Progress Update - On Set With Roger (15/04/16)

Today we met Roger for the first time since the auditions in Newcastle. I was extremely happy about being able to cast him and his wife Sue as the two supporting characters in the film. I feel like they'll be injecting the film with a bit of acting experience, as they've worked on a lot of previous small scale student and low budget productions, and even some stuff for the BBC. I was essentially stepping way out of my comfort zone as a director to do this. I know a lot of people stick to casting young likeminded people because they feel comfortable. I felt like the best way to progress is to get some mature actors on board who know what they're doing, and I can learn from them in the process. And I did. Speaking to Roger and Sue behind the scenes of the film they were very understanding and knowledgeable of the filmmaking process, aswell as being confident and competent actors. I turned up on set on the day we had Roger (at two locations. Hartlepool and Sunderland) wanting to make the best impression I possibly could. Roger was an extremely nice bloke, who gave us a lift from Hartlepool to Sunderland for the next scene. He was relatively pricey for the day, but that concerned me very little, I was very happy to pay for his performance. Below is an image from the second shoot in Hartlepool where we filmed a nice mellow and scenic scene in the Marina. We were lucky to get a reflection from the ship on the calm waters which was a blessing. The lack of wind meant the water was very still and it helped further that numb and still atmosphere I wanted to surround the characters.