Mark's Blog

Friday 21st May to Monday 24th were four of the biggest days of my filmmaking life so far. We filmed for around 60 out of 80 hours, with a 21 hour stint on Saturday from 4am until 1am. It was worth it though. The quality of footage was tremendous and we shot the spine of the film. Everything hinged on this weekend. All of the strands we had shot so far came off this central story, so it was imperative to get it right. The weather was with us, bright sunshine, which was ideal. It was a little hot, but I wasn’t going to complain. Overall we were on schedule most of the time, bar Saturday night when we finished two hours late. We worked with the most number of actors yet and we had a great atmosphere on set all weekend. Considering how much we had to do, it was pretty relaxed, which helped everyone enjoy the shoot and give some terrific performances. We have been blessed with this film and I have been lucky enough to work with some talented, enthusiastic and dedicated professional actors who have done themselves enormous credit. It has been the most enjoyable shoot I have ever done and has definitely been a unique experience. I am talking as if it is over, but it isn’t, not quite yet anyway. We have just three days left, Saturday to Monday. Then, we should be wrapped. I can’t believe it is so close to the end. We seem to have been in production forever and the end always seemed so far off. I can’t believe we have done so much. So much thought, writing and planning has gone into the film and now it is nearly all shot. We started on Friday 9th April and all in all it will have been just over seven weeks in production. I am certainly going to be ready for a break… of an hour or two, before I start editing!