Take a Little Time
How much is too much to make off misfortune? Smitty’s never questioned the blind pursuit of profit. He drowns himself in dishes every night because he needs money, as if … Continue Reading Take a Little Time
Take a Little Time – SHOOTING
The Take a Little Time shoot was a blur, but one of such creativity, focus, and joy—I’ll never forget these five days in October 2020. And that was the first … Continue Reading Take a Little Time – SHOOTING
Take a Little Time – POST
We had just wrapped Take a Little Time. In a little over two weeks, shooting would start in a similar, done-in-six-days fashion for Lilly Adams’ Pulling Daisies. Since editor Jared … Continue Reading Take a Little Time – POST
Take a Little Time – Writing
I’ve never written a script with origins as eccentric and organic as Take a Little Time’s. As mentioned in my director’s statement, it all goes back to an August 2019, … Continue Reading Take a Little Time – Writing
Take a Little Time – Equipment/Test Shoots
If you’ve been reading through these articles (which, thank you!), you’ve definitely picked up on how large a factor COVID was in the story behind Take a Little Time. The … Continue Reading Take a Little Time – Equipment/Test Shoots
Take a Little Time – Casting
There’s two casts of Take a Little Time: Spring 2020 (pre-COVID), and Fall 2020 (mid-COVID). Although Zeke Winitsky and Jake Mayer hold the special title of being on both lists, … Continue Reading Take a Little Time – Casting
Take a Little Time – Locations
Take a Little Time’s locations, like almost every other pre-production department, looked one way before COVID and another way after during it. Had we shot it last spring, the biggest … Continue Reading Take a Little Time – Locations
Take a Little Time – Art/Set Design, Props
When I was gearing up to shoot Take a Little Time last spring before COVID, the only to-do I had under art/props was “find silverware set; engrave a knife.” I … Continue Reading Take a Little Time – Art/Set Design, Props
Pulling Daisies
Pulling Daisies is Lilly Adams’ senior film for COMM 438, the same class I made Take a Little Time in. I served as director of photography, sound designer, composer, and … Continue Reading Pulling Daisies