12/07/06 - FILM SOON....FILM NOW!
The last few weeks have been a non-eventful time. Due to people's other commitments and annoyances like the World Cup Football to contend with, it has been a "I need to film NOW" kind of time. Lee has been great by putting "film soon" at the end of all his text messages. My usual reply has been "film NOW!". I have planned every shot, style, costume, soundtrack, line of dialogue etc in my head so many times it's not even funny. All I want to is get a camera rolling and get realizing the film. And....guess what?
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We are only a few days away from filming!!!!
It's all in place. It is Tuesday night now and we film on Saturday. All cast confirmed. Location in place. Long life camera batteries charged. Call times confirmed. Shooting schedule for the day confirmed. It's all ready to roll.
A few updates since my last entry.............
Chiefly, the two enthusiastic people whose roles got bumped up are fantastic! They are absolute stars with a refreshing can-do attitude that I am loving.
We all met at their house for a discussion about the roles and our general ideas and I was so pleased. We explained that the original cast choices pulled out because they "didn't get it" (the humour). Magi, our new Vicar's wife said, "Well I don't get it either, but I'm still doing it".
The discussion was frank to the point of her even saying we are obviously talented people but she feels we are misdirecting our talents with this material. Such honesty and yet such commitment to get involved are a real treat for me to see and hear.
And her husband, George, our new Vicar....well....what a guy! He is so willing to have a go at this just for the fun of it. And it will feed the fun factor too. He's a great guy and will be awesome on screen. Actors or not, the task of getting a performance to suit the script has been made ten times easier from their enthusiasm to do it for the experience..."something a bit different" as George put it. They WERE in "A Jester's Tale" but they will get much deserved bigger roles in this one. And will definitely be on the list to call in future.
So...hark back to previous entries where I spoke of getting people who really WANTED to do the work (for free!)....well, this is one such pay off for that attitude.
Another update was the fact that our location choice became unavailable for the weekend when everyone was free to shoot. The number one plan (and heh folks, here is another TOP FILM TIP for micro-budget filmmakers) was even though the location was unavailable, change the schedule and get some shots anyway. Filler shots and less intensive scenes.
This is where Lee's great attitude comes in. this is exactly what he did when shooting "Jester's Tale". Whenever time was free, and people were ready, even if not able to do the original planned shots, he would always say "well, can we get some other shots?". He has a real eye for seeing a gap and saying "Well, let's just do SOMETHING!". Great stuff.
So...as we talked about the roles, it became obvious that the very house we were in would make an ideal location. If was vastly different to original choice so we had a quick rethink on the script and story to see if it was justifed to use it. It most defenitely was.
Due to change of location, some of my original shot choices have changed. This however, is for the better.....more on that soon.
.......
We are only a few days away from filming!!!!
It's all in place. It is Tuesday night now and we film on Saturday. All cast confirmed. Location in place. Long life camera batteries charged. Call times confirmed. Shooting schedule for the day confirmed. It's all ready to roll.
A few updates since my last entry.............
Chiefly, the two enthusiastic people whose roles got bumped up are fantastic! They are absolute stars with a refreshing can-do attitude that I am loving.
We all met at their house for a discussion about the roles and our general ideas and I was so pleased. We explained that the original cast choices pulled out because they "didn't get it" (the humour). Magi, our new Vicar's wife said, "Well I don't get it either, but I'm still doing it".
The discussion was frank to the point of her even saying we are obviously talented people but she feels we are misdirecting our talents with this material. Such honesty and yet such commitment to get involved are a real treat for me to see and hear.
And her husband, George, our new Vicar....well....what a guy! He is so willing to have a go at this just for the fun of it. And it will feed the fun factor too. He's a great guy and will be awesome on screen. Actors or not, the task of getting a performance to suit the script has been made ten times easier from their enthusiasm to do it for the experience..."something a bit different" as George put it. They WERE in "A Jester's Tale" but they will get much deserved bigger roles in this one. And will definitely be on the list to call in future.
So...hark back to previous entries where I spoke of getting people who really WANTED to do the work (for free!)....well, this is one such pay off for that attitude.
Another update was the fact that our location choice became unavailable for the weekend when everyone was free to shoot. The number one plan (and heh folks, here is another TOP FILM TIP for micro-budget filmmakers) was even though the location was unavailable, change the schedule and get some shots anyway. Filler shots and less intensive scenes.
This is where Lee's great attitude comes in. this is exactly what he did when shooting "Jester's Tale". Whenever time was free, and people were ready, even if not able to do the original planned shots, he would always say "well, can we get some other shots?". He has a real eye for seeing a gap and saying "Well, let's just do SOMETHING!". Great stuff.
So...as we talked about the roles, it became obvious that the very house we were in would make an ideal location. If was vastly different to original choice so we had a quick rethink on the script and story to see if it was justifed to use it. It most defenitely was.
Due to change of location, some of my original shot choices have changed. This however, is for the better.....more on that soon.
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