After Tuesday’s meeting with the film crew and writers, I’m feeling far more confident with our production as we sorted out a lot of issues and concerns that we had and decided on 4 shoot days that worked with the cast and crew’s schedules:
- Monday, 2nd of October;
- Wednesday, 4th of October;
- Thursday, 5th of October;
- and Friday, 13th of October.
A few days ago I emailed the crew, obtaining details on their availabilities, in which most responded promptly. I then called them all today to properly introduce myself and confirm with the dates they had replied with.
Unfortunately, we had to let go of our actor for ‘Duncan’ due to uncertainty in schedules that would not allow us to work with him properly. This was a very strange experience to have to let an actor go, but we had to do what was best for our production and seeing as we are working in a limited time-frame, ambiguity around schedules cannot occur. Fortunately for our team, we were able to use one of our writers whom played the part of Duncan in the pilot. This will be extremely beneficial, as he understands the character very well and will know how to portray him properly.
I have notified all of the actors that a table read will be held on the 28th of September (Thursday next week) – along with the date of the table read, I sent out confirmation that they would be able to work the four days that we have chosen. Beth (director), Ben (production manager), Gaby (casting director), Heidi (writer) and I will be attending the table read as a chance to meet the cast – if we haven’t already – and discuss with them our plans for the production, provide them any feedback on performances and answer any questions they may have about the production. This table read will also include signing of release forms for the actors. Now, next on my to-do list: the filming schedule!
