Production diary

02/04/14 - Had a small production meeting with the actress. We measured up for making the costumes. We decided on the material we are going to use. I also went through the plot with her so that she knew exactly what she was doing. She is looking forward to drowning the teddy bear and destroying the toys. ... Which is a little suprising for a young girl but at least she's enthusiastic.

05/04/14 - Script is officially finished. It's been proof read and improved as much as I can.

16/04/14 - The first dress has been completed and i'm very happy with it.

18/04/14 - The teddy bears were made and are ready for filming.

19/04/14 - Village hall is booked for filming.

21/04/14 - The second dress has been finished and it looks good.

23/04/14 - The mini stage and shadow puppets have been made.
               - The shot list was also finalised.

25/04/14 - Booked a shotgun mic out for the weekend for filming.

26/04/14 - Tested mic and found it had an acid leak and was unusable. I had to resort to using the camera's sound recording.

27/04/14 - Full day filming. All the filming is complete and it all went very well.
               - This is the shot list after filming. Each shot was highlighted after it was complete.

30/04/14 - Watched back footage and am really not fond of the dialogue. I have decided to complete cut all lines and make this film silent. Using overlayed titles to portray the lines. I chose to do this for creative reasons because I feel like the style and story of my film becomes less serious and effective with dialogue.

02/05/14 - Started editing and put together my clips in order.

09/05/14 - The rough cut is complete to be giving to someone to have the music composed. But Final Cut Pro's export did not work and created a green, grey, pixelated version of my film that was freezing every shot. I can not take it home for music to be made.

14/05/14 - I was finally able to export a working version of my film for music to be made this weekend.

15/05/14 - I started colour grading my film and completed that process.

16/05/14 - I continued to make the silent film titles and continue with any written work that needed doing.