Looking good. Looking very good.
Last night I was working my way through day 3 and 4 footage– Crikey we shot a s*&%load…who was the maniac director? Man, I was knackered just logging.
Isn’t it interesting? In retrospect you think – good enough take – but on the day –I can get better – or I need better than this – mind you it doesn’t hurt to have the footage for one reason or another (technical (camera, sound), performance (never!), variety)…
Day 3 was a particularly interesting day – full of cooing pigeons and barking dogs;
What I find interesting – because I never noticed on the day – is to see the actors’ reactions up close before “action” and after “cut”.
The shear fury in Danielle’s eye every time we had to cut and go for a further take – is a short film itself - and here I was worried she was too sweet-looking. Hell hath no fury like an actress upstaged by cooing pigeons…
To be fair - she wasn’t he only one with daggers in her eyes – I could see fury and rage even in lovely Luke’s visage. Reckon it all improved their performances…
The only one to take it on the chin was Chris – unfazed by this or that problem – he just kept putting his performance out…very Zen.
It is a strange feeling making a film I get to spend so much time on my own - writing first, then reliving it all in the editing.
I still miss production and the shoot – not as bad as previously – I don’t have ‘withdrawal symptoms’ – but I am itching to go at it again…I will have a first draft script by X-mas.
There, scoop.
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