My first day: National Paintball Fields at Bassetts Pole, Trickley Coppice, London Road, Bassetts Pole, Nr Sutton Coldfield B75 5SA
It was a long shoot, working around 15 hours for only a few shots. tedious, tiring, exciting, interesting; I learnt, a lot. We shot within the centre, a dialogue scene on a small incline. the finished scene lasted for only 5 minutes. We had problems with actors who read the wrong pages, arguments over safety and to my mind far too many takes.
Within the day I was part as the extras crew, sweating jumpsuit on a sweltering day. After all the fun elements we completed I was feeding, watering crew and actors, looking after equipment; cameras, chargers.
My second day: Second day at Dosthill Quarry, Church Road, Dosthill, Tamworth, B77 1LL
A longer day, much longer. I was given responsibility of keeping batteries charged for the camera's and monitor's. I was shown how to set up the monitor's for the cameramen. It was a much harder day, as we were shooting on a small cliff face and on water. It was quite a hike to the cliff face which overlooked the water, you had to walk around it through forest and wasps nests. The scene 's on the cliff face were the dream sequence and when the characters jump of the cliff face into the water. So many takes again for only a few minutes of film. Fun though. Health and safety was a must, having to sign a waver, because of the dangers of shooting with water. I was running back constantly to base to changer batteries, feed the crew and actors, relay messages. I got to document the film as it was being shot on camera which was ok. So some of my footage should be on the DVD. In fact I need the DVD.
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