Inheritance- Shoot Day 3

Perhaps the shortest of the shoot days so far and yet potentially the most complex of them, these were the two Dex scenes. In these scenes we had Allan and James as The Bodyguard and Dex respectively. As well as Sophie this was the first time any substantial dialogue had to be recorded and also I had to focus on three performances at once in parts.

We started by shooting the shots with Allan in as he had to leave first, these were mainly Sophie's approach to the stall where Dex sells his goods. We had some camera issues with the steady cam not being set up or used properly but these were resolved and dealt with so that eventually we got the desired shots of her approach. Allan himself got really into the character at points despite it being a very small role, he did a few things I liked while idle such as looking down the barrel of the shotgun to check for ammunition and also looking Sophie up and down as she walked past. These all added to a good performance from what is basically an extra role.

After this coverage we shot the dialogue of the scenes in a basic three shot coverage as well as some more artistic shots to add a bit of flair, these were the close ups and a wide for coverage then while we still had Allan I shot a version with him stood listening on the right hand third. With regards to my performance as director on this shoot I feel that James was a dream to work with and got into character with no trouble but I did at times struggle to get the performance I wanted from Karenza (Sophie) whether it was my perfectionist coming through or I wasn't communicating properly what I was looking for, this was certainly something I struggled with.

On the whole the shoot went well, once we got into the flow the actors began to play off of each other a little and in the later takes the performances improved and I feel we got some good shots too.