New year first post

2010 New Year first post! Now that christmas is over its time to get down to business once more. Dissertation inevitably took priority (involving a lot of nights of disrupted sleep, anxiety and frustration etc etc but got there in the end and now on the home stretch)

Now to crack on with the film and make a good job of it. A lot of snow and it is really a mixed blessing. On one hand, it may well make the shoot incredibly problematic but on the other hand, there is potential for some really good photography. As I have the intentions of shooting it with a stills camera instead of a HD, it allows for further potential and a slightly simpler shoot with fewer technical problems to worry about.

There are two spanners in the works though.

The first one being the fact that the church I originally intended to shoot the funeral scene won't allow it due to association with the Devil. Understandable to a degree but presented a problem as to shooting in a graveyard. However, I have found a fairly derelict one a mile or so away.

The second is extras for the funeral scene. I have had very little luck so far and would very much like to do a few wide shots. (Possibly as a homage to Doctor Zhivago but mainly because of the striking imagery and there will be very little potential for overuse of close up in my opinion.) I won't need many, possibly about ten or so and they'll have to get transport to the location and back. Emily (who'll be playing the Devil) could double up as an extra for the long shots and wide shots and her boyfriend kindly passed on that he would be willing to play an extra. I won't need a huge amount, just enough to make a small crowd. Ten would probably be the minimum but accessability is one of the biggest problems.

At a push I COULD ask some of my former neighbours as I used to live very close to the location but that would be at very short notice so the likelihood of their participation is still fairly low.

I think Dave has already gone to do his shoot today, not sure whether the weather will be a problem for him or not, pity though because I DID offer to help out in some way or other...

six days and counting.