Week 7 - 06/03/2012

No class – running week 

1st Day – 5 MarchI received an e-mail very early in the morning stating that Luke and I were not needed because of lack of transport. Basically the crew went to Wigan to go and film, so I think they really didn’t want a lot of crew with them as they were taking the train. So I did get to run on the first day, but apparently tomorrow, we will be filming in a house.

2nd Day – 6 March

Received a call sheet early in the morning telling us where to meet and where we would be going. I arrived at the Wraith HQ room on time (yaay me) and was greeting by the First AD, Michael Pettit – who I knew from last year because I ran for his groups pitching film. 

Everyone else in the room was really relaxed and friendly towards us which in turn made me less nervous.

Luke and I were the runners for today, so we had to carry a few pieces of equipment to the first location which turned out to be a house in Plungington.

One thing I remember when we arrived at the location was that it was very busy – there was equipment lying around everywhere (which we had to move) and the kitchen was a mess (But I was later told that it was purposely done for one of the scenes).

We didn’t do much in terms of running, at that location. Liam and Anthony (the other half of our group) were pretty busy getting cutaway shots for their making of, but Luke and I were just hanging around with nothing to do.

The next location was Moor Park where we stayed for a few hours – but in terms of running – we still didn’t do much.

Overall I felt the day was a bit slow, the only thing that kept me going was the thought that something interesting might happen (but it didn’t). As runners we were not actually needed on set which was a bit frustrating because I really wanted to live the full experience. Getting to know the cast and crew was the highlight of the day. Those second years sure are funny and the acting from the cast was amazing (especially one of the leads – Lucy). I can’t wait to see what the following days hold, so I’m still pretty excited.

Day 3 - 7th March 

I was extremely ill when I woke up this morning, which meant I couldn't go on set. But I thought it was better to stay at home and recover, rather than go out and somehow disturb the shoot because I end up passing out in a corner somewhere. I told Luke to make sure he captured some good cutaways so hopefully he’s done that.

Day 4 – 8th March

Today was my last day on set and probably the best day, just because it was now my turn to film cutaways and such.

I must say I got really good shots of Dom setting up Kino’s and Arri’s and Sam using a steadycam WHICH I HAD NEVER SEEN BEFORE. Luke and I took it turns filming, but I was really on the ball because as soon as I saw something happening, I would grab the camera and start recording.

I remember recording an amaaaazing birds eye view shot of Sam filming from the top of the stairs. 

Overall I thought this day was great mainly because of how confident I was with the camera, I got some really good shots (and I’m not one to brag about my work). I must say I was super proud of myself - I gave myself a pat on the back 