Camera, cars and mounts.

Today was the designated day off. But me, the Director, both Producers and the Production designer and Art Director (all our HOD's), spent the day working. We had to have a meeting regarding the lack of extras we need for both the wedding scene and the pub scene; whether we could shoot the pub location as two different places and with a lack of people. Despite the pub being empty thus we have it for a whole two days, the bathroom photos we saw were horrible so me and Stefan spent the morning looking around for a location- pub ladies toilets in Shorditch.

We sat down and nailed a time schedule for the two day wedding scene- pre light on Sat, crowds on Sun and other on Mon. We also have actors schedules...

Then our brand new AC dropped out. My old AC dropped by to return a camera and so I got her on board as a favour.

We worked out a new Wed schedule as we decided not to shoot the toilet we had. But later we went to see the location of the pub and the toilet was do- able so we are doing it tomorrow. After the toilet scene we go to Hamstead to shoot a sunset and then to Kilburn to shoot a exit from the speed dating scene.

Friday we shoot the cinema scene in the Phoenix Cinema (one of the oldest cinemas in London) and then we go back to the banks of the Thames to shoot the pick up fireworks.

Yesterday we shot night exteriors. Lights on streets with no permit we got there early and set up ready to go. I had come up with a cheap option car mount for our a la 'Anderson' shot and taped it to our Sound Recordists car. When it came to shoot, his car wouldn't start. When they tried to boot it from the 2nd AC's car, smoke car out of both. We ended up pushing the car around the corner into place to shoot it. It worked out despite the car, despite no permits and two nervous Producers. The car door opens, the car door shuts- in one take, no cut (see Punch Drunk Love) . We grabbed the off lisence scene in one shot too- a pan back and forth. We were going to go to Turnpike Lane to grab the walk and talk but decided that the area we were in was bright enough and quiet. We strapped the tripod to the back seat and got in and did a walk and talk with then crossing the road and walking on the road. It was difficult but it turned out pretty damn well considering. Also done in one two and half minute take- no cut. looks smoother than a Steadicam sometimes. Beautiful.

The RED One camera and Edgar, a 1st AC

The Gaffer, both AC's and the Director push the car into position.

A very difficult mount in passenger side of car. It JUST fit. I also JUST fit with it too.

Low budget film making at it's most ingenious. With the Canon 5D (as we cound't mount the RED on the door.
The JC CAR MOUNT (industrial Velcro and 2' camera tape)

Me and Stefan at midnight shooting from the back of a moving car boot.

- J