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Shattered Pieces

Production Meeting

April 7, 2009

Today has been long and tiring, and it’s only 6.30pm! I think it’s more tiring mentally, or probably because I haven’t been sleeping properly.
To start the day, I met Andrew Ormerod (Location Manager) at Liverpool Street at about 10am. He drove me around London, showing me the different alleyways and cafés he had found.
It was [...]

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The Story of Shattered Pieces

April 6, 2009

I can’t sleep, like most nights, so I thought I might as well get round to sharing the actual story behind Shattered Pieces. I wanted to keep it a surprise for when the film is finished, but there’s no point of keeping a production blog if nobody understands what I’m doing!
I won’t give away too [...]

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Newspapers

April 5, 2009

I’ve just finished the shot-list for the short film, and sent it to the Assistant Director, KC Thiruchelvam. We begin shooting on the 11th April, so only a few days to go! It’s going to be intense.
I have also received the newspapers which I have had specially made. They will be used in the backgrounds of [...]

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Meeting the Actors

April 1, 2009

Today I got to meet the actors I have chosen to play the two leads, for the first time since auditions. They are Drew Dillon, who will be plaing Ted, and Claire Garvey, who will be playing Sara.
It was the first time the two of them have met, so it was really just for the three [...]

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Auditions

March 28, 2009

I’m writing this on my iPhone, knackered, so there may be a lot of spelling mistakes and things that don’t make sense. I’ll edit and correct it later when I’m not so tired.
As you may have guessed, today auditions for my short film, Shattered Pieces, were held.
It was my first time auditiong anybody (a lot [...]

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A New Project, A New Website

March 27, 2009

I do this a lot; start a new blog, usually when I start a new big project. Really excited and motivated: “This is going to be the blog. I will keep it updated all the time…” I do; for the first few weeks, but that eventually fades. Abandoned until the next big project.
Well, this time I’m making [...]

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