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

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Rescheduling the night shoot

Rescheduling the night shoot

- With the failed night shoot during the main production we had to set up another time at the same location to shoot it properly. Because we were really friendly with the owners of the location and were very respectful of their property when we used it the first time, they let us use the property for only a small fraction of what they charged us originally. And since we had the location anyway, I asked Eva if she wouldn't mind coming maybe a little earlier to set to get a few random shots that might be cool. Thankfully by this point I had done quite a bit of editing so I knew what we needed. We needed some shots of the girls in peril. We needed shots of the girls running away. Even some reaction shots of the goodbye scene that we didn't have time for during the rush of the main production. Our crew was very small, but everyone either volunteered or dramatically reduced their day rates that we could have the crew that we needed. Daniel Mimura, our best boy electric, filled in as…

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