Reshoot, Cancelled, Reschedule, Cancelled, Recast, Reshoot, Done!

Two days later, June 28th, 2012, we had made a date to reshoot a scene from our first shoot which we had lost footage for :( The night before this shoot our lead actress tells us she can't do it because she has work and can't get out of it. So we cancel and reschedule for the next week. That time comes around and the night before that shoot our other actress involved cancels. So we cancel and... Oh wait, we can't reschedule because that actress leaves for overseas in a few days and is unavailable... Damn. So we have to recast. We thought about editing the scene with the footage we already have but it just isn't of a good standard and would look bad – which we don't want if we can help it (sometimes you can't). A week later we find an actress and plan to shoot the week after that. So three weeks on from the original reshoot date and we are finally doing the reshoot for this scene with our new guest actress, Samantha.

Filming a web series with no budget is proving to be hard. Not so much the part of needing the money for the production (we manage as best we can with our own resources) but the part where the actors and crew are unable to be paid. From the very start, the WKJL production promised “shoot when you can”. We all give up our own time when we can. The last few weeks have been busy for everyone, and everyone needs money so work comes first. It can be hard finding a common free day for cast and crew and sometimes it means weeks go by until we can film, pushing back the scheduled release of the show. Originally, filming was to wrap June 26th, with the official trailer being released Mid July and the first webisode airing July 23rd. Well those dates have certainly passed haha. And this is the very reason I decided to make a blog. To document how things don't always go to plan and the behind-the-scenes situations that are unavoidable. Hope you're enjoying the insider goss!

Bye for now!

(Samantha, our newest cast member)

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