Production Diary: DAY THREE (04/01/17)

So it turns out the third day wasn't exactly the last day of filming. Nor was it on the date planned...

Funny story: the college at which we organised to film dance studio shots WAS CLOSED. Apparently, filming during the holidays means there is always a chance of facilities being unavailable. So, long story short, the filming was moved to 18 days later.

Finally, on the 4th of January we tried to film the dance scenes as well as some shots of Tory and Elle walking into the dance studio. Really, we only got about 4 usable shots. Problems on this day included:

1. The studio we needed to film in was occupied until the very last 20 minutes of our filming schedule

2. We tried to reshoot some scenes in the bathroom but the college was busy at this time, so people were going in and out and around the area constantly, interrupting the filming
3. I (Vicky) had very little time to teach the dancers the routine which cut into filming time
4. The lighting in the studio to which we temporarily switched to had terrible lighting that made footage unusable
5. The dance scenes were filmed with very low shutter speed, making the footage look unprofessional as it was difficult to make out motion

6. We didn’t have a Steadicam, as it was unavailable, so a lot of the shots turned out too shaky

So… overall pretty terrible.

The footage we have is usable so we will keep it in case we need back up. And at least the dancers got some good practice in for the routine! We have rescheduled to re-shoot next Wednesday, 11th of January. Let’s hope things going smoother this time and we actually manage to finish!