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“I think I get a thrill of reaching. The main question was how much could we shoot in one day. We had 31 days to shoot and a great assistant director (Chris Carroll) who organized the shoots for each location. But every day we were losing things we really wanted to shoot that we didn’t have time to shoot. Then there’s the next day and you drop a few more things and the list of things that you want to catch up to grows a little bit longer each day. You just try to make sure you get the most im- portant stuff. “I think for me as a director, the challenge was to take the script and the moments we wanted and put them into live action,” he continued. “Where is the camera going to fit for that live action and is that the best place? You’re second guessing yourself over and over again. Then you watch the performances and wonder if the film is saying what you wanted or saying something you’re not even aware of. What is that look by Bruce Greenwood saying? What is it going to say Read each issue at www.NJArtsMag.com pg 65