The proof is in the pudding. This post was written by Daniel Boocock. We were 3 hours over schedule, and the police were hanging on for me. As good as they were, I could tell their patience was being tested. It was freezing, assault rifles were blasting in a residential area at 2 a.m., there had been no time to rehearse the gunfight, I had hardly any crew, the guns themselves kept jamming, and I knew certain people had messed up many of the takes. There was no extra money, hardly any to begin with and I said to myself… I’m going to have to come back and do this all again with new people, only with tighter restrictions, no time to rehearse, fewer resources, and less freedom than what I originally had. I did a bit of wheeling and dealing, made a couple of moves here and there, and went back to shoot the gunfight a second time round at a later date as well as several other scenes. It turned out for the better given how overstretched things were and how little time there actually was but I’m under no illusions that that’s the way it is until the big backers are involved. Read More...
Published By: NoFilmSchool - Monday, 5 June, 2023