Nathan Gregory on The Actor's Church

"Greetings, Readers! I'm Nathan Gregory; I played Brother Bill in the "St. Genesius" film of February and I had a great time shooting it. Kirk is being a little modest to say that we shot it in 3 hours. True, we had the space reserved from 9-12 AM, but we didn't start shooting until about a quarter to 10. And right away we ran into problems. While running through the script, we learned that there was no singing allowed on our floor. The supervisor-guy let us sing until ten, which meant that we only had a few chances to shoot Annie and her beautiful voice. Right away, we started going through the vocal sequence, squeezing in as many takes as we could before 10. Kirk was very relieved once we got through that, as he rightfully predicted it to be the hardest part to shoot. We ran into some other roadblocks, namely time. There was also the shifting around of microphones, doing some guerrilla shooting in the hallway after 12, and the regular lighting and blocking changes as the setup moves around. But as my old film professor always said, "Filmmaking is problem solving." And after 7 films in 7 months, I think Kirk is finding a really deep groove. When he generously took the cast and crew out to a delicious lunch (featuring several orders of Stuffed French Toast), I asked him if he was finding the process becoming easier. He immediately and emphatically said "Yes." And with the efficiency and speed that we shot those 12 pages, I would have to agree with his assessment. I'm eager to see what this growth brings next!"