Day22 18/02/08

Day 1 of production...

We went through alot like handling the camera, the lightings, background noises, equipments & accidents on the set.

Yes, accident on the set. I was trying out some angles from the top view, so I put the dvcam & the tripod on the table. Little did I realise that it was so unstable that when I was getting down from the table, it fell hard on Wendy's head.

I felt so guilty about that immediately Raj & Greg went to get ice packs while I tend to Wendy. It must have been a hard knock for it affect the stabilty of momemtum. I think she also puked in the washroom due to dizzy spells...oh no.

It was fortunate that she regained composure later on, we advised her to take the day off and head home, so she did. Yea, Rai & Greg were making fun of me...inside joke.

Later on, we started filming on Greg. He sure took a long time with the script. I can't really blame him, after all, it was Raj and I that compiled the script, thus, we would know better than him.

Problems surfaced as we move on to the shoot. We had to refrain the people there from walking through the set & creating a din. It wasn't easy, some people just don't understand English, I don't really blame them. Besides, we had no rights, so we will have to bear with it.

I feel really tired then, after taking a 5 minute nap, I woke up refreshed and Raj finished editing the script to fit the alocated time limit, which I thought was really short.

We had a bad tripod that cannot turn smoothly thus I decided that its time to use real skills of the hand.

It wasn't easy at all. I tried many methods to keep the dvcam as stable as possible through thing I learnt from video fundamemtals like holding half breath leaning close to my body and etc.

After like 2 to 3 hours of filming, we got it done, I felt that it was a real accomplishment & a good start even though we took so long. I learnt many things throughout the duration of filming too...We'll carry on. =)

Crewsader out...