Problem
We encountered our first filming issue almost immediately, as it happened before the camera even started rolling—one of our actors couldn't make it. Unfortunately, the teacher for one of our supporting actors did not allow him to leave class. Our whole script was written as if there were three supporting actors. Losing an actor meant we had to quickly rework our script on the spot. At first, the shots were easy to change from three supporting actors to two, but as we continued to film, the script no longer made sense with only two actors. So, we had to adjust our original idea, which meant adding more shots than we had originally planned. Our editor had her own shot list that I managed while she was acting. However, as the director, I also wanted a way to keep track of which shots we had completed to make planning for additional filming days easier. So, on my shot list, we decided the easiest way to add shots into our original script was by adding half shots. For example, the shot that needed to be in between 9 and 10 to maintain the film's chronology was announced as shot 9.5. This way, the rest of our shots would still match up with their description on the script.
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| 9.5 and 10.5 labeled to edit our shot list |
Even with this problem, filming went smoothly on day one since we acted quickly and efficiently to solve the issue. One of our supporting actors had a lot more screen time than originally planned to compensate for the reduced cast, but her acting was great and fit the film perfectly.
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| Our two supporting actors acting |
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