I've said this before...

I've said this before, so I am wary of repeating myself.
But this past Sunday we finished the last of the planned shooting. How is that for a caveat. Only a year late!
JC and I had planned to watch the rushes at iLab last evening but they weren't ready yet. So we have the DV dubs and on Saturday I planned to begin capturing. This includes not only the cafe scene and girl's night scenes, but the car/argument and club/bar scenes as well.
I am now going into the next editing session with some trepidation. I can no longer hide behind the excuse that we still had more material to come. This is it. I have to say that, for better or worse, this is what we have to work with.
And how long will it be? And how can I give shape and pace?
More on that to come...

Next...

Just a quick update to say that we are shooting the cafe scene, and the girl's night scene this coming Sunday. This is the last of my planned shooting, that is the end of production, other than the odd shot or pickup we will get in the next month or so.
And also to say that JC were at the lab on Tuesday to take a look at the footage, and other than one shot that was a tad soft everything went well. I have not had a chance to place the footage into the edit yet. That will wait until after Sunday.
I can't say how much I am looking forward to getting back to the edit.

Photos of the club/bar scenes

So JC and I still have not made it down to the lab to see the footage, so I can't report back on our sucess or failure. I am still nervous about the whole thing. This day was probably our most costly relative to the number of minutes we shot. I wouldn't want to do it again.
I think there are too many other things going, especially getting ready for our next shooting day on the 22nd.
We are planning to take a look this coming Tuesday, but in the meantime David's photos...













Fritz and I discuss shots. Fritz was our 1st AD.














Lukas was JC's First Camera Assistant














JC adjusting lights. He had lights! This is probably the second time we had more than practical lights.


























The scene begins with Paul and Claire getting settled in.















Two of our extras doing their part to be a part of the scene.






































Thelma worked as our Bargirl, here talking to one of her regulars.


























Paul cues up at the bar.














Thelma behind the bar.














Bruno helped us organise the crowd.














Amy was JC's second assistant.






































Fred and Flora on the dancefloor. This is what it was about.

Club scene...

Just a quick note to say that we shot both the argument and the club scene on Sunday and it all went well. The footage went in yesterday and we expect an answer tomorrow. More news then, along with David's great photographs.