The second part of the session was spent going through the script we were going to be translating to the screen: 'One Good Turn'. The performers did a rough read through of the script, and then we discussed the script as a group, conversing about any changes or improvements we'd make to the script, as well as listening to Khieng explain to us his directorial vision for the film.

Overall, I came away from the first session being more clear on what my role of Assisstant Director entailed, and looking forward to making the script into a film.

The rest of the session was spent doing test shots in preparation for shooting tomorrow, and I became increasingly worried. Jake was doing all the things I expecting to do when I went for the Assistant Director role, while I was doing very little overall. It didn't feel like I was getting equal opportunities, and I really wanted to be useful and get stuck in with filming, but it felt like there was no place for me. Since I had nothing else to do, I spent the rest of the session working on the call sheet for tomorrow. I felt like I should talk to Khieng about how I felt underutilised, but I decided to wait until we actually started shooting tomorrow, to see if things changed when we were actually properly shooting.

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Firstly, I spoke to Jake about how I was feeling, and he agreed that it didn't feel equal and fair. Then, during our lunch break, I approached Khieng, with Jake, to express how I was feeling. Khieng was incredibly understanding about everything, and we arranged to have me and Jake alternate the 1st AD role and responsibilities, and only have a 2nd AD when one was required. After speaking to Khieng I felt so much better about the whole situation, and excited that I would now be able to get more involved with the filming process. I'm also very glad that I decided to be proactive and try to fix my issues rather than just accepting them and spending the whole production period feeling upset and under-valued. I went home during lunch, as I was not needed, and then spent my time working on the call sheet for Wednesday.

We finished on time, and after filming I had a short meeting with the Producer and the Director to discuss our filming plans. Originally, we were planning to film in the park on the Thursday and Friday, but when looking at the weather it was forecast to rain on those days. Therefore, we decided to leave the park scenes this week, as the Tuesday and Wednesday of the following week looked a lot sunnier. After filming, I went home and worked on the call sheet for the house scenes on Monday. It was important to be as efficient as possible when making the call sheet, as we were only allowed a limited number of people at that location. This meant that I doubled up a lot of the roles to limit the number of people there.

Therefore, I began solving this problem. I messaged the person I had on standby to replace them for one of their roles, and made sure that they knew the call time and the address. I then messaged the Director to inform him of the situation, telling him I had cover confirmed to take over one of her roles but not the other, but also wasn't sure how necessary it was to have someone come in to cover that role, because they might not be doing much. He replied quickly and let me know that he'd already discussed and had someone else on standby to fill the other role. I was worried it wouldn't get sorted in time because of how late it was, but communication and organisation meant that we were prepared.

When Monday came, more problems arose, as another member of the crew fell ill and wasn't able to make the filming. Luckily, the person we had on standby was also responsible for that role, so I meesaged them and made sure they knew that they were needed, and they made their way to set.

I assumed the role of 1st AD again, keeping an eye on the equipment while we were out in public. I also, once again, was marking up shots on the clapperboard, and cueing camera and sound to start rolling. I was also communicating with the Production Coordinator, making sure they knew what shot and take we were on, so their production log could be accurate and up to date. Disregarding the initial issue of the day, the filming we could do went fairly smoothly, the only problems being members of the public ignoring us when we asked them to wait for the end of the take, and the changes in weather. People walking into frame meant that at least a section of a perfectly good take became unusable, and the changes in weather meant we had to go back and reshoot some shots we'd already moved on from. Overall, we worked efficiently with the situation, and we managed to get everything we could get filmed done, wrapping for the day by 1pm. When I went home I figured out and posted the call sheet, so that the scenes we were meant to film today were editing onto the call sheet for tomorrow.

Since it was a long shoot, for the last few hours of the day I once again assumed the role of 1st AD, while the other Assistant Director took on 2nd AD responsibilities. This meant that for a few of the shots, I was now the one giving requests and communicating the Director's wishes through the walkie talkie. This included speaking about shot plans with the other AD, cueing actors, and telling the 2nd AD the shot and take number so they could update the Production Coordinator. As well as this, I was also fulfilling my usual 1st AD responsibilities, like marking up each shot and cueing camera and sound. We finally wrapped at 7pm, and all shooting for 'One Good Turn' was officially wrapped. It was really rewarding to finally finish shooting, and I am looking forward to seeing all our hard work pay off when we watch the edited piece.