ACROSS THE POND

Across the Pond

Today was an early start for everyone. I arrived at the meeting location at 8.15am, like on the previous day I was unsure of what my job role would be again today. The crew was slightly smaller and some job roles had to be juggled about to get the most use out of the crew and their skills. The original plan was to film at the Bed and Breakfast (B&B) first but because of a small mix-up with times this was altered. Once the cast arrived everyone headed over to the B&B and crew members began setting up the set. To save wasting time Brendan decided it would be best to get some re-takes of James and Angie in the street. (This was originally scheduled to happen later in the day.)

Again Javier gave me the role of Stills Photographer. This meant returning with a few crew members and cast to the previous location. While Javier and Charlotte (James and Angie) were getting ready to film the re-takes I got the chance to talk to Sam Morris (Camera Operator) about his previous experiences and how he came about doing this project.

Brendan, Sam and Kayleigh were discussing a variety of different ways to film the re-take. Javier had made the decision he wanted the road sign ‘Landemann Circus’ in the shot. The shot had to be taken a number of times because of some traffic and public interruptions.

Once we had completed the scene, the cast and crew went inside for cups of tea and coffee to warm up before heading back to the B&B.

The B&B was fairly small, with very little space for crew to move kit about. While the bedroom scene was being filmed only Sam, Brendan, Kayleigh and the actors were allowed in due to spacing issues, the rest of the crew remained in the hallway and on the staircase. Because the spacing was an issue I was unable to get some good action shots of the cast because I was unable to get near the set, but I managed to get some pictures of all crew members at work.

I personally think Javier and Brendan had a great crew volunteering on the project because everyone worked extremely well as a team!