Production Diary day 1- wednesday 12th April

Intentions:

To shoot all my nightime interior shots. To introduce all my cast so they would feel more confortable in their scenes.
The shoot lasted from 8.00pm till 1.30am ensuring continuiety.

Filming description:

I started off taking a few pictures as i will need then as props in my film.
Due to problems in time while shooting and availabilty of cast i was unable to shoot my film in chronological order, but its ok as i ca sort this all out in post production.
I shoot the tara packing scenes and the passport scene but as i filmed matt mcComish came up with an even better idea for it.... all will be revealed.

I shot the scene beteween Nathan (Matt McComish) Emma (Shauna Valentine) and Victoria (Pauline Burns). This had a lot of "dry runs" and i had to get the chemistry between the actors which worked out so well. This scene was shot from a collection of experimental shots from my shot list. I will see which one will look better in the editing process. The lighting worked out so well in this scene and fits into my pre production intentions.

I shot the scenes with Tara (Hannah Bridges) and Victoria and Emma, which Tara explains her reasons for leaving. This scene took abut 10 retakes to ensure the cast were fully in character and to make the scene as believable as possible. However I did get some excellent bloopers from this scene.

One of the most important scenes of the night was the dialogue intense arguement between Tara and Nathan- i deliberty shot this towards the end as i am evil and i wanted to capture sheer fustration and spite form their characters, My cast were exhausted at this scene which really came across on scene and it fitted into what their characters were feeling. I am so pleased with the final shots for this scene. I experimented with proxemics in this scene to give the scene maxium emotional impact.

Sucess:

This evenings shoot was a sucess and i am delighted at how i finally got the cast i wanted and how the chemistry all worked.
Downsides were i didnt get all the shooting filmed as it was getting too late and this will be hard to ensure continuiety another night but im sure i will manage.
My cast were so good to work with and we all had good fum shooting!!!