise newspaper, I note that Jim Carrey’s picture still dominates the front page -- not a shot taken by either Titus or still photographer Nelson, but one of his publicity headshots, being held by Ferndale Mayor Jeff Farley, in news coverage of our visit to the Ferndale elementary school last week (a huge success, it appears, based on Titus' story featuring photos of co-star Landau, and editorial comments on page two saluting several of the company’s staff for their participation).  When we visited the school last week for their career day seminar, we heard beforehand that some of the students (and maybe a teacher or two) were disappointed that actor Carrey could not be part of the festivities arranged by school librarian Leanne McCullough. Jim also felt he was missing out on a fun time, so he sent over an autographed photo for the school’s trophy case. What did he write? “To the fine students at Ferndale Elementary School: Eat right, study hard and smell good always! Your pal, Jim Carrey.” (I also heard that before the school secured the photo for display, newspaper editor Titus took it to a local photo store and had 390 duplicates made for each-and-every student in the school). Adjacent to the Carrey photo is the skeptical headline “Is it a wrap?”. Indeed, weather has proven formidable this week in the company’s attempt to wrap up the remaining scenes before our scheduled move south to Ft. Bragg and Mendocino. Today’s voluminous call-sheet (another split day with an 11:00 a.m. start) contains eleven different scenes (or parts of scenes) to be shot, a tough day’s work under the best of conditions. But, the best of conditions don’t happen in Ferndale today, as rain drenches the daytime scenes, allowing completion of only sc. 49pt -- Int. Town Hall Basement: Adele opens the ground floor window, shows Luke the monument. With the precipitation abating by nightfall, Frank and his troops hit Ferndale’s Main Street once again for a number of set-ups in front of The Majestic theater set (sc. 94, 95, 96 and 98). During the day, I check in with colleague Nelson to ascertain whether the company will complete all mandated scenes and move south to our new location over the weekend. He confirms with producer Behnke that we will still be in Ferndale on Monday. The information allows me to book my flight back to San Francisco (after a brief stopover home in Chicago after the funeral). Instead of a two-hour drive north to Ft. Bragg, I now must return to Ferndale, 270 miles north of the City by the Bay. Talk with you next week, back on the set again. |
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