Thursday
Seattle by day is very cool. Everyone seems very laid back. They drive rather slow as if in no hurry. We picked up the equipment on the way to Marilyn’s house. The people at Victory Studios are awesome. They’re friendly, unpretentious and helpful. After a quick and painless check out, we drive to Marilyn’s.
We sat around for a while and got to know each other. She had made a wonderful potato leek soup for lunch. After lunch, we began to set up the equipment. Her house is very spacious and has 2 large picture windows. We decide to rely on Seattle’s overcast for consistent natural light. We rented a Lowell Omni Tota light kit, but had never used one so we planned some extra prep time, but with the windows, we only needed one key light with a homemade snoot. It looked great and Marilyn seemed to relax about the interview very quickly. We decided to talk in more of an overview today without getting into many of the details of her story. We all quickly became comfortable with each other and around 5:00, we wrapped for the day.
We met her daughter, Sarah and her husband, Shawn. Both are great. Sarah helped with make-up earlier on her way out to work. Later Marilyn prepared salmon for dinner. This was no ordinary east coast salmon. This was fresh and perfectly cooked. Some of the best fish I’ve ever had. After having homemade toffee squares for dessert, we said good night. Went back to the hotel and watched the footage. It looks and sounds great.
A wonderful first day.