Lights, Camera, (bedroom) Action!

So, we are very happy to announce that the shoot for our comedy short film, Position Filled was a resounding success! Last weekend we took to Stratford's rather fabulous Staybridge Suites and managed to shoot every shot on the storyboard (and then some) in the space of just 14 hours. It was a LONG day but we ploughed on through thanks to the absolutely fantastic cast and crew assembled, and the utter ridiculousness of the screenplay (keeping us all highly amused along the way).

Our lead lady Juliet Catton was absolutely sensational as the fragile Helen whom attends an intense interview after an extremely heavy night of partying. Never before has it been so hard to stay tight lipped during a take and never before have we laughed so hard at the end of one. The panel of 3 interviewers (George Collie, Amanda Reed and Andrew MacDonald) were also excellent and managed to convey just the right level of intensity/confusion needed for the scene. Director Sam Harvey did a grand job of keeping the energy raised on set whilst watch tapping producer Lorna Pitman kept us all in check. DOP Mark Moreve was on superb form and were it not for his fast thinking/acting attitude we would never have gotten through the shot list. He and his boys were a joy to work with and their humour also helped carry us through to the evening when the hotel suite we were using had morphed in to something akin to a crack den/brothel! Runners Stuart and Jorge were on hand to help us clear the mass of equipment, refreshments, costumes and props we had amassed within that little room. Hot and sweaty is an understatement, speaking of which props must also go to hair and make up artist Selen Hurer. We've never seen such realistic sweat as it glistened on the foreheads of two of our main players during a particularly intense exchange. At the end of the shoot we left just as exhausted as these two (but absolutely thrilled with the results!).

We shot with the Canon C300 (seems to be our go to camera these days) and some awesome Canon primes (14mm, 24mm, 35mm, 50mm, 85mm, 100mm) and a Canon Zoom lens (24 -70mm). 

We achieved 3 very different looks over four scenes (Bright morning/stuffy board room/late night) and one hell of a nice glint on a sequined party dress (below!). 

We intend to start the edit next week to follow on with the grade (with Davinci Resolve) next month. We're also very excited about the original score being penned by talented musician Thomas Aplin (Some Planes Land). Thanks also to Behind the Scenes man Alex Valls for these wonderful pictures and BTS video (coming soon!).

More news re Position Filled and various other projects soon. Over and out.