Tuesday 15 July 2008

First Day of Production

Scenes Filmed:
1. Chris' Walk Home
2. Chris' Office Scene

The actor that plays Chris "Jerome Aarts" did a fantastic job today. All the scenes turned out great. And tomorrow, we will be filming the Dead End Alley scene. We got the okay to film in the alley beside our university; however, we are required to inform security so they may open a door to the alley. Also, to be allowed down there, we are required to allow a member of security watch us to make sure we don't hurt ourselves... this I think is a little rediculous seeing as how were all grown adults.. but thats film-making i guess.
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When I come to think about it, I have been saying the words 'Action and Cut' ever since my brother David and I first hit the record button during my first short film ever. It was a short piece called flash-back which would originally go on to be called 'Waiting for Welfare'.
Never did I think that one day, an ocean away, a crew of motivated individuals would be awaiting both my commands and judgements. Fully intrusting me with all creative aspects. To create something that would be fully crafted, from the first moment I wrote the script. To the last cut in production, and on again to the last edit in post. This is the beauty and sometimes the horrors of film-making. And i'm loving every minute of it.