week 6: into the void.

Back from location scouting. Some pics are attached above. Flights for Sean and Lin are happening tomorrow. We pick them up and then head towards location Friday... Shooting in less than a week!

week 3: onto new horrizons.

Status updates from the front lines.

1. Deeply entrenched in the casting war.
2. The move to new living quarters in Gongguan was a success.
3. Found free WiFi at Norwegian Wood (named after the Murakami book & the Beatles song), and thus no longer a slave to WiFly.
4. Primary locations in Southern Taiwan were safe from typhoon damage.
5. Onto version 2.2 of the script.

week 2: there's a lot to be done while your head is still young.

So the typhoon came and went without much notice (at least up near Taipei where I was). Needless to say, I was incredibly let down by my first typhoon experience. This was then followed up with bad news about one of the locations.

The long short of it was, we weren't able to shoot inside. The main draws to the place was being able to walk inside it... so I decided against shooting there. Not worth the trouble involved to get the permission and only get exteriors.

Thinking back on it, I wasn't planning on using the location too much because I knew we had limited access to the place. Speaking of which, I got bad vibes from the house during the scout when the phone started ringing in there for no reason... and its been abandoned for several years!

Update: Morakot devastates southern regions.
Up to 2500mm (8 feet) of rain!