Weekly Updates- Week of 17th October 2011 (week 5)

The week of filming: We held a meeting on the 17th, making final arrangements for filming. I began creating the post questionnaire beforehand, to have it ready after we have filmed. I collated the location/actor release forms, call sheet, equipment list, scripts for each member of the team (including actors) and verified it was ok to film. The rest of the lesson we discussed how we would execute the filming, and went over what exactly needed to be filmed. Furthermore, all the costumes and equipment were stored in the classroom cupboard ready for use on the day.
The next day, as the director, I briefed all the actors on what exactly was required, and we conducted a brief run-through of scenes we wanted to include in the production. There was also costume-fitting conducted to make sure there would be no issues on the day.
The day of filming- 18th October (wednesday)
We were planning to film after school, as that time would be best for us because hallways and corridors would be empty for use and there would be no distractions whilst filming. However, we were not able to film that day as one of our actors had an emergency to attend to therefore not allowing us to film. As last resort, (as i really wanted to film) I went and found a plan B main actor, who was prepared to film on the day. Unfortunately some props were unavailable on the day as we were not able to access them therefore not allowing us to film. So I decided to film on another day, so that we would be even better prepared.
The rest of the week was half term, and the week after that, so I had set instructions to my team members to complete all paper-work and be extremely well prepared for the next date of filming. We decided as a group the 1st of November would be the day we'd film for definite.