Thriller-first Day of Filimng

Overseer on balcony

 Today was White Virgin Media's first day on the Conspiracy set. Today we travelled up to central London to complete our first day of filming. We went to St. Paul's Cathedral & found a balcony from which we filmed some high shots of the Overseer observing various acts from above.

Drug exchange scene

We then went to some other locations, such as inner city roads, back alleys & more balconies, in order to film from prime positions to get the exact angles & shots we wanted.
One of the scenes we were meant to shoot was one where two characters, The Collector & the Dealer, exchange some very important tech, but unfortunately the person tasked with bringing the tech was not able to acquire the prop. And so we had to improvise &, with the help of some handy STAR WARS Stormtrooper mints I had spare in my pocket, we ended up shooting a drug exchange scene instead. Except this wasn't our original vision, & swapping the top secret tech with mere drugs took away from the purpose of the production, as well as making it a lot less engaging. If the characters are exchanging drugs, then there's no real catch to pull the viewer in. They're not going to be sitting on the edge of their seat wondering what type of drugs were exchanged,

Stormtrooper mint drugs

or what the characters are going to do with the
drugs. This is because they know that they are either going to sell them, or go home & take them. However, if we had used a piece of technology then it may have caused a form of enigma, making the audience wonder what the piece of tech was, & why it is so important. For this reason, we may have to go & take another trip to shoot some secondary filming, re-filming this scene in particular.

With the exception of needing to reshoot the exchange scene, today was a very successful & productive day of shooting, & we got a lot of work done. We've made some real ground on this thriller opening, hopefully all goes as well in the future.

The Collector checking his surroundings after the deal

The Collector 

The Dealer

The Overseer