Filming!

OK, so the script is finished (I went with the spoof documentary idea, and I'm quite pleased with how it's turned out) and has been emailed to both the actors, who are going to head down to Nottingham on Saturday 16th to film it. The rooms in the uni I wanted to film in aren't available this weekend however, so I'm going to have to film it in the library (in the study rooms for Tipler's office and the interview room, and then in a separate room for the room the time machine is kept in), downstairs in the student union (for Tipler's workshop), and then outside the university (for Roger's links to camera).
Hopefully this will all work out ok, it won't look exactly how I planned it, but as I'm running out of time I'm just going to have to go with it. I'm sure with a little imagination these locations will look fine.

A Slight Setback...

Unfortunately, I'd forgotten that the deadline is actually the 22nd May, so the room that was booked from the 25th to the 27th is now no use to me. However, I've adapted the script, and personally think it is now a lot better than the last incarnation. The film is now a spoof documentary that focuses on Dr. Tipler's attempts to build a time machine, hosted by a Louis Theroux style reporter. The film starts off with the presenter stood outside a university, explaining that he's about to interview esteemed scientist Dr. Edward Tipler. However, Tipler doesn't really know what he's doing... The presenter knocks on his office door, finding him asleep at his desk. Then we get a bit of backstory on Tipler, framed through a talking heads style interview with him, interspersed with old footage of him and photos of him as a kid, etc. After this, Tipler shows us round his workshop, shows us some old, failed attempts at time machines, get's heckled by a group of students, and then finally shows the reporter his latest time machine, which is a chair like object you get strapped into. The reporter nervously straps in, and then the machine is turned on, causing a powercut. The lights go out, the screen goes dark, and we hear a large thud and the presenter in pain. Tipler manages to turn the lights on, and finds out that the time machine has disappeared into the past, however the reporter has not and has fallen onto the floor. The final shot is the reporter, back outside the uni, wearing a neck brace and summing up his experience with Tipler.
This will be pretty easy to film, and I think it has a lot of potential comic opportunities, the only problem now is whether or not the actors can make it at such short notice. If not, I don't really have time to find any more so will have to use people I know...!

Another Update!

Things are coming along quite well, with Elliot's help a room has been booked for filming between the 25th and 27th May, I'm just waiting on responses from the actors now. I've got quite a few props to gather, and a few to make, but nothing too difficult!
I'm currently re-writing the script again, to try and get it as tight as possible. If anyone reading this would look to see the script in it's current form, just give me a shout and I can email it out, all feedback is welcome!