Problems Faced When Filming My Trailer.

There were many problems faced when trying to film my trailer. These included:

Actors not showing up.

Finding replacement actors.

Getting actors together in one place.

Finding a location that all actors can get to.

Camera shy.

Because this was not a professional job and the actors would not be getting paid, I would have to work around them in order to film my trailer. If this was a professional job on the other hand the actors would have to be at a set place, at a set time, specific to the director’s needs. As this is not a professional job, if actors do not show up for the date and time i set to film the trailer then this will not impact them, as it would me. If one actor does not show up than I would have to try to find a last minute replacement, and if this was not possible then I would have to reschedule the filming for another day. As I do not know many people and some people are camera shy, this makes things more difficult.

Some of the actors I am using have college 5 days a week and others work too. This means that the only time I would be able to get everyone together is on a Saturday or Sunday. Sunday is usually a busy day for all people involved as they are trying to get ready for college or work the next day. This then leaves Saturday, where we all are usually free to film. As the rest of the days are usually busy times, if something 'pops up' that an actor cannot control the likely hood that they would have to sort it out on a Saturday is very high.

All of the actors are between the age of 16 and 18 and so this means that although most are at an age where they can go to many places and be backing home at a late but reasonable time, some of the actors have a time to be home on a Saturday, which is usually early. This means that filming the trailer would have to be done quiet fast. With actors being reasonably young, finding a suitable place to film the trailer is important. This is important as some of the actors may not know where certain places are.

Not being able to have some actors together at the same time means that some sense may need to be changed so that the trailer can be filmed on two different days, with different actors present on each day.