Recorded the voice-over with Ciaron yesterday. It needed to be somewhere quiet, so we went out to the other side of Holwell, and recorded it in the car. With different takes, we went through it about two and a half times. It should be more than enough for the final soundtrack.
There's quite a lot of machine noise from the camera, and I think it was echoing off the dashboard - I put it there to get the microphones as close to Ciaron as possible. I should, perhaps, think about investing a separate microphone.
Since I changed the format of this page, there's no longer a links bit. It wasn't really worth having a links section when I only had one link.
That said, the link in question bears repeating - it's the original story, by John Tynes, on which the film is based.
You can find it at: http://www.johntynes.com/rl_raison.html .
Credits DayJust going to scribble down the credits sequence so that I remember.
I think I want the credits to appear on single black screens with the slow-motion night driving footage from Hitchin put in between.
A line of dashes represents where the driving footage goes.
Smith CIARON LYNCH
Heyes TIM HILL
Emily CHRISTINA LEE
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Comic Shop Guy DARREN BAKER
Bus Driver SEAN WHATSON
Shop Assistant BARBARA PATEMAN
Girl in House SARA MORRIS
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Editor MARCUS ENGLISH
Written by JOHN TYNES
Directed by TOM McGRENERY
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Camera Assistant JAMES McGRENERY
Additional Driving VANESSA McGRENERY
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Music JAMES McGRENERY
TOM McGRENERY
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Based on the short story by
JOHN TYNES
Read the story at www.JohnTynes.com
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Thanks to:
KRYSIA LYNCH
EMMA DAVIES
UNIVERSITY OF ABERYSTWYTH
Hmm, okay, nothing really happening right now. I need to talk to Christina about next weekend to shoot her scene when Ciaron and I come down to London. The Saturday before last, we went out and shot all the remaining non-London stuff (except for a crucial shot of Ciaron holding up Tim's photo, which I forgot about).
Sean did his bit as the bus driver (though we had to get him a T-shirt with a collar from a charity shop, since he failed the one costume requirement I gave him - he paid for it, at least). Should be okay, though the reverse shot may well be unusable due to a snowflake on the lens that I didn't spot at the time. Did I mention the weather was bad? It got worse as the day went on.
A lady in Brooker's was very helpful being a witness, with Ciaron showing her the photo. Also Ciaron's sister-in-law, Sara (that might be Sarah with an H - I'll have to check for the credits).
Then we went up to the water tower at the top of the village to film the bit where Smith finds the dead bodies. Did I mention the weather was bad?
By this point it was snowing hard and the wind out in the fields was so strong I had difficulty holding the camera level, let alone steady. Never let it be said this film wasn't hard work. The snow was going horizontally, I tell you, and the footage will prove the veracity of my claim.
So, what remains now is the London bit - film Ciaron at Hitchin station and on the train down, then do the scene with Emily, then go down to Westminster for some more guerilla film-making in the Tube station. And maybe Whitehall.
