We're back :-D

Wow, nearly a whole week without an update. It’s not so much that nothing has been going on, but you always get this dead patch near to the start of shooting where it’s very busy but at the same time it’s all nitty bitty stuff and not much to talk about.

Jenna has been working hard in regards to extras, and if you are interested in coming to extra and you live near Fleet, Cambridge, London or Chichester then I believe there may be the odd space still available, however don’t hold me to that! E-mail extras4film@yahoo.co.uk

I have now secured the budget for the Winter shoot, along with a small amount of insurance money should it all go terribly wrong and we need to run over the odd day. I am investing in a few “EZ-Ups” to help deflect the rain and wind off the extras, a number of powerful lanterns and torches for the nighttime scenes and a smaller LCD screen for easier use of the GlideCam© (as shown below).

We have had some wonderful responses from many people in regards to the trailer, which is great news, but at the same time we need to keep the energy and standard high for the winter shoot in order to make sure any production values we had, stay.

Over the next few days I will be re-working the birds eye view storyboards to make sure it is all feasible, ordering the camera stock (Ebay is a fantastic place for cheap but quality stock) and creating the time schedules and call sheets (in accordance with Sam) for the Fleet (25th, 26th) and Chichester (1st November) days.

I’m looking forward to the shoot days, not only to continue and finish the principle production of the film, but in order to update the website with a lot more pictures, smaller videos and shananagans form the days filming. Although its been great keeping up to date news wise on the blog, its sad we can only report on the odd reccee and paper work. That’s our mistake for doing so much research in the pre-production stage.

Just 15 days to go, and I will let you know about everything that we’re doing in the final, frantic stages before shooting. Not only is this the first winter shoot we’re about to attempt for this period drama, but it is also the first night shoot, so we need heaters, lights, rain cover, electricity and more! As a matter of fact I bought a really weird impulse buy on ebay, a 41 LED UV torch, not quite sure why but it was under 5 pounds in total and I’m intrigued at how powerful it will be.

Let you know how its all going tomorrow,
It’s good to be back on the blog,
Bertie