irrationalfilms:

• If the sun sets at 5:20pm at the latest on any given shoot night, is 7pm going to be dark enough for shooting night scenes?
• Should I actually get a permit for shooting on the sidewalk/street in front of the bar (note: the place is deserted at night)?
• Or just stick with shooting handheld and risking it (if a cop shuts us down I’m pretty much screwed)?
• Is ten minutes enough time to rig up this one blood effect shot?
• Will my DP want an additional twenty minutes that we don’t have to rig some light?
• Will anyone cry “mutiny!” and run off my set at 2 AM?
• Am I an idiot for sinking several grand into this endeavor?
• Am I a good enough filmmaker to even pull this off?

I am hoping the answers are: yes, no, yes, yes, no, no, no (but you’re an idiot for other reasons), yes.

To answer your questions.

• Should be aces.
• A permit is more expensive then getting a ticket for what it’s worth.
• Ehhh.
• Probably.
• If they do, I will slide tackle them.
• Yes
• Yes

C’mon Dan.  What would Jon Voight from Varsity Blues do?