Reflective Blog on Current Progress

Retrospectively looking back at the SWOT Analysis produced in the early stages of our planning, many of the weaknesses and limitations we knew would face us have actually caused more difficulty than we initially thought they would. By looking to achieve the best film possible, we created the storyboards and any obstacles that would affect us, Nina and I had the 'cross that bridge when we come to it' mind set. Whilst neither of us took it too far knowing there are certain things we can't achieve no matter how hard we try, There have still been inconveniences that have been hard to get around.

The first is the fact that my partner is in a wheelchair making access to certain areas that are too hilly/have steps or the ground is just unconvenient very difficult. Because of this we've had to look harder for areas to film which isn't very easy living in the countryside where a lot of areas contain such anomolies.

The second was the distance. Having to travel an hour and a half to college on the bus each day, the area Nina and myself live in is quite far away and any people we know either live in Weymouth or Lyme Regis where we live. As different scenes in our trailer take place in both these areas, whoever we chose to film would have to make long journeys which made it hard to find people who were willing enough. This became a constant problem as nobody wanted to do it, and times when we found people who did, other obstacles got in the way such as exams, having completely different frees to us, and having other things to do.
The main time all of us are free is lunch time, but unfortunately the cameras can't be booked out over that time.

Finally we are ready to film. We have our actors and actresses and know when everyone is free and after careful planning and time management we will be filming very shortly.