May 11th, 2015.

I have been in contact with the ‘City of Yarra’ council. They will be contacting me shortly to notify me of the progression of my application of filming at the Fairfield Park. They seemed quick to respond. I am confident that everything will be sorted within the appropriate time frame.

I am picking up the gear at 1:30pm on Wednesday. My cast/crew will not be arriving on set until 3:30pm. I am going to visit the location prior to their arrival and begin testing my proposed shot types. One is quite complicated, this shot has been described in my Week 9 blog post. I am going to test film this shot on location. I will also test colour, contrast and adaptations to the weather conditions. These tests will be posted to the blog Wednesday night before I begin editing the scenes.

The more prepared I am prior to the arrival of cast and crew, the more fluent the shoot will be. I will need to quickly adapt to the conditions on the day. Each day, the weather is constantly changing. This is a concerning factor.

I will also need to remember to bring my computer and hard drives in order to back up footage if I run out of space on my CF card. NOTE TO SELF: remember that!

I have arranged for the important prop – the wheel chair! I will bring this up to Melbourne with me.

The next progress report will be on Wednesday.