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And that was pretty much it for our regular crew. This is a rom com. So we did have some kissing and that sort of stuff. It’s a romance. So these people are in a red hot love affair, so they are kissing and cuddling. And so we had an intimacy coordinator for a couple of days, a lady named Barbara. And so those three positions.
So the cinematographer is a friend of mine, Bernie, who I met through The Pinch. I mentioned that a moment ago. He’s someone I met through Selling Your Screenplay. He did a great job on The Pinch. He’s just a nice guy. We work well together. So it was an easy choice choosing him and trying to bring him on. Luckily he wasn’t doing anything. And the reality is too, he likes doing indie film. People don’t — and this is sort of the thing that I’ll say for all of the people that came onto the crew — people want to do indie films. Nobody gets into this business to do YouTube videos or documentaries or just commercials. That sort of stuff pays the bills. A lot of people in the film business end up doing editing and sound work on infomercials, commercials, YouTube videos, and that sort of stuff. And that’s great and you can make a living. And there’s certainly some fun to all of that, being on set. It’s interesting that every day is different. So there’s a lot of things that can be said for that. But most people get into film to do indie film. They want to do something artistic with some sort of grit.
