The hardest thing about production work is that the 10% of the population who want to be in front of a camera are the few people that you don't want anywhere near your production. The other 90% of the people who would make for an amazing production are terrified of having a camera aimed at them.
That's what directors are for, and why they get paid so much. A directors' main job is to help get talented people past their fear of the camera lens so that they can put forth a quality performance.
The biggest challenge for the producer is trying to get those people in front of the camera in the first place so that the director can do his job.
That is now the biggest challenge facing this documentary. Trying to get people to set foot in front of a camera. It seems most people would rather deal with hand to hand combat rather than face the small piece of glass we call a lens.
But, as all things, this too shall be overcome. That is what a production is all about. Defying the odds, and making things happen.
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