Shoot day one April 23^rd

Well we definitely started as we mean to go on. Today’s shoot went really well in most respects, from my point of view as the producer everything went really well as we shot everything that we planned to. As far as I’m concerned this was due to how effectively we planned. Ben gave me the shot list and as a group we discussed the set up. Dressing the set, putting the actor’s into costume, lights, and camera were all taken into consideration when I was putting together the schedule. When Ben gave me the shot list I looked at all the different set ups we had to do. Then taking into account the previous discussions on light etc I was able to put together comprehensive shooting schedule. I really think that it is an essential part of film making because when you have a schedule it’s easier to keep track of where you are and how much you are getting done.

The Shot was supposes to start at 12, but due to a delay out of our control we actually started about half past. This did sit us back a little but we were still able t make up the time. We had planned to shoot three scenes out of the five set in the bar. We decided that we should shoot the three scenes that took the least set ups, there fore we could get the most possible done. Then we will be shooting the other two scenes next Monday. The shoot was inevitably going to be long, there were several set ups that each requires a different set of lighting. One thing that I think we should have done was do a location scout of here as it would have given us a better idea of lighting in the Bar and what we would have to do to light our set. This would have saved a bit of time I think, it at least would have made the schedule a little more accurate.

In terms of shooting each scene, we were very efficient I think, the actors knew what they were doing and under Lucy’s direction gave exactly what was asked of them. The rehearsals definitely paid off. We were able to get thorough the scenes at a good pace, finishing in time so that we had everything we planned and in time for the actors to go to classes/work.

The only real issue that we had was the sound. The Marantz was playing up, it was peaking even at low volume sounds, even when the levels were way down. I have to take some blame for this as, as producer I should have made sure all the equipment was in perfect working order. However we should be able to fix it, do ADR or if worst comes to worst re-shoot.

So in conclusion I am very happy with how the shoot went and I think that if we keep it up we will have absolutely no problems in getting everything done to the standard that is expected of us.