8 August, 2010
My film has a "play" scene in it. That is, a theatre production. So to make that happen, I had to book a proper venue, get proper props and costumes for the cast, get about 60-odd people as spectators and pull off the look of a play somehow within a day. I had been dreading this day for several months simply because of the sheer number of things that needed to be achieved within the day! And this was to be biggest scene I have ever shot!
And sure, several things went wrong. We had to reshoot a few scenes because we messed up costumes which in turn affected continuity of the scenes. We had to find creative ways to shoot within the weird layout of the stage and audience seating inside the venue. We had to ensure the lights are done proper because stage lighting doesn't always work for film. We had to make sure the 60 people turn up and co-operate and give a good performance. We had to make sure all the 100s of shots are achieved within the time allotted to them. In short, we had to achieve too much within too little.
The day passed in a whirlwind so much so that I don't even remember the details of the 15 hour shoot! But I do know that we managed to achieve all of the above. Thank God for that!
738 more to go.
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