Over the course of 3 days this past
week we finally committed to celluloid, the images, ideas, and
performances we had been planning, and dreaming about for the past 10
months.
Our wonderful cast: Beth Winslet and
Clive Brunt both did really fantastic work in bring their respective characters to life, in the face of a very tight and demanding schedule.
Also, another of the great things about this past
week was that, as the crew arrived on the first day, the film stopped
being my film, and instead it became our film, as
everyone involved made a litlle bit of it their own.
Myself and Liz would like to thank everyone on the crew who freely
donated there time, talents, and passion to help us shoot the film.
I know we are not finished yet, not by a long way, but a major hurdle
has been leapt, and looking at the rushes this weekend, we have some truly
scrumptious looking shots as reward for everyones hard work.
But Ladies and Gentlemen let me inform you
know, 3 days is a very short period of time to shoot such a film.
Too short in fact, especially when 1 of those 3 days was severely
compromised by rain! But what can you do when your film
consists completely of exteriors, and you can only afford to shoot for
3 days....Nothing!
Rain aside, the shoot was great fun, (although perhaps my
face did not always show it) and all the crew seemed to enjoy
themselves, which I am very pleased about.
I had forgotten how physically and
emotionally draining shooting can be, and was exhausted by the end of it. Much sweat was excreted, and
many tears were shed, (Beth quite literally cry herself dry) and
although thankfully no blood was spilt, it did pump vigorously
through sheer effort.
I had been hoping to blog as we shot, but
perhaps unsurprisingly, directing a film and blogging are just a
little difficalt to do simultaneously. However, over this next week i'll recount - as best as I can - in flashback, the shooting days as
they happened.