'Open Till Late' rehearsals

Today we had our first (and last) rehearsal for our short film; 'Open Till Late'. Despite being behind schedule and not having much time left it all went quite well. It was the first time we had all three actors together in the same room, and the improvement from the first run-through and the final one was really impressive.

I think we all gained a lot of confidence, most of the pressure is now off the actors (providing their lines are learnt) and back on us and how professional and productive we are during the shoot.

Because we're filming in a shop, we can't start setting up until closing time (6pm on Sunday and 8pm Monday and Wednesday). The intention is to film through until 1am and then pack-down the equipment, even though the member of staff we're paying to supervise the shoot thinks he's finishing at 12. We want to trying and complete filming within two nights so we don't have to use the Wednesday, and then we have just under 3 weeks for post-production and the filming of a short scene in a separate location.

During post, I also have to put together all the documents for the hand in, including promo material and evidence of entrance into the film festivals. Along with:

– Evidence of group research

– Feasibility study

– Script drafts & camera script. Character bibles.

– Strategy documents for Direction, Camera, Sound, Edit, Art department, Production management.

– Production management documentation including contracts, release forms, location recces &

permissions, schedules, shot lists, storyboard, call‐ sheets, budgets, prop & wardrobe lists,

meeting agendas & minutes.

– Individual 2000 word creative reflection documents

– 4 X assessed Exercises (from earlier last term)

– Copy of festival entry form and your production’s promotional material

– Copy of film on DVD & Vimeo address for online version.

Luckily, it's my role as Producer that puts me in charge of all that.