In Thursday’s class, we took the time to debrief after our shoot and determine our next move. As we did not get a chance to delve into the thriller-esque moments on the previous Tuesday, we decided that a second shoot would be necessary so we could really hone in on the content of that style. However, we no longer had Christina as our lead actress so we needed to think fast and act quick.

Sarah came up with the idea to turn the focus on Damien and Ted to instead build a dynamic relationship between them. In this instance, Damien would be out new protagonist as Emily had (literally) gone missing. We all bound together to develop this new idea – which I actually came to really like despite it not being our original plan – and Jackson and Sarah volunteered to write the script:

See the full script by clicking here.

From this, Sarah and I devised the shot list. We discussed making another storyboard, but we found that this document was not as crucial to our practice. In our first shoot for example, we found ourselves constantly referring to the shot list, rather than the storyboard. Evaluating on this, we determined that the storyboard was not worth spending additional time making. Nonetheless, see below the shot list we collectively created:

To see the full shot list for scenes three and four, click here.

Throughout all this extended pre-production, I was in contact with Scott and Chris and informed them of our new intentions. Unfortunately the only day that they could both do was the upcoming Tuesday – of which only Sarah and I would be available to crew for. As there was seemingly no other option, we agreed on this date and booked this equipment from the techs.

HOWEVER, the plot twists again as Chris messaged me today (Monday) saying that he was no longer available to shoot tomorrow. SIGH. This put us in a inconvenient position as the only other time we could then all shoot would be the FOLLOWING Tuesday of week 12 – the week of our final presentation and a week before our final blogs are due. What seemed to be under control quickly turned manic.

Evidently, all these twists and turns have made our production schedule a little bumpy. We can say we’ve learnt to think on our feet by turning negatives into positives and grown accustomed to working under pressure. If we had more time, we would not have any difficulty turning out what we originally set to do, but unfortunately a few inevitable obstacles have set us back. At this point however, shooting again is not out of the question – I still believe it is do-able, especially seeing as we’re not expected to hand in polished pieces of work. In our consult with Jasmine, we established that we would assess the footage that we have and this would inform whether or not we should risk shooting again.