Today we filmed some of the last scenes needed for our trailer, mainly the gunfight scene between Chris, the henchmen and Will, we did this in Will's garden. The conditions were temperamental at best, with random heavy rain showers causing us to stop filming to protect the camera, this made the entire session extremely inconvenient, however the weather was not disruptive enough to halt filming altogether so we were able to get all of our planned shots and more. Aside from the weather, there was a few problems in getting all of the extras we intended, as most people were busy around the time we asked, therefore we were only able to have one extra. However we managed to adapt the scene to fit the reduced number of characters, as all we actually needed was Chris, Will and one other gunman to give the feeling that Will is outnumbered. While altering the scene to accommodate the new circumstances, we decided to play around with the scene structure, as we had a few ideas come to us throughout the day.
Most prominently of these changes is that we have now filmed 3 different endings, all of which lead to the same conclusion (Will gets captured). The first ending was slightly cliche', Will turns a corner at the same time Chris does and they point their guns at each other before the scene fades out. The second ending we made, had a little more sense to it, the events play out similar to the first ending, however instead of giving up, Will prepares to take his chances against Chris, however as soon as he tenses, Muhammad would put his gun to the back of Will's head, Will would then surrender. The last ending we filmed was when Chris runs out of ammo in the gunfight and Will corners him, Chris puts his hands up and laughs, Muhammad then appears behind Will and puts a gun to his head, looking dejected, Will surrenders. Any of these endings would work with the trailer, however we have decided to see what looks better in conjunction with the rest of the trailer before making a definitive decision
What went well
We finished every shot we intended to do
The weather was not unbearable
Muhammed showed up
We have a large amount of alternative, usable footage
What went wrong
While not entirely bad, the weather was still disruptive and made filming inconveniant
We did not even get half of the extras that we wanted
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