and I just made sure they were involved in every step of the process. Because I think it was completely new to them as well and I just kept the communication open, that way they never felt lost or concerned or anything. I addressed any questions that they had immediately and just communication and making them understand my motives and what I was trying to do was really what gained their trust I think. It's very noticeable that the things which elevate the story above melodrama or 'true life tragedy' is in the quality of the relationships that you've captured -- the banter between Jason and his dad -- and just how incredibly creative all of them are. Scenes with Jason talking about wanting to be seen as the dad from Family Guy or going comically back and forth with his own father -- do you see the people you met onscreen? Are those the people that you came to know? Definitely, yeah definitely, I mean, in terms of Jason, wanting to be like the gross dad in the cartoon show Family Guy it's completely true. Um, it was very difficult at times to get him to be serious -- when I was asking him serious questions -- he would say something and then bust out with a disgusting line or something and we couldn't use it. I mean it would actually get to the point where I was like come on now, just get serious -- so he really