I know what you’re thinking. And no, we didn’t get to film Antonio Banderas today. OR DID WE?

Anyway, today we got together with some creative writing students and stepped out of our comfort zones of Room 10, Level 3, Building 9 and filmed in a new and exciting location. Which happened to be on Level 3, Building 9. I found it a fascinating experience, we went through almost all of the pre-production and production within 2 and a half hours, filming both a single shot of our Antonius Script (we chose Arthur’s whose had a well flowing script) and shooting to edit.

After we made makeshift props, I found the process of filming within the constraint of a single shot valuable. Firstly we all realised how to stage and block the shot to create a sense of depth within the scene. For instance, seeing as we didn’t have a steady cam to use at our own desire, we had to make do, so we instead of focusing on a lot of camera movement, Arthur thought it would be best to leave the camera relatively still so this wouldn’t cause distraction, and because of this, hopefully anyway, the pacing should be set by the movement of the actors.

I found the framing of the single shot pretty interesting to do, and I feel like the scripts vision was followed through this constraint. After that, we did the shooting to be edited, and that too allowed for a bit more freedom. Personally though I feel like the single shots simplicity was pretty interesting, and its that which contributed to more learning for me anyway. I probably spent a bit too much time on the sidelines instead of being in the action, but that too meant I got to learn some new and cool things so… yeah. AND FINALLY, I know you can’t take it anymore. You need to know if we shot with Antonio Banderas today.

And the answer is still no. That would be ridiculous.