Studio Shoot - Day 1

Day one of the studio shoot was a very special day for everyone in group A. There had been a lot of planning that had gone into this production so it seemed that everyone involved was keen to do the best they could. We had an early start for the day as there was a lot to do in our 48 hour time frame. The day started at 8.30am and filming was scheduled to start at 9.30am, this gave the lighting team time to set up the appropriate lights for the scene and also gave me a chance as 1st AD to go around and make sure that everyone was calm and happy with how everything was going. The first two hours of filming went really well and we were ahead of schedule. The studio we were in was quite small having 13 people all in one space as well as this there were powerful lights that were constantly on throughout the shoot which radiated lots of heat. Because of these reasons it was important that we took regular breaks throughout the day which gave the lighting and camera teams a chance to change over their equipment without being bombarded with other crew members around them. We continued on with the shooting after the break and everything seemed to be going very well, where we'd lose a bit of time in some scenes we'd make up for in others. There were points throughout the day where some crew members didn't see eye to eye but all was resolved and no shooting time was lost over it. After a long day of shooting in the studio for hours it was clear that everyone including the actors was very tired. We cut for the day and managed to get exactly what we planned to film as the director liked it.