Today we went to my house to shoot the routine scenes 6, 8, 9 and 10. In which Zack goes about his boring everyday life. For this shoot we had a lot of time to play with and didn't need to rush any shots. I haven't worked with Sam on any projects before so today I was trying to figure out the best way to direct him. He worked very well with the direction I gave him. Isobel worked great on camera and was very helpful around set, giving good advice and criticisms of my ideas when she saw fit.
04.05.2015
Today we met up with our actors Jack and Sam outside of college at 6pm as planned. We then led them out to the location me and Isobel had scouted the week before. There were no weather problems, no wind, rain, or even sun to any extreme. The road was fairly quiet and only a few cars and one curious biker came by during shooting. We shot scenes 1, 2, 3, 6, 10 and 11. and everything went smoothly. This was the most we had planned to film in a short amount of time, luckily both Jack, Sam and Isobel were very flexible about how late they could film. With Jack on set Sam loosened up a little which made him a little easier to direct which made shots better. I feel much more confident about my film now that we have gotten the bulk of shooting out of the way. Heres a screen cap from the first shot.
13.05.2015
Today we met with Jack and Sam at college to reshoot the car scene as the original wasn't quite what I wanted. Unfortunately we only had an hour with Jack to film, so we had to rush to get things done. But despite this we managed to finish in time and come out with the footage we needed.
15.05.2015
Today was the hopefully the final day of shooting. We reshot some scenes of Sam going about his routine. Once again time was not short and we didn't have to rush. We added a few improvised shots onto the end since we still had time, which worked out great. I'm pretty confident I have everything I need.
