PRODUCTION DAY 2
Day 2 started off a little bit less stressful. The sets had already been dressed yesterday so we didn't have to worry about getting in too early to sort that out. Our plan for the day was to shoot scenes 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, & 11. Basically the only scenes we weren't going to do were the ones with the security guard in them as we're doing them next weekend on our third shoot day.
Once the actors had arrived and we had set everything up, I began blocking them through scene 5, which was a pretty simple scene I had planned to do in one shot. We rehearsed it a couple of times, and it became clear to me that one shot would not be enough coverage, so I had to come up with some additional shots there and then. I added some close ups in, as the one shot was only a wide that tracked with the action. We needed the additional shots in case we needed to speed up the pacing of the scene in post.
As we were filming the scene, our actress had to keep reseting her hair and make up in between each take as she had to take a mask off mid scene. I'm very glad that she was keeping continuity for us, however it was time consuming, so after we had finished the wide shots, we did all of the close ups with the mask already off. Hopefully this won't become an issue when we try to cut the scene together in post.
After a short break we moved onto our exterior scenes. We had to wait for it to get dark outside to do so. Unfortunately, even though we had rescheduled, we still couldn't avoid the snow. It started to snow as we were setting up. I didn't want this to effect our continuity so I decided that I didn't want to shoot any exterior shots. These were the only shots we could do that day. The rest of the cast and crew had to convince me to do it because I really didn't want to.
Eventually it did stop snowing and so we started shooting scenes 2 & 11. The two scenes take place in the same location and use the same camera positions and framing so we shot them both at the same time. It snowed on and off throughout the shoot but we had to deal with it. I ran the actors through the blocking, which didn't take too long because they were sitting in a car for the duration of the scene. Because the weather conditions kept changing I wanted to film as quickly as possible so we didn't spend a lot of time rehearsing.
As with before we started with the widest shots and then moved in for the close ups and additional coverage. Once we had finished filming those scenes, we decided to wrap. We couldn't do any other exterior scenes because the weather conditions were pretty bad, and we wanted to ensure all cast and crew could get home. We will have to make time for scenes 1, 3, & 4 next weekend.
Unfortunately the weather couldn't be helped and it really did disrupt our schedule. We are now behind schedule and will be throughout the entire third shoot day. We will have to start earlier next weekend to try and resolve this. It will be a long day.
Overall I think the day could've gone better. The weather really did screw us over. Here are some behind the scenes pictures from the day:
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