Wednesday 20 August 2008

Okay, when I said a few days left...

I think I might have been jumping the gun when I said I only had a few days left. As of this point, I do indeed have only a few scenes to film until production is finished. However, we may be subject to re shoots that could go on well into September; the footage that still needs captured includes an interior studio scene which I have been unsuccessful as of yet in finding the material for. Tom (my lead) has been both patient and helpful in every form since we began production a little over a month ago. His parts are almost all finished. Jerome (2nd Lead) is two scenes plus some voice overs away from being finished. These voice overs also include Tom. Post-production, which is the editing and mixing part of the film-making process; (including color grading and so on) will take time. This makes me believe that we will not be finished by the September 11th premiere date which I had originally planned on shooting for. I have had several discussions with different people including crew and have come to the conclusion that even though I would like to premiere it on this date, it would be better to take my time with Post, and make the best film I can for film festival circulation instead of rushing it to be seen.

After all the paper work that I had to write up, scout down, fax and scan in and e-mail to Richmond Park officials for the permission to film in the royal park today. I was unable to film due to unpredictable weather patterns. And because of that, we decided to finish up Tom's extra walking home scenes because of the convenience. Two police officers even stopped us to ask us a few questions. I was so afraid they would ask for permits. When I got to Amanda, she told me they were just asking questions like, whats the film about, and why is he making the lady hold all the heavy stuff? They were nice enough to let us continue filming though, Thanks Westminster! The question I'm sure your all wondering. When will we film next? We'll, I have a big midterm tomorrow and i'm acting in someone else's (waiting for welfare) tribute project on Monday. So we will see what next week holds. Stay tuned more updates.

PS: Yes, were filming a ''Making of:'' documentary. :)