Production Process - Shoot 3

Todays shoot was another early start. I got up early enough to bring back the equipment to the university which was kept in my flat overnight, from the previous nights shoot. The equipment was returned to the studio for 9 o'clock for us to set up for the shoot commencing 9:30. The actor was due to arrive at 9:30, so I waited at the door to greet him while my crew set up the lighting equipment and camera. We were slightly over schedule due to issues with acquiring the slider, we eventually had to settle for the use of the tracking dolly which took us a while to set up. The crew continued to set up while I had a sit down with the actor Gary, for a quick chat about the content and what was expected of him. He was very professional and mature about the whole thing. It was great to make contact with another actor for future reference. We continued with the shoot which took just under two hours. We experimented with a lot of the shots, but at the same time we managed to tick off everything we needed from the storyboards and shot-lists. We were finished in time to wrap up the shoot and pack away by 12 o'clock. Just as yesterdays shoots had gone extremely smooth and on schedule, todays was no different. The crew were fantastic as was the actor. We even had to call on a fellow Film student to play a small role in the scene we had shot today which worked very well. Following the shoot and the clear up of the equipment, we went up to the editing suite where our editor was logging the footage onto the editing system from the previous shoots. I sat in with the editor for a few hours looking over the footage to see what worked and what didn't. Also to place the footage in some sort of small and brief timeline to see how much footage we already had and how much we still needed. I gathered a lot from this meeting with my editor. I will be going away over the weekend to examine my storyboards and create some new ones from scratch of the shots we need at the arcade location specifically. Below are some shots from todays shoot of the actor and the crew at work.

In the afternoon, following a short lunch break, myself and the crew decided to head to Seaton Carew arcade to ask for filming permission. After weeks of rejection from many local arcades we decided it would be better to turn up and ask in person. Not only that as earlier this week I had asked the lead singer of the band, Dan, if he knew the owner of the arcade. Turns out he did, and we were able to make that the point of conversation instantly. We figured it made more sense to let the guy know we're filming for a client who he is familiar with opposed to a mindless group of young filmmaking students. We took one major positive away from the visit as we did not receive a no or any rejection. It was very loud and busy so the owner instructed us to return next week when the schools are back to speak about it then. That is our plan at the minute, but we will continue to try to confirm more locations in the meantime. We did manage to get a few pictures which captured the overall look of the arcade. I am very pleased as this is exactly what I want for the visuals of the video, and the arcade is so large there are many different opportunities and positions for us to film.