How I dealt with Changes to my Film.

How I Dealt With Changes to my Film.

When I was in the process of filming, I ran into a few problems. For starters, most of my cast, or the people I had planned to use as my actors, were unable to make it and I didn't have much time to recast. Also, the little I did film, I discovered it was half the length of  the compulsory filming time, and what I had filmed, was one of five pages on my script. I soon realised that I would have to drastically change the film I had in my head, and adapt it to my limitations. So, what I did was cut the cast from about five down to two and cut out the investigation scene and instead, add another ending and lengthen the opening section. I also changed other things, because I thought it would look better and I, at that point, didn't have the skill or resources to do. For example, in the first draft for the script, I had a darkened figure pushing a character towards a light in the forest. However due to limitations I had to change this to a shadow approaching him (which I thought looked better and was easier to do) and instead of keeping his cause of death a mystery, we would just shoot him. We then added an additional bit where the killer leaves the site and opens up the brief case. I made sure to also film much more than I needed, in case what I had wasn't enough.

        Personally, I feel that I have learned that when filming, things won't always go to plan, and that's okay, because I was able to adapt my film, and in some ways improve it, and overcome these challenges.