For Day One, Part One, click here!For Day One, Part Two, click here!For Day Two, Part One, click here! Sorry for the delay between posts – I’ve only been able to grab snippets at the computer for the last fortnight. Where we we? Oh, the choir practising Christmas Carols or suchlike out in the back …
Production: Day One; Part Two
Catch up on Part One here. Knowing that Markus had the kind of giggles that makes everything hilariously funny, I took him out of the room, off set and calmed him down away from the rest of the cast and crew. He managed to regain enough composure to continue on with the scene – he …
We’re Wrapped!
Wow. So it’s two days after we’ve wrapped and the dust has settled and all the cast and crew have headed back into normality. The shoot went really well, regardless of problems that cropped up here and there and we got everything we needed to shoot shot, so that’s always a good thing. I am …
The Countdown: Five Days Until We Shoot
It’s Monday already? Gosh, where did last week go? We’ve been busy in the ‘With A Little Help From Our Friends’ production office (and by that, I mean we’re all working out of our respective bedrooms) and suddenly we’re five days out from shooting. This week is out last chance to get everything in place …
Of Learning Lines and an Abundance of Laughter: First Rehearsal
Sunday morning dawned chilly and frosty but it didn’t deter me – it was our first rehearsal day for With A Little Help From Our Friends. First rehearsals are pretty special things. You get the cast coming together for the first time. You often get the main heads of department showing up as well to …
Pre-Production: Auditions Part 05
For my previous posts on auditions, choose the one you want and click: A Cautionary Tale, Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4. When we last left talking about auditions, we were nearly ready to have the actors walk into the space and do their thing. Before you get there, you have to book …
Pre-Production: Auditions Part 04
More in the auditions saga (A Cautionary Tale, Part 1, Part 2, Part 3). Where you hold your auditions is also important. You want somewhere that has enough space for the actors not to feel inhibited but, as it’s for a low/no budget film, you don’t want to have too much physical space between you …
Pre-Production: Auditions Part 03
The casting call. It’s tough. Like I outlined in my post from earlier this week, the casting call is your pitch to actors. You want to inspire them to get involved in the project. You want them to take the time to click the ‘Apply’ button. You want them to want to give up their …
Pre-Production: Auditions Part 02
You’ve got your script. You’ve conned someone into being your producer. You’re starting to get the locations together, you’re thinking about what camera you’re going to shoot on but you need one of the most important departments of filmmaking sorted before you move too much further forward. The actors. Without actors, you don’t have much …
Pre-Production: Auditions – Part 01
I am delighted to report that regardless of any qualms or nerves expressed in previous posts, the auditions for With A Little Help From Our Friends went mind-blowingly well. I’ll break down the process during the week, but in summary (at the beginning, I know, it’s a bit weird) we had: – Roughly 100 applications …