AS WE GET READY, A LITTLE RELIEF

"The Full Picture" is shot, edited, scored and sound designed. All that we have left is color correction which will be completed before our first screening. Until then, here's a little something I wrote for our press packet. Hope you like it.

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In the script, I had written a scene at Stow Lake, which is more like a polluted pond in San Francisco’s Golden Gate Park. In the scene, Mark (Daron Jennings) falls into the lake when his brother, Hal (Josh Hutchinson) throws food scraps on the ground, causing a dog to lunge in Mark’s direction. Unsure of the city's policy for swimming in the goose-shit infested lake, we did not inform the Park Ranger of our intent to dunk our good-natured actor in the water. With a water hose and a fresh pair of clothes at the ready, we ran the scene and luckily nailed it on the first take. Seeing the commotion, the Ranger ran over with a panic stricken look on his face. In his hand, he held a paper that read, "In case of contact with Stow Lake Water." On the page was a laundry list of maladies that could befall anyone that was to ingest even the slightest amount of the murky water. We kept a close watch on Daron for the next 24 hours and to our relief, he was fine. But the scene, well, it was a little over-the-top for the kind of film we were making. So, much to Daron’s chagrin, his little dunk will be only enjoyed on the “deleted scenes” section of the DVD. At least he knows the signs of infection should he ever fall into Stow Lake again.