I started doing a second short film, thinking that the script I wrote would be easier... little did I know, once you start something and it builds, twists turns and changes. I have just finished filming a the second project before the first due to location access, though it was a much bigger job. I intended it to be a simpler shoot, only two locations, house/apartment and a restaurant. First I rehears the script (a mate playing the girls part, always good for a laugh if you want one, men playing female roles with other men) out of the rehearsals came script improvements but also more scenes. Well then I got my hands on a brilliant location for the restaurant and I had to fill it, then I wanted a particular look which meant more time setting up for shots.
In the end, it worked out and the film looks good. It just shows, when you do short films you get a sped up, compressed version of the film making process, and it is glorious to witness. A small idea becomes a script, the script is brought to life in mesh of takes. Now you have to bring all the pieces that are floating there, out of order, in the hard drive and piece the best ones together as tightly and neatly as possible.
Here we go... Oh, some stills taken in between takes the middle one is of the crew that stuck around till the end.
