Inheritance- Shoot Day 2

This is a post for the second inheritance shoot and I must say this was definitely the better of the two, although it started in precisely the same way as the first, although this time it wasn't the slider head it was the stand. So once again the opening shot was put on hold, it will get done, even if it kills me. So failing this shot and feeling a little deflated as a result we came home and began scouting a location for the fishing flashback, we had two in mind it was a case of picking one, so first we went to flats lane country park to find the pond to be nothing more than a big stagnant puddle. We then decided on our second choice, Albert park, a beautiful idilic pond that really sells the peaceful pre apocalypse life I am trying to convey, so we got our actors here and shot the first flashback from multiple angles, all of which were great, the only issue we faced was the public getting in shot or on the audio. Next we went back to my house to get the sewing flashback, this was great, I manipulated the light from the window and the lamp behind the actors to creative a very nice set up that brought vibrancy and life to the scene without having to use any complex set ups or blocking, easy but effective and intentional none the less. This scene was great and well performed by both actors and we got some really good stuff for the film. Thirdly came the ending, we dragged everything up a hill for the films poignant conclusion to be shot and all we came away with was one shot of Sophie and Daniel sat at the top of the hill, not what I would call a success. This happened because the actress hot changed from costume and none of us realised and she hadn't thought to put the costume on before we set off to the location so it meant that we couldn't get her sat next to the grave. But it is also worth mentioning that it was too cloudy for a sunset anyway so the shot wouldn't have been as amazing as I was hoping for and as such this may be a blessing in disguise, frustrating none the less. The final scene of a 14 hour day was the campfire nighttime scene, and wow, I have never shot a scene that looked as good as this did, the mix of the fire and the blue backlight come together to make a beautiful lit scene that really captures the emotion and emptiness of Sophie's loss (I feel anyway) if I take nothing from this film but this scene for my showreel it would still seem worth it, I am absolutely in love with the look of this scene, but this could be just he buzz I am having from the shoot and it's success, maybe I will be pulled back down to earth when I see it back although I doubt this. On the whole a successful shoot day but once again the beginning and end have evaded us which is somewhat frustrating but I am not beaten by this, just slowed down.
(unfortunately no one seemed to get production stills, if some turn up I will update this post with some)