Talks with the Editor

I met with Jess, whom I haven't had much of a chance to speak to during the pre production and production phases as she is editing another project.

I talked to her about what kind of footage we had captured and any problems that may arise as well as the tone and feel I wanted for the edit. I then whet through specific dates that wanted to see drafts of the film.

Hand Over Footage: Thursday 20th March (As I would be logging the footage)
Assembly: Tuesday 25th March
Assembly/Rough: Friday 28th March

Rough: Tuesday 1st April

Rough/Final: Thursday 3th April
Final: Sunday 6th April

Sound Handover: Monday 7th April

Production Day 4: Outdoor Shoot

Our final day of shooting (which was originally supposed to be our first until I pushed it back to this week) was of the two outdoor scenes. We had previously scouted these areas and so all we had to do was get going.

Location 1: Outside Strip Club

The main problems faced in these scenes were as follows

-It was cold and one of the main actors didn't have a coat on in the scenes and so we had to keep him as warm as possible between takes.

-Filming outdoors meant curious passers-by

-We filmed near a round about and so the constant sound of cars

Location 2: Park

Owen said he would have a listen to the sound and let me know if we would need our actors for any ADR later on. Aside from that we again got everything we needed and worked around one of the main actors having to leave us at 11:00pm.

Production Day 3: Theatre Day 2/2

Today was incredibly manic.
We started off with the same problem as the day before, whereby the staff didn't know how to work the stage lights. This time they couldn't get help from the guy who did it before and so the only light we were left with had a red tinge to it. The woman couldn't work out how to change this, and ultimately it was this or nothing.
Whilst I was working with this issue I had the actors start rehearsing for the next scene and set out where I wanted the camera/lights and the action area with the crew. Although a lot of running around was involved everything turned out okay.

The second phase of the day was filming the audience and sadly we didn't have as big as an audience as expected, but it was still great of people to come along and support us.

After that time drew closer quicker to 5:00pm, and so it was a bit tight getting in the killing scene as well as a few other mandatory pick up shots. We managed to push things till 5:30pm which was when the actors needed to leave. And at the end of the day the important thing is that we got everything we needed from the theatre.

Day 2 Theatre Call Sheet (Production Day 3)

Call Sheet Theatre Day 2

[http://www.scribd.com/doc/210273626/Call-Sheet-Theatre-Day-2] 
(Done by Tom Hesford the Producer)

Production Day 2: Theatre Day 1/2

We only had two days to get everything we needed out of the theatre scenes, each day had a 9-5 schedule.

When we got there, we were met with the first problem. The lighting technician had recently retired and the staff didn't know how to operate the stage lights. They had to call someone external in to rectify this. Chris and I went up and told then how we wanted the stage lit.

We also brought the dedo and kino lights with us which we used as well but it proved hard to position because of the areas of the stage we wanted filmed.

Originally intending to get rolling at 9:30 we didn't start till an hour later. This was a problem because one of the actor needed to leave at 12:00pm for a 1:00pm start at work. Luckily we didn't keep him to long after the time he had to leave.

Aside from that the day went smoothly, and it was a shame the actress we had playing the character Zoe wasn't available on the Wednesday otherwise we could have fit in one of her scenes. I did get a chance to explore the rest of the theatre space so that I could plot where to use for tomorrows shoot.

The first day went well, and now it was the complicated scenes of Day Two left to get through.

Day 1 of Theatre Call Sheet (Production Day 2)

Call Sheet Theatre Day 1 

[http://www.scribd.com/doc/210273628/Call-Sheet-Theatre-Day-1]
(Done by Tom Hesford the Producer)

Full List of Pre Production Material

SCRIPT
Written by Tom Hesford (The Producer) and edited by myself

Ridley Final Script


MARKED UP SRIPT
Put together by myself, I originally started out doing it section by section based on what scenes we were shooting, but then altered it to contain the whole script as this meant I could make sure certain shots coincided with what we would shoot on another day.

Ridley Marked Up Script
Web Link: http://www.scribd.com/doc/213882933/Ridley-Marked-Up-Script

SHOT LIST
Chris set up a Sky Drive account for the Shot List, where he wrote part of the second scene, before I took over wrote the restt and when he came to do the storyboard he would make slight changes to certain shots that were unachievable.

Ridley Shotlist 2

STORYBOARD
Was drawn entirely by Chris. Some shots were not drawn in because we needed to see the location before we could creatively realise it, as Chris pointed out to me, although I have an idea in mind and a shot list, it may not be possible to do.

Ridley Storyboards

AUDITION REEL
Filmed by Chris

DIRECTORS NOTEBOOK

This is where I planned out each scene and shot to take with me on set. The general layout is Location: The Scenes/What Happens: How many shots. From there it is a case of me making notes prior to production, based on any adjustments I decided would be necessary in the rehearsal time. As I also took this book with me on set it also has notes on, how to change the shots/alternatives to film as a handy source of reference.

Annotated Directors Notebook