"Why does everything in my life have to be such a complicated disaster?"

We must be cursed...

On Thursday night- the night before we were set to film - at around 11pm, one of our group members got a text message (not even a phone call!) from the main actor in our film, telling us that he had to pull out due to "prior commitments". We also lost the supporting actor, as he was a friend and was in the same performance group. We were 9 hours away from our allotted shooting schedule, and our only two actors had pulled out of the film.

We were due to shoot in Wolverhampton at 8am the next morning, and our equipment was booked out for that time only - it was going to be near-impossible to book out the same gear again in time for us to book other actors. We emailed John Bradburn expressing our concerns, but by the time we woudl get a reply, we'd probably be in Wolverhampton filming.

We decided that two of our group members would have to bite the bullet and step into the roles left by the actors. We got into Wolverhampton for about 9am, and filmed for most of the day in the areas we had chosen.

Yet another massive problem we hit was that one of our original locations - and the area for the most complicated shot in the film - was invaded by construction workers who weren't there when we originally scouted the area. There were cars all up and down the road, builders walking around the area, and various diggers ripping chunks out of the floor right in the background. The location was obviously a bust, so we had to find another location on the fly. We went with a long, almost unused road near a construction supply site which provided us with a place to film, but being almost totally different from our first location, we had to rethink our shot plan. Originally, we planned to track backwards, focused on the main character as he runs down the road. Then, when he reached the corner, the camera would slow down, allow the actor to run past to the left, and then the camera would fall in behind the actor, tracking forward as he ran on. Obviously, with no buildings or corners at our new locations this whole shot plan had to be nixed. So, we decided to have a simpler tracking shot in front the main character as he runs down the street, which you will see in the finished film.

Jason's phone was on hand all day to take some pictures during production, so if you want to see some of our photos, you're in luck, because they're coming soon!