Delay in Microaggressions
If you’re tracking the ins and outs of my production schedules and announcements (hi mom) you know that by know I should have wrapped Season 2 of Microaggressions. Sad to report that we had to delay b/c Margaret and F both came down w/ Covid-19. Even though I avoided it I had to be present for them to caretake as well as to run the appropriate timelines for quarantines/isolations. It was cutting too close. At the same time, my DP Scott had to step away from the project due to a professional opportunity. So, it was time to put a halt on the shoot. Stoppage is never a great sensation but I have been embracing it, feeling like perhaps it was positive development, allowing me to edit screenplay, refine intent, continue to seek locations and opportunities; stepping away from my comfort zones in production and being cognizant of how that can trickle down to interactions and comportments and basic things like shot selection and vantage points. Maybe the stoppage is a gift. I’ve already been working to hone the script, refining thematic bits, ironing out wrinkles that I can’t believe I let stay in there for long. At a certain point a screenplay becomes white noise b/c you think you know all the beats of all the scenes but maybe you don’t. Maybe delay is the best GD thing that could ever be imaginable. We are hoping to restart this thing soon, definitely before the year is out. Watch this space.
