The Rental Experience #7 - The Blue Wall

a blog-series recounting the making of "Seven Year Rental"

It wasn't anything fancy, but the blue wall we built for our "set" provided a formal atmosphere removed from the store to interview former employees.  But more than anything, it was the ultimate manifestation of our moviemaking progress.  It was a monument of sorts.

On November 4th we began our interviewing - and the movie - with Crystal, JJ and Jared.  They were among the first I'd contacted about sitting for us and were ready and willing whenever we were available.  I hadn't anticipated that the formal interviews would give us any trouble.  It was all pretty straightforward and could be accomplished in just a handful of weekends easy enough.  Everything fell into place quickly for that first day and the content they gave us was exactly what we were hoping for. 

After that day we felt good.  Everything seemed to have gone well and we were excited to keep our momentum going.  But the next interview day we started to plan for fell through because the folks I'd contacted were either unable or unwilling to find the time to sit for us.  Many of them ended up never sitting for us.

And then the holidays arrived.  And after the new year my focus shifted from formal interviews to in-store filming just to keep the project going.

It was March before we did our next formal interview.  By then it was clear that they weren't going to come easy.

The blue wall was up for nine months.

 

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