Editing workshop, which was a bucket of fun. I managed to
turn an innocent missing the bus set of clips into a gets ploughed over by a
bus clip with Sophie.
Scripting was less smooth. I was hoping we would have a
new script, revised a little from the last time, but not too evolved. Turns out
the professional script person thought it was too simple now, so we went into
panic mode and pretty much re-wrote it. This is it approximately:
1.
X is waiting
2.
Receives text asking about date
3.
Sees person of opposite gender walk towards
4.
Walks straight past
5.
Gets picked up by person of same gender
I assume they then walk into the sunset or something. It’s
now simple and can be done in the time, which makes me happy. What makes me
doubly happy is the lack of dialogue which means sound recording doesn’t matter
so much.
I went to look at the location with the cinematographer. After
walking around town for a bit we came to the conclusion that the amphitheatre
behind the station is the best place. There were some benches near the drums
and some green space outside the cinema that we could have used, but they had
major drawbacks of lighting and too many people passing. The amphitheatre,
despite having people passing, is not too busy, and the lighting is good
enough.
Luckily we are all in one
location, so there is not too much trouble in moving through locations. Apart
from the basics of the camera and the tripod, we will need a dolly for about an
hour. We will need technical support for setting that up.
If things go
wrong there are various ideas. Firstly in cases of weather we would use
umbrellas as the idea is based around a communal meeting space. If that is
impossible we will have ask to use something like the inside of the cinema and
change the shots. If the actors don't turn up, then we will have to improvise
with ourselves and create a delicate system of who is pointing the camera, who
is telling people what to do.
In the
project the people have:
Abdil-
director
Owen-
scriptwriter, also getting actors
Max-
cinematographer and music
Beth- Editor
Me- Producer
We need
three actors really
1- Main
Character
2- Seeming
Boyfriend
3-Actual
Girlfriend.
If the
cinematographer and the director can’t make it there will be trouble, but if
for one reason or another someone else gets caught away, we could just about
function. We will need at least the lead actress, but if push came to shove we
could make the film without two other actors as we could walk past. It would be
difficult though.
It will be fine. We are meeting next Friday to look over
last details before shooting.
