That's a Wrap, At Last! (With Stills From Rob)

After a stressful 10 days or so with little sleep, it's a relief to have our final scene in the can. Thanks to Jacob's dedicated editing we're almost up to date with rough cuts, so it's hopefully uphill from here.

On a positive note, following the rather awful-looking cosmonaut suit we previously used, and the diminishing light in which we were forced to shoot, Jacob remembered that through his volunteer work at the Fire and Police museum, he had previously borrowed a very 50s B-movie spaceman-like suit, which was in fact for airport firefighters.

After seeing footage I immediately knew it was right for the project, and we scheduled a reshoot for today. Sure enough, it looks fantastic in comparison to our previous material!

Another stalled start occurred, though, when I was unable to wake anybody from their sleep at 11am (when we had been due to meet). Eventually we were ready to shoot, aside from one small issue: the producer had borrowed the SD card from the Marrantz recorder, something I'd forgotten about. He soon said he was on his way, from his flat 2-5 minutes' walk from our location. No less than 50 minutes later he finally arrived. 

In the afternoon we shot the first half of scene 1, rushing through to get done but maintaining quality and getting good coverage of each moment. Overall I'm pleased with today's shoot, despite a few issues with getting everybody on location. Shooting was also an uphill battle against distractions, and took a great deal of effort before each take to get everybody focussed and quiet.

Below are some location stills from the flat.