Tonight we are about to do our first crack at filming establishing shots, as we have no actors. The ad has just gone up on Starnow but unfortunately the only applications are for the singer, who doesn’t even sing. I really wanted a drag queen for this part because she would be a lip synching professional, but the group agreed that drag queens were a handful to work with. I’d gladly take a armful if we could get a sweet queen in a sequin dress but it’s a minor role so I’m not going to arc up about it.

If we get an older woman I want her to look a bit beat, from the wrong sides of the track, she is the club regular, performing for an audience of five, dressing for an auditorium. I just saw the movie Patti Cake$ at MIFF and the mum character is brilliant. This bar scene doesn’t have the performance in it but the set design and production design nearly mirror the bowls club (mirror ball more like it).

The weather looks a bit scary tonight but once again it’s shot at night so it shouldn’t matter too much. We will be using my camera which I’m a little concerned about. The quality isn’t brilliant in my opinion. I really want this to be cinematic and crisp, really well made. Maybe we should hire a lens out? I think I’m being paranoid because no one else can see the dip in quality in the footage.