Long and productive day today! four scenes to be filmed- started at about 1pm and didnt leave until 10pm. yep, it does take so much to film the scenes- long shot, close up, medium shot and several retakes. Tova continues to be doing so awesome. we were watching her on the screen tv while she was doing the scene where she has to eat the cereal - you can hear/watch her munching on te cereal then she stops eating, and smiles BIG to Michael, then resume eating the cereal. it was such a sweet thing to watch! i look forward to seeing it on the movie screen!
some of you have been asking about the release date. it all depends- the editing should be done by early spring next year in time to submit in the film festivals... and from there, we will see if any movie studios 'pick' it up and release in the theatres or goes straight to DVD. i promise i will post the info as soon as i know. :)
between the filming scenes- Tova had a ball playing outside- it was such a perfect day- no humid, sunny, cool breeze. everyone who wasnt busy prepping the scene stayed outside to enjoy the weather. Tova played with Cosmo, Cameron (that guy who went to five stores looking for popicles with no red dye the other night :)) and Jeff. she somehow got them all in the dog pen. she can get people to do anything for her. Cosmo and Cameron jumped over the tall fence to escape. the last scene they were filming tonight- it was at the dining table with the three of them- tova, jessica and michael. i couldnt see the screen tv because i was on the stairs staying out of the camera range. jeff told me after the scene filming was done that it was the best best scene he has ever seen. i learned that they three ended up playing with the crayons, using them as lipsticks and were laughing- looking very much like a family. that was purely an improvise scene!
yesterday, another improvise part- michael was to dry tova's hair, and then they did the eel handshake which tova and melissa have invented. it s gonna be on the film. tooo cool!

tomorrow we head to ashtabula to uncle steve n aunt laura's 4th of july party on the beach. it s gonna be so good to see the family and be at the lake again!

happy 4th of july- be safe!