As part of our efforts to give you a glimpse into our story and characters before they finally make it into the final film, we’re conducting interviews with our cast and crew to get their insight into roles in this film and their careers in general. We’ve had a lot of questions when the film will come out, what’s the plan now that Production is complete and when can I see the film or some footage. Well, we decided to go back to Director Kyle Day and prod him for more answers, so we have 10 More Questions With Director Kyle Day. As a refresher, you can go HERE to see our original 10 Questions With Director Kyle Day. Back when he was a young, wet behind the ears, naive Director. Below are the questions we asked him post-shoot and his responses:
1. Now that filming is done, what do your days look like?
I spent the past week tying up a lot of the loose ends surrounding the production- organizing legal paperwork, finishing up payroll, reviewing all the notes that piled up on my desk, and drinking down at the pool. Tomorrow I start work on the trailer and that will eat up all my time until it is complete.
2. A lot of people are asking, now that production has wrapped, what does the schedule look like from here out?
Our editor (Dave Ward) is going to start on the rough cut of the film, I’m going to work on the trailer, and our sound composer (Jason Latimer) is going to work on the score. In the next several months we’ll have to put the film through color correction, add in some special effects, and do all the post-sound mixing, but for now our efforts are concentrated on getting the rough cut done. At the moment, we are hoping to premiere Cherry Bomb at the Austin Film Fest in October.
3. How involved are you going to be on a day to day basis with the editing with Dave Ward?
I’ll be involved very little with the first cut. Dave is a very talented editor so the best thing I can do is stay out of his way and let him do his job. After I see the rough cut, we’ll put our heads together to determine which sequences need altered/refined to better match my original vision.
4. How did the film change from how it was initially conceived versus how it was shot with any problem you ran into on set or how things were flowing?
There weren’t many differences between what we actually shot and what we envisioned many months ago. Granted, an insane amount of problems came up on set every single day, and we were consistently trying to beat the clock, but overall we got all of the material I wanted (and then some.) I can honestly say that there are several scenes that surpassed what we envisioned in the script and I have the cast and crew to thank for that.
5. If you had to start over with Cherry Bomb, with all that you’ve learned, what would you do differently?
I’d get an AD and a prescription for Valium.
6. What is your most fun story from set?
Unfortunately, I cannot repeat any of the best ones. Those aside, I think my personal favorite is when the cops showed up the day we were filming the street fight between Cherry, Brandon, and Bull. The second I saw the cops, I grabbed my location release form, because I was sure they were fixing to kick us out. Nope. Instead of speaking to me, they pulled Devin aside and proceeded to grill him for 20 minutes. Turns out, some woman called 911 and said there was a man peeping through the window at her children and she said it was Devin. Obviously it was a huge misunderstanding but its still funny to think how close Devin came to doing 6 months in Chino.
7. Nick Manning. What was your perception of him coming in and following the shoot?
Coming in, I was a little nervous simply because I didn’t know what to expect and we had never met before. However, I’d say after our first 5 minutes of meeting, we hit it off and had a great time working together for the duration of the shoot. Nick’s an incredibly hard worker and was very enthusiastic about the material so I had a blast working with him.
8. Most important thing you learned that will help you be a better director during the shoot?
Doing stunts over and over again is very strenuous and on several occasions I was guilty of overlooking this fact and pushing our talent harder than what was necessary. I won’t make that mistake again.
9. Can you tell us how Julin did and how, if at all, the character evolved when she took the reins?
Julin did an amazing job to say the least. She busted her ass for 24 days straight and really gave the character a dimension that few other actresses would have been capable of. It was obvious every single day that Julin had really done her due diligence and learned the Cherry character inside and out. On paper, Cherry seems larger than life, almost hyper-realistic, but Julin mastered the task of turning Cherry into a living, breathing person with real emotions and hardships. This is no small achievement and it really shows how talented of an actress Julin is.
10. What (spoiler-free) scene do you think is going to most excite people when we finally see Cherry Bomb?
This depends on the viewer. I suppose that 90% of people will be most excited with the opening strip club scene, lol. To be honest, every scene in this movie brings something exciting to the table, so I can’t pick just one. All of our cast did a kick ass job in all of their scenes and the entire movie is going to be a fun ride.
atta boy kyle day. we all so proud