Shoot went great!

Sunday was bloody freezing, but we got through it. we lacked our extras so we may have to go back and shoot more after the Easter holidays since some of the smaller scenes are missing, same can be said for the other 2 days actually. Extras were what let us down since there's alot of small roles in the film. The alleyway stuff turned out pretty good, and so did the Office scenes between Joe and The Boss, Pete Noble is fantastic! The Studio stuff could be hit or miss, we didn't have a whole lot of space since one of the other students is building a set in there. thankfully the studio can be used anytime so there's opportunity to re-shoot, im also not 100% happy with the costume, it lacks a logo on his chest.

The film is now about 80% in the bag though, and everyone has done a great job. Had a little look at the footage but Editing will have to wait until after the Easter Holidays, should be fun.

Lunch after a hard mornings work!

Some great footage, looking forward to the edit!

Had a rehearsal, Shooting on Sunday!

we got all the crew together today for a rehearsal, it was great. Chris Griffiths is playing Joe, even though he wasn't my first choice Id've liked Paul or Andy but neither are available anytime soon, Chris was great to have as a backup anyway. and Pete Noble our Boss, read through was great and i let them know what the plan was. everything's set to go. Alex showed us the costume in progress, it should be finished next week but Chris tried it on anyway.

Found a new office!

The Office has quite possibly been the hardest one to find, wive been to the CNE, Durham and Hartlepool councils, and Teesside University and none of them could help us, today Mike B told us about the Creative Lodge over the road from our college where an office space wasn't being used, is big and spacious meaning we can get the camera everywhere, and the desks are sectioned off, its pretty awesome. Its a bit too big and posh for what i had in mind but its the best we've got, and doesn't cost anything. we can fit the track and dolly down the middle aisle anyway. need to move a few PC monitors and keyboards and we should be set!

Another busy week. Should be ready to shoot soon!

This weekend i finished the new script, which i sent off to the tutors and got feedback on today, Diane says its much better, i think its certainly a tighter script than it was before, though im not sure its how i wanted it to be i'll stick with it now as time is ticking on. Had a play around with the steadycam equipment, its awkward as hell but is pretty good and much better than handheld. i think we may use it.  I also forgot to mention that we had a session in the film studio against the blue screen where we tested and planned out how some of the special effects shots would go, when i get the time i'll have to have a look but it was pretty fun. we've also had a meeting with the council representative, our description of what we were going to do on the street seemed okay but he wants a more detailed risk assessment saying exactly what we are going to do, so craig is on that case.

Richard didnt like it that much, but i did when i had a try!

Craig against the blue screen. 

Blue screen ready!

Lighting board setup

This was an idea to get the image of Super Joe pushing something heavy.

Craig is hanging off the side of a building!

Had a busy busy busy week.

I've gone back and re-written the treatment for Super Joe and sent it off to the tutors for feedback, weve also had a couple more actors in to audition, and also got in touch with durham council about an office.

Paul Thompson came in on Monday afternoon, he's new to acting but really pulled off what Joe is supposed to be like, he was awesome. Yestaerday we had Pete Noble, who wasnt as good as Joe, if we were casting a real superhero he'd be perfect, but we did the script again and he played a great version of the Boss, im not sure were going to top it. He's also flexible so i think we have our first definite character.

and Today weve been to Durham County Hall, Craigs mam works there so she set us up with someone who could help us with an office, we never got to see anything however as the locations they had available were all off-site. though will be good if they can help.