we found the secret room with the AC running in the movie house. the filming was happening mostly outside so we were able to leave the ac running all day to stay cool and making tova happy and not too sweaty and crabby before going on the film. :) It was super super HOT for the past three days! yesterday, sitting under the trees gave a bit relief so we were glad for the AC room.
tova has her own stunt girl! her name is emily- 8 years old and is such a sweetie! they look alike, brown hair, blue eyes, emily s bit taller than tova, almost same sound of laughing. there was a scene to be filmed today that will require tova to be terrified after the truck crashes, and being taken by a lady under the fake rain. for some reason tova was scared about that scene, saying she doesnt want to be taken out of the truck and to have emily be the one to be taken. the scene was supposed to be happening somewhat around 4pm but it ended up delaying because of the engine for the pressure for the fake rain to go thru the hoses were having problem, so it was almost ten pm when we finally did the scene. tova asked jeff if she was just in the truck for the 'look', not be taken away by the woman. jeff said maybe. tova jumped on that, 'what do you mean, maybe??' then she started to freak out... jeff asked her what was she worried about- 'being taken away by the lady'. so jeff asked tova if she will just sit in the truck for him. she said yes- she worships jeff... :) so she got in the truck on the passenger seat on a booster seat. keep that in mind- the truck is in the ditch, two camera men- yep the same ones who were all twisted up on the driver seat filming tova the first week, and zillions of lights on the truck to make it look like it s during the day light- bugs all over the light.. then there s the black icky thing dripping off the windows and the raining going on. jeff asked tova to act dazzled and confused after being crashed. tova was still worried about the lady. jeff reassured her that the lady will not grab her. still, tova didnt look scared enough for the scene. so jeff met with me and terry, discussed discussed.. we made one of the hardest decisions.. i felt sick to my stomache but i prayed and knew tova is strong to go thru this and handle it liek a champ. we agreed that to let jeff tell tova just before the retake that the lady will be banging on the window, open the door and grab tova out of the seat just before he says action. i was saying a short prayer to give her strength and to forgive us all for putting her thru that. jessica and cosmo were asking us if we are okay... when jeff told tova, that got her upset and she was crying and was upset and then the lady did her job and she grabbed tova and rushed out around front of the truck where i was waiting to get tova and hold her and tell her it s okay. the scene worked out perfectly for the story. but man, i felt so awful for putting tova thru that. she quickly got over it within 10 minutes, resuming her happy ol' self. we talked about it and making sure that she knew that we didnt put her in any danger at all, and that it was just to get her to act scared.
so, emiliy- where does she come in? there s the scene where there will be fighting between the lady and hannah- tova s character. emily is in karate. :) we didnt get to see that part because tova was done for the day after the lady grabbing scene.
on the road where the film home is, about 1/2 mile down the road where the truck crashed to be filmed, there were SO many lights all over, making it look like the area 51. that s the first thing came to my mind when we were on our way to the set.
the film home, we are done with all the scenes there. next- beach house tomorrow on catawba island, and then saturday- at the production office for inside the shelter then, we wrap. :(