Drama - Day 1 Shoot

Day 1 (23/4/2012) of the shoot was to shoot scenes 2, 8 and 15 at the location of Maggie May's Bar.

Today's shoot went extremely well; this is because of how well we planned before the shoot and worked extremely well as a team, listening to each other's thoughts and problems and helping one another with equipment and setting up shots etc.

As visual director I instantly got actors in costume and went through the script with them for them to have a fresh memory on their lines and speak to them about the emotion me and Lucy (director) was trying to get across. After Lucy helped Ben (Cinematographer) and Stephen (Sound) set up lighting, camera and sound she came over and we both discussed to the actors their performances involving about body movement and gestures for each fantasy scene we was wanted them to bring across. All this saved a lot of time giving us a better opportunity to get more shots of the scenes.

During shooting Alice (producer) and Stephen (sound) helped one another with mic positioning to get the best sounds possible. Alice (producer) also filled out sound and camera logs along with Katie (editor) whose was in charge of the clapper board. Ben (cinematographer) was mainly on camera, focusing on lighting, camera positioning and framing along with Lucy (director). During the shoot I helped by moving lighting and camera equipment for Ben (cinematographer) as he was trying to get a number of different shots. I also helped with lighting setting them up to have the correct brightness for each shot. Also, Lucy (director) and Ben (cinematographer) would sometimes ask me (visual director/screenwriter) for a second opinion on shot ideas and framing which I thought to be very nice as it made me feel involved with the look and style of the film during the shoot.

We kept very well sticking the time plan of our shooting schedule, only having to rush towards the end as Mike who was the actor playing Jack had to unexpectedly leave 20 minutes early than we thought. However we managed to shoot everything we wanted to in the end.

Overall, the first day of shooting went very well and I am EXTREMELY HAPPY with the group I am working with. They are a lovely bunch of people and I am highly pleased that I am having the opportunity of working with them. We all get along perfectly and we all show an equal amount of passion and dedication in all the work we do.