I went to a D*C party....
Mood:  down
For me, D*C wasn't great. I hate large crowds, as people don't know what to do! This is not a con for kids, or people that need those motorized vehicles as they are too large to walk! There is A LOT of walking within the 4 hotels, and there is no room to walk as it is in the dealers rooms!

If I didn't follow the heard of sheep, I wouldn't have walked all the way around the other way, and would have saved 10 min to getting to the hotel I was going too! First time I've parked my car in Atlanta!

So, as I walked, then waited, talked to a couple of friends on the phone, wishing I could have seen some friends, and being dragged to a panel of how to speak Elvish (and it wasn't even prepared correctly, which bothered me the most, next to people that don't know how to GET OUT OF THE WAY WHEN I'M TRYING TO SEE WHAT THE DEALERS HAVE TO SELL, besides the overpriced items)....

Anyway, someone who was "so eager" to be in the film (even sent me the missing lines to the script after asking me which one) never returned my calls during D*C, so the scene was cancelled!

I got the other scene done (not specifically/visually acurate; he forgot his suit, but I need him in the scene), and additional co-directing from my best friend of almost 20 years (I can say that I've become more proud of him over time, especially since he's gone to college and is trying to improve after all these years, though he could NOT fit into in vest, so he has to work on THAT as well! He's not going to read this, so I can say I'm proud of him!), I got what was necessary.

As for the missing scene that I was willing to cut down as well just to include them in the film (I knew her daughter didn't care about it anyway), this is going even more specific, as this scene can't be filmed until I get back to Orlando next year, and would involve a hotel room....

The scene is where my character and a female (both from TORCHWOOD) arrive at the hotel room of a former companion of The Doctor. The scene is very short, yet important to the story (it's in the written, and enough is mentioned in the film, but would be nice to do).

If there was a convention in Orlando at the time, hence anyone traveling there (FX, Orlanddo Comic-Con, Hurricane WHO) and of course I'm down there, or anyone in the Orlando area, that would be great!

Back to D*C. So, I did get my birthday presents (yeah, he hasn't seen me since MegaCon which was a waste of time for me, not knowing that I couldn't trust an actor from Troma Films) and they are VERY NICE, got to do the bit of filming, saw a couple of other friends (one is now ADDICTED to Dr WHO; now only if his wife would as well, especially since she's my 1st female Dr in my stories), it could have been A WHOLE LOT BETTER! Thank goodness I didn't pay to get in (just parking, gas, lot of sweating), but it was worth the 2 hour drive to see the few friends I did. Well, yeah.

As for what's left, 3-4 more scenes left in GA. 1 in my den, one in Andersonville (which is more like 2, but it's all in the same area), re-do of the park scene (with the backlight button on; with or without a cameraman), and the Air Force Museum. That, I have to see. I need two actors from Solid Ground, but one is having problems, and the other is not responding.

Orlando will have the remaining scenes:

One at an undisclosed location, one at Lake Eola, some in a wooded area, and of course, in The TARDIS control room!!!!!

I have a new epilogue to replace the 3rd one, and I await one from my gal pal in England (awesome)!

I just have to watch it all and get the time codes down for editing. Then, I have to see if my TV editor will do it or not. I also have the 1st two films that need work and touch-ups as well.

Something to look forward to in Orlando, as I'll be more pumped to do it all....