Sunday 10 February 2013

Short Trek to the Light



Whisper it.

It’s a wrap.



No! Sound this barbaric yawp across the rooftops of the world:



IT’S A WRAP!


Well, ok...I may re-record one of the interviewees (who had four words), and I may take a couple of shots to cover the other end of a short phone call, but these are luxuries. Everything I need for the film is now shot, thanks to the lovely Sarah Gillett, actress, singer and choreographer at Fight or Flight Productions, who stepped into the breach and made an admirable job of her first ever bit of film acting. She was also a good audience for the small segments of the film I showed her as context for her role – her reactions were very encouraging at this stage of the lonely editing process.



Hazel has no idea that Gypsy has plans to divert her


Other than that, I have been working non-stop to cobble together a rough cut to take and play on my brother’s swanky TV set-up in about ten days’ time. Work on the score is progressing, though I haven’t had time to check out too much of what Luke and Joe have been producing. I have encountered horrendous continuity problems, sound problems, coverage problems...there has been much gentle bumping of forehead on desk.



Sabrina has problems...and she's not the only one


But everything has just about hung together, and along the way I have renewed acquaintance with some lovely, all-but-forgotten moments of great acting and comic timing. It is also, um...pleasing... to discover that two actresses playing a romantic scene do seem to have more than a soupçon of chemistry, something I was far too preoccupied to appreciate when we shot the scene.



Gypsy has something to confess...


Putting together a soundtrack for the party scene it’s also pleasing to report that so far all the musicians I’ve contacted are more than happy to allow their music to be used for the film. (It probably doesn’t hurt that half of them are IN the film...)



The cover star of this mag may also be spotted during the film


So - onward. And today I even have a new photo that isn’t just grabbed from the footage, for a change…



Sarah looking a lot more approachable than her character...

2 comments:

  1. Congratulations, Tim. That's an achievement I provably couldn't manage! Very impressed!

    See you soon, I hope.

    David

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    1. Thanks, David - fortunately for my nerves the outcome was not in doubt once we shot the last scenes with the main cast back in August, but I never envisaged it taking this long to wind it up. You'll have an invite to the screening.

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