I think I should start with an update. Since my last post we lost Andy (our Dan) to work commitments, which obviously was a massive blow. Fortunately Matt (one of our no shows for auditions) agreed to play the part at short notice - only receiving a script yesterday.
After a couple of minor hiccups, getting the cast together for the scheduled time of 2pm, we started filming around 3.30 with all the cast apart from Emily (Olivia) who we could afford to cut out the scenes we were shooting.
After a slightly slow start with plenty of practise runs and not much film consumed I think we all started to get into the flow of things. By the end we were getting complex shots down in no time at all.
The hardest thing for me today has definitely been keeping myself from butting in and trying to control things. I constantly had to stop myself saying "We should shoot it like this" and "Why don't you stand here and say it like this...". It is difficult because I don't feel I have much of a job during the filming. I seem to fallen into the role of runner and also 'the guy who does all the parts we don't have actors for'. I feel I would be more comfortable in the role of Director or even director of photography/cameraman a job where I can be creative. As that is not my given role in this film, I am trying my best to sit back and am happy to take orders. For my own future reference I will make an effort to go for a more creative role in the future.
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