FILMS: Desperate Measures & Highly Recommended.
ROLES: Acting.
Ah yes, the beginning of something beautiful. This was the first time we had been in a group together and it was really an experiment of getting used to each other while at the same time getting to know each others personalities and quirks during our first production. As I joined the group late, the main roles had already been decided, so acting what was set upon me, this didn’t bother me in the slightest as I had plenty of previous acting experience anyways. I was a tad nervous though after reading the script for ‘Desperate Measures’ as I’d read that my character whilst nervously waiting for an important meeting gets, hmm I don’t know how to put it nicely… Diarrhoea. So basically I had to perform in front of a group of people I didn’t really know all to well but the group were very welcoming and extremely well prepared when I arrived on the morning of the shoot which ultimately put me at ease, which was a good sign that this group was going to be a good one in the long run.
I chose to act in the second film as well because I loved the script and the character I ended up playing in ‘Highly Recommended’. But I also wanted to get more of a sense of how each other roles like Directing, Sound, Cinematography etc, played out in the hands of fellow group members. So whilst between takes I could get a good view of what each person was doing and how they had their own individual processes. The group as a whole communicated well and it was a streamlined shoot with literally no issues besides maybe some minor script changes due to improvisation from myself and the fellow actor. The set design for this film was amazingly thought out and prepared before shooting commenced which meant we had maximum time for and to get any sound effects that were needed.
All in all these first two films gave me great incite and confidence to fulfil other roles in the future.
Diet Coke Productions 