She falls asleep just as we are ready to shoot. The rains come and she sleeps peacefully in the motorhome through the night. Finally, we're in studio. All dance sequences work using multi cameras and multi takes. The dramatic scenes are up and they are played within rear-projected sets.
Performances are strong and accurate.
The rear projections are working well. On the next to last day we check the dailies and find the previous day's shooting of highly emotional and intricately blocked shooting is all out of focus due to a loose element in the lens. A sick feeling swells up in my stomach. Cell phones come out a-blazing. A new camera and lens are called for, but they will not arrive until later that day.