Mood Whiplash (Blog 7)

 

And back into the fray way quicker than expected.

Since last week’s deflated tone, things have suddenly moved forward very rapidly in development. I had another meeting with Geraint who informed me that Paul Andrew, who he had suggested to me at the start of the term, was available to shoot my film, but only if the shoot happens within the next week as he’ll be committing to another project right after. I was further encouraged by his good relationship with Geraint and his professionalism and approachability, and the various projects he’d worked on before. All this combined with me not hearing back from Sam, who I had contacted last week, I have decided to power ahead and bring the shoot forward from the estimated shoot period of late October. We will now shoot on Saturday 10^th, Monday 12^th, and Tuesday 13^th. This does cut into Matt’s shoot even more than planned; we’ve had to discuss rearranging various dates to accommodate one another’s shoots, which has not been ideal, as I don’t want to disrupt his shoot anymore but we both agreed this would be the best window for me to shoot mine.

I met with Paul earlier today at Pontio café, to discuss the visual side of things, such as the feasibility of certain shots, particular framing techniques and shot composition that work with the tone of the scenes and the subject matter of the film. It was an encouraging meeting, though he could tell I was quite nervous. Which I was.

In my head it feels like there’s a lot riding on this film. I want it to be good. I want to improve as a filmmaker, but also show what I’m capable of doing. I don’t know when the next opportunity will come along for me to make a film, so I want to have something I’m proud of to show what I can do. And I only get the one shot of that. So, I really hope I don’t screw it up.

But I have faith in this film. I feel something special can be made here. Stay tuned.

Estimated shoot dates – 10^th, 12^th – 13^th October 2020