Today was the second and final day of our shoot for our short drama film. Just like yesterday, today's shoot went really well as the actors were once again very professional and we only had a couple of minor issues.
Once again, one of the issues we had was that some of the members of the group could not make the shoot today. This was due to problems with public transport as it is a Sunday. However, the two members that couldn't make it were both the editors of the project, therefore it was not necessary for them to be there anyway as their job is in post-production.
Another problem we encountered was that one of the actresses was late due to a rehearsal she had that morning had over run. This was not a problem as we used the spare time to film close ups with the other actress we had that day. This did, however, mean that we ended up finishing shooting an hour later than we had expected. This was not a problem as we had allowed time for this when organising the transport after we had finished shooting.
One other minor problem we came across was that the actress playing 'Grandma' had problems remembering some of her lines. Although this could have caused major issues, we overcame this by using the blocking technique we had learnt in our Production Skills seminars. This allowed us to film the whole scene multiple times form different angles, meaning that we can cut each take wherever the actress had trouble delivering her lines.
After today's shoot I was once again very impressed with how professional everyone on set was. This was very important to help make the shoot as efficient as possible.
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