Big week for our film Milk Run (we changed titles to make it a bit more appropriate to the general arc of the film, also allowed us to do a joke in the piece that would have been a bit too on-the-nose beforehand).

We started with a small filming on Monday, but due to a variety of issues (namely super inconsistent weather and time restraints), ended up re-filming a lot of what we had on Wednesday morning. It was a little frustrating, but we got ourselves to a good point, now having filmed half the film already (with hopefully little need to go back and re-do anything)!

Wednesday was a long day, especially for myself and Daniel who had tasks the entire day. Busy from 9 AM to 8 PM was a long shoot, and hopefully we get the reward for it. I’d be lying if I said I wasn’t a little concerned about the video and audio of the piece, but waiting for the edit before I begin to really worry.

Acting and directing is also quite difficult. I’ve done it before but it’s been a bit of a minute. I’m the main character in the film, Max, and I was often so focused on the logistics of the shoot and getting everyone into the right positions that I didn’t actually pay that much attention to how I was acting. I’m hoping it comes out okay. We shoot again on a different location on Sunday and I am hoping I get to focus on my performance more. I’m also just very anxious about the film being just good, and as a result am paying high attention to the production quality. However that has come at the sacrifice of time, so I am glad we discussed earlier about wanting it to be showreel worthy in our group contract, because I am trying to keep people motivated on the long days while being committed to that idea, because otherwise it’d be a hard ask, especially when we went over time in some places.

However, something that I am really happy with so far is I’ve actually realised the film is a lot funnier than I originally expected it to be. Something about seeing some of these things visually has definitely made them significantly funnier, and my co-star, Matt, has done an amazing job as Charlie in our film and I was really impressed with how we brought his scenes to life (just hoping we have maintained some consistencies visually and audio-wise!).

Also want to give a big shout-out to Daniel in particular, who put in an absolute mammoth day with a heap of tasks and was on top of everything. Really allowed me to put my attention to directing and hopefully can do that even more come Sunday.

This scene was surprisingly taxing, but pretty fun to act in.