Shooting (Day 3)

Today we had to shoot the police car and dinky scenes. No matter how much you plan a shoot, some problems may inevitably rise. Today I had to deal with two unfortunate situations and make quick decisions. I had cut the letters in the word 'POLICE' out from black chart papers and pasted them on the 'police car'.

However, while moving the car from one location to another, the letter 'O' fell off the car. A friend went in his car back the same route to find the cut-out but he couldn't. Subsequently, I decided to remove all the letters from the car and carry on with the shot to prevent wasting further time and decided to add an animated title during editing. 

Another problem that I faced was due to the fact that I was swept away in taking care of other stuff and I forgot to double check the costume of my actor, Sheece. 

We carried out the scene in which a police officer arrests him. Afterwards, I realized that he had worn a hat which he wasn't supposed to. Unfortunately, by then the real police officer, whom we had invited, had left for his duty along with the handcuffs and police cap he had given us for the scene. Thankfully, the handcuffs shot was a close-up shot so that needed not to be repeated (which wasn't even possible, now that we didn't have access to any handcuffs). However, for the other shots, I made Zahid (the actor playing the role of the police officer) wear another (backup) cap. 

From this, I realized how important it was to make a checklist, not just for the planning of a shoot but also for checking everything during the shoot. I faced several problematic situations and got to deal with them and solve them. This enabled me to experience the powerful yet responsible role as a director/ producer. 

Finally, Sheece left and Hassan was called along with his brother. Hassan's scenes at the house were filmed and this part of the shoot went relatively smooth.