From the course: Creating a Short Film: 06 Working on Set

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Dealing with unexpected weather

Dealing with unexpected weather

- Whew! Weather can be a beast and a nemesis to unprepared filmmakers. It certainly was on The Assurance. As part of this training, I wanted to make a film that was impossible to do perfectly. So shooting outdoors in springtime in Seattle seemed like the perfect opportunity to invite unexpected challenges. And while it wasn't as bad as it could have been, it still was a challenge. In the world of The Assurance everything needed to seem bleak and dreary. So we were kind of under pressure to hurry up and film while it was still springtime before all the flowers and trees blossomed again. This shot right here was taken about a month after we wrapped production. You can imagine how difficult it would be to make that look like a dreary world. When I scouted out a location for The Assurance these were the sample pictures I took. This was early March, two weeks before production started. It was sunny and a warm 75 degrees. Flowers are starting to bloom and I feared that we'd lost our dreary…

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