Stills from Day 3 by David Newsom
Day Three we moved into the indoor cages. This was a really emotional day. I, (Sian), was on my second day of battling the flu and the barking alone was enough to drive us all insane. Ellie, our producer and AD promised everyone on the crew a shot of whiskey and a pair of earplugs. We should have made good on this promise. And while we knew we were doing a good thing by telling this story, it was also impossible for us to find a home for every dog, and therefore, heartbreaking to hang out around the cages. The shelter workers were great about handling the dogs and moving them around for us as we needed. And Zach was a trooper, getting down on that filthy cage floor and hanging out with our Rizzo with little more than an eye-roll and a smile as protest. We were simultaneously thrilled and saddened when halfway through the day, two women came into the shelter and adopted our lead dog, Frannie. Several crew members had been vying to take her.
In the afternoon, we had a company move to “Oliver’s House”. We took over our friend Maria’s home, which was right next door, shot in every room in her house, and then moved up to the Before the Door offices to finish our night. This was also a big day, with a ton of scenes. We went late into the night and, thanks to the energy and enthusiasm of a tireless cast and crew, at the end of it all, we had our movie! We are very proud of it and proud of the people who worked on it. Thank you to all of you, our generous donors, who made this film happen. And a big thank you to David Newsom for shooting all of these beautiful images and documenting an amazing, memorable experience!
Beautiful photos, all. This whole website was done phenomenally. Thanks so much for this. So proud to have been a backer.
Take care,
@snthomson
Wonderful pictures! David is awesome. I can’t wait to see the final.
Cannot wait to see this! And thanks for this great update.
Thank you so much, this is so exciting! I love watching the process to make a movie, short or not. I can’t wait to see the final product!
David’s pictures are really beautiful. Even here at the other end of the world it’s easy to imagine what the finished product will look like. Thanks for giving us a little peek of this work.
And a *WootWoot* for the three executive producer ladies *hehe* with you guys we were there on the second day of shooting (if only in our minds 😉
Love all these pics!! Great job David! Great job Sian and the whole cast and crew!! So fun!! Cant wait to see the end product!! Proud to be a part of it!!
xo
Alex
Wow all the reports and pics are amazing, thank you guys, I’m so proud of you.
I volunteer for the local cat shelter and I know it’s a labor of love, thanks for helping the shelters! I cannot wait to see the film, it looks awesome.
Wow, props to the set designer, no pun intended.
Fantastic first impressions, very nice photos! 🙂
Thanks to the whole Team and of course each Dog for realize this Project for a wonderful cause. 🙂
Thanks for sharing the photos and behind the scenes. This looks to be a great film! Good luck to the doggies and hope they all find loving and caring homes!