I’m taking a little break so I thought I’d post an update of what’s been happening in regards to Shattered Pieces. Today, Andrew, KC, Pete and I met up on Paul’s Walk at 11:30am. While KC and Andrew sorted out the schedule and logistics of the shoot, Pete and I went over the blocking of scenes and the camera shots we’ll be using.
We then went over to see the Bus Stop that Andrew had managed to lock down. We’re going to have the bus stop to ourselves for the whole day, which is great. Pete and I went though the blocking and camera shots again.
Unfortunately, the alleyway location had to be changed because of the inconvenience our filming may cause to residents. So, we headed over to the new location Andrew had found. The whole look of it was great, but there was an annoying bollard at the “entrance” of it. After about 10 minutes of “ooh-ing” and “aah-ing”, we finally agreed that there was nothing that could be done about it, and that Andy Ormes would just have to dress it up a bit with his posters. After going over the blocking and camera shots for this location, we all went off.
Pete went off to get the camera equipment and KC went home to sort out the call sheets and scheduling.
Andrew and I decided to check out the office interior on Cannon Street for next weekend’s shoot. There were several to look at, but I saw one that could really work with this film, and it was quite big. Andrew will be sorting that out, but that’s for next weekend. Right now, I’ve got to focus on this weekend!
Anyway, I’m off to prepare some notes for my actors. Then I’ve got to chase everybody up on getting the insurance papers signed, and then go to the supermarket with my mum to get food and drinks for the shoot (because of the bank holiday weekend). I’ll try to post again tomorrow, the day before the shoot, but seems unlikely, and it will probably be another boring post about last minute planning and scheduling.
