'The Hook Man' Shoot

The day came to shoot our second short, The Hook Man. It began by picking up all members of the crew at Church square at 5 o'clock. Once we had all the equipment loaded in the cars we waiting for our actors. Jack and Paul, after this we made our way down to our location. Me and John made some prop cigarettes to be used in the scene. While other members of the crew worked on setting up the rest of the equipment. 

Once the equipment was ready, I began working with the actors, blocking out the shots and running the dialogue in the scene. We ran the scene a few times until the actors felt comfortable, then we we're only waiting on the sunlight to start shooting. We needed the cover of nightfall for the continuity of the shorts.

Once nightfall came we ran into many more problems. We had brought one cool light and multiple little LED lights. The cool light was supposed to last for over an hour but after only about 15 minutes of use it decided to cut out. This left us with even less light. We cracked on with the exterior shots of this short, until a group of teenagers came over and decided to give us grief for the next ten minutes. I asked politely if they would leave us alone and after much reluctance they left us. However it left a bad feeling on the set. So we decided to push on and getting everything that was an exterior done and then move on to a quieter location.

It took us some time to find another location, once we found somewhere we really pushed on with everything and rattled off shots. Overall I would say the shoot went well, we handled our problems well and made good time. I feel the biggest problem with The Hook Man will be the lighting. We also didn't manage to get a few shots because we had forgotten a prop, so I think there will be a few pick up shots to get once we get into the edit.