Kelly

Monday was our third day of production. We were shooting parts of both the first and second episode.  We began our eight hour shoot early in the morning and it went into the evening. The proceedings of the day flowed very smoothly, most likely because of all the preproduction in place.  Our crew began with high spirits, and throughout the day everyone, including our actors, seemed to be enjoying themselves. This made the actors enthusiastic and seem more comfortable around the camera and crew. This was important to us because our series is character-driven and we needed the actors to be confident in their ability to step into energetic roles. Despite us having a good time, we were also maintaining our professionalism because we stuck to our assigned roles for the day. While we selected locations around RMIT to shoot at that were not busy, with our luck, there were people coming in and out all day. It was unfortunate because these sites are usually empty. It was hard for our cinematography team and sound department to deal with the extra chatter and doors slamming in the background. Yet, we managed to reset after each interruption and ended up with multiple clean shots. It was also helpful that the creative team was decisive and open to ideas, and that the technical team was careful about getting precise takes and knew their equipment thoroughly. This was another great experience on a set and working with actors. So far we have not had a negative one, perhaps due to all the planning our group does beforehand. Now we look forward to seeing the edits, and hope that our next shoot on Wednesday is just as successful as today.