Filming began at 2:00pm and finished at roughly 3:05pm. An hour and five minutes of filming usually wouldn't be seen as an adequate amount of filming in my views, but my actors were brilliant and were incredibly easy to work with, which meant I could get the same quality of filming done in a shorter amount of time.
The location of the shoot proved to be quite difficult to manage, which was something that I was aware of, underestimated at the same time. The scene was shot in the grounds of Eastcote House, which is currently being worked on - meaning that the quality of the footage would have to be altered, due to large amounts of scaffolding. I had originally planned to film outside the house itself, because it is aesthetically pleasing, but the presence of builders and scaffolding ruined that idea.
Instead, I proceeded to film around the back of the house, where the scaffolding and firm vans were out of sight. This move ended up to be one that was rewarding in some ways, because I needed a bench for the scene. But even though the scaffolding was evaded, the disruptions didn't stop. I should have probably considered the fact that people are going to want to walk their dogs from time to time, and with plenty of residents backing onto the grounds, it was likely that they would take them here. Dogs are disruptive and get in the way, to put it softly.
But, nonetheless, filming was a success. Because my short film does not have any dialouge in it, it meant that the actors weren't as reluctant to do as I asked as they would have been if there was dialouge. However, Dylan seemed pretty reluctant to run around more than once...
