Major Project- On Set

On each day on set of Grit there were different challenges for me to deal with to make sure that the filming went smoothly.

As producer I thought it would be a good plan not only to be there for organisational reasons and for trouble shooting but also to help with small things such as props and set design.

For the picture below we were at a campsite scene for this scene, I had secured permission for the location, this included putting up the tents. To help a little bit extra I helped to take down the tents and to put the content inside. This included putting blood on the inside of the tent and dressing the actors in the tent.

For the Mote Park reporter scene I made sure that the police tape was up and within camera view. Although the main idea of the scene is to use the audio we found that it was best to keep the details intact, such as having police tape around an area the police have supposedly visited.

For the last scene in the film we had to dress one of the actors, he needed to look like he had a stab wound. This lead me to cut a hole in the shirt, attach the knife to his chest and painting blood around the area. We didn't want to much gore/blood, so for this we added little bits as we went along, seeing what came out best on the camera.

Other things on set included script readings, editing the script as the actors went on, making sure the props are always on set and providing food/drink for the cast.