Bouncing Variables

After myself and Vincent had prepared the "master rough edit" (best components of all of the edits compiled into one sequence), we got the HODs together to discuss a plan of action for pickups and re-shoots.

A few other points were raised on a few things that didn't really make sense story-wise and how we could fix those things when we head back into shooting.

From this meeting, Sarah (1st AD) has started working on updating the shotlist and putting together a 'wishlist' of shots we would really like to get if we have the time and budget. 

It has actually been quite a fractured week, firstly because people are still recovering from 48 Hour Film Competition last weekend (with heats over this weekend), and also because there have been a number of adjustments to our shooting plans. Lee (lead producer) had been working on securing a location for the greenscreen shoot, but we've been informed that the location probably won't be ready for another few weeks. Also, there is another film being shot this month and there was a bit of confusion on whether this might affect our shoot in terms of gear and crew. We also didn't know when the 48 Hour City Finals would be and if that might clash with our shoot dates as well, so it has been a little frustrating trying to work out how to fit the scheduling  jigsaw together. 

But the show must go on and there are other things we can turn our attention to in order to keep the cogs turning. The break in filming will give Dan (the director) the opportunity to run some rehearsals with the actors, which is something there wasn't time for leading into the last shoot.

I've managed to get the sound files from our soundie, so I can start work on the sound sync next week.

I also sent off an email to the guys at SIT-Pro about returning their gear. Communication, and our reputation with the people supporting us is something I wanted to make a top priority this year. 

I've started to push the PledgeMe campaign a bit more as well. We're into the last two weeks of the campaign so this is a good time to really ramp up the publicity. I'd also like to get the BTS guys to put some footage together for us and do a couple of promotional interviews to put up as an update for PledgeMe. 

As I mentioned before, there have been quite a lot of distractions over the last few weeks, so I think it's time we regroup again. I've written up the meeting minutes and sent that out to the crew so that everyone can process the events of the last couple of weeks and keep track of our deadlines. 

Busy week ahead - let's see how we go!