Sounds like you're approaching it perfectly, if you ask me.  Easing into things is good, because I'm sure there will be extremely nasty shocks along the way.

If it makes you feel better about the time, by the way, I had a six person crew on a roof in the pouring rain for six hours (with actors in T-shirts) the other day.  I cut the footage, and what do you know...seven seconds of edited film.  There are some shots, sequences, and scenes that just work like that.

Congrats on making it! BAM!

Hey.  Thanks for all the support guys.  I thought I'd give you an update, as well as a few fuzzy still frames.

Things are moving along much easier now.  We get scenes done much faster than earlier, so things are looking up. (They are still taking much longer than I suspectd however.)
I had a little trouble with the casting of Lee, because there aren't that many talented shorter kids, so we just got a taller one who's makes up for being too tall with being perfect in every other regard.

Here are some still frames:


Thats Dan (if you don't remember him from the scrpt, it's because I changed his name), bursting into the room on a cocky Rick and a prepared lee.


Thats Lee and his only line (which the kid messed up and said gesundteit)


Dan bursting into flames...


Rick garret and Lee preparing to garlic butter spray themselves (I'm garret, btw)

alright.  I'll post some more later.  That's enough for now.

You awesome director JB.


"I'm not a actor, I just play one on T.V." I want that as a sig later on.

JB?  More of this Jack Black stuff?  I thought that was dieing.  The other day I got a new one actually, someone said I reminded them of squints from the sandlot.  No one else agreed.

Yeah, that kool-aid thing was a fun little video to make.