Day 4 - 1 to go.

Directing: When your in charge of a large group of people - Morale is important. But youve also got to worry about your shot, the acting, lighting -all that. So when ya start pushing for extra takes, more time, lighting changes - People can get uneasy which affects working conditions, which affects the film. So its important to find a medium. Where you can keep people happy and get the shots and all you want.

Daily Status
-monday morning - good start, great morale- affected by lack of Pizza.
- Film quality- Yer should be great
-monday night - Hurt by the lengthy shoot - long late hours - bad.
- Film quality- first day enthusiasm means the shoot was saved

-tuesday arvo - short scene, easy stuff - not a problem.
- Film quality - Nothing to worry about.
tuesday night- Luckily an easy shoot without alot of camera movement or dramatic acting - morale was however affected by the looming time and lack of food.
- Film quality - Plenty there to work with, More than enough - Nick Cleary is staying confident

wednesday morning - Out doors -weather conditions were a bit of a let down
Film quality - all good baby
wednesday night - rain, a sketchy schedule and a stressed out director meant morale was heavily effected.
Film quality - Half the stuff - pure Gold, simply given the actors and location were outstanding. Other Half - Im confident can be saved by the edit. Action sequences are a pain to shoot, a joy to edit.

thursday morning - a little stressed all round - however given the promise of food and the comfort of indoors meant we finished early. Some memorable performances for sure.
film quality - Oh yer - its gewd!
thursday night - Morale was at an all time high as we steadily worked through the schedule, we were well fed and looked after aswell. The location and quality of the filming kept people smiling - even Nick Skeer.
film quality - Probly the best stuff you'll see in the film.

Friday...lets see how we go aye.