Production

Although it had been worked out that we could get all the filming done in a single day we still had a short time frame on the shoot day to get everything done as we were working within the actors availability.

I did learn a lot from this day of production for example when the actor asked what part we were doing next I would refer to it by a scene number forgetting that he didn't have a shot, and no such number appeared on his script. Something to remember for the next script, add the shot numbers perhaps with the scene headings so that communication flowed a lot easier between cast and crew.
The marked up script was surprisingly more useful than I thought it would be. Although I understood the mechanics of why we would need it, actually putting it into practice worked even better as a tool for understanding.

There were a number of problems that we had along the way which I think I managed to solve and remain calm and level headed throughout.
The first problem was with the camera, where wave/ripples were appearing on the screen. Unsure of if this was a screen issue or an actual technical problem I told Chris to record a little then transport the clip to a computer to see if it was still there.
It was and while Chris was trying to figure out what was wrong I gave him a time limit to find and fix the problem other wise we would have to borrow a camera from Tengs friend who lived around the corner. I assure you this sounds a lot harsher than it was, but I felt it was important not to dwell on the problem for too long especially within the time constraints that we had. Luckily Chris figured out the problem and we were soon able to start filming. Luckily as we picked up the problem whilst we were setting up we didn't eat in to more than 10 minutes of film time where the actor ran through the script as a warm up in the mean time.

The second problem was that the people upstairs were making noise during filming and after checking with Owen he said that it did come through on the marantz. To solve this I asked Josh (The actor) to pause mid way through his lines and look up and say "Sorry, housemates/Neighbours" just in case the noise persisted during a later point in filming.

Unfortunately towards the end things got a little rushed as the actor was pushed for time, I decided to prioritise and get all the main shots done and only get in a couple of the close ups.

Something that I had to be aware of was costume changes. Even though the character only had three I had to try and account for what he wore when, as we didn't have an art director to keep track. Also the space we were working in was very crammed and it was hard to keep track of my papers

In some ways wish that we required a few more days in order for me to use what I learnt and improve with each new attempt, but overall I think we were all happy to get started after the delay and it worked out to be a successful day of filming.

Side Note: Before the actor arrived and as everyone was setting up the space me and Chris went to the corner shop and bought some snacks and drinks for the lot of us including the actor. After we finished shooting the day scenes and was setting up lighting for the night scenes the actor got a little break and was grateful for a few things to much on as he went over the next scenes.
[Mentioning in reference to a website I quoted earlier in the blog about having food on set for cast and crew http://jensmajorproject.blogspot.co.uk/2013/11/directing-research.html]