3 Days In Gourock

The production of Breathing Room (title still to be confirmed) wen surprisingly smoothly. Technically, the crew were fantastic and had no problems that were large enough to recall.

Most of what little problems we had revolved around the misinterpretation of the shotlist between Paul (DOP) and myself. Due to the little time in between Sole Mates and Breathin Room, we were not able to meet and discuss the shotlist before we started shooting. As a result, we wasted some time on set when a shot wasn't placed correctly or the shot that was set up didn't cover the action correctly. This is a fault on both Paul and myself but in the end we were able to work together and come up with a good solution to our problems. This only occured a couple of times throughout the entire shoot.

The location turned out to be beautiful with the weather holding nicely and the surroundings keeping relaticvely quiet (aside from the odd lawnmower).

The camera crew built up of Ross, John and David were incredibly patient and equally efficient throughout the production. They listened to every single peice of input and at times even offered a difffirent frame to show us the action from another perspective. Fantastic work. Might I add their handling of the kit was also brilliant and they were very quick learners.

Luke was the gaffer on set and as were the rest of the crew, he was efficitne patient and was helpful in every aspect.

Murdo and Lauren made up the sound crew of Breathing Room. They kept out of sight and caught every part of sound they could possibly catch. They were fantastic to work with and equally udnerstandinf of each shot and cooperated well with the camera crew in keeping the frame clear but also catching the best quality sound they could.

A big thankyou to Andrew Lanni and David Van Der Zanden for their help in set. It was much appreciated and you made the whole process run smoothler. Your experienced input insured we kept on track and made the best out of the production.

Rhys and Anne, playing the lead roles in the film, were also brilliant. After working through the first scenes it was easy to see that both actors were right for the parts.
Rhys was a delight to work with and brought so much to the Tramp's character than i could have imagined. The come4dy of the film exceded expectations and held the drama together very nicely.
Ann was a fantastic sport and caputred the part of jackie magnificently, if that's even a word. She managed to bring that initial mood of the film to the screen and allowed it to transfer gradually as the film progressed through the stages of her demise. The undoing of all that she had lived by and for was created perfectly and matched the script very well. Considering that Ann was already a fan of the script, it is very apparant that she prepared herself for the role very well and was able to fall into the character brilliantly. I think it's safe to say that if you ask any member of the crew that the scene in the hallway where Jackie breaks down was definetely the cherry on the cake. Ann stolen my heart with the role.

One thing that managed to plague my mind and which remains a thought is, will the film be able to cut in such a way that we are able to move, emotionally in between the comedy and the drama of the film. The drama is very heavy and depressing but the comedy isn't overly done and so it shouldn't overule the film arc.


A big thankyou to absolutely everyone involved, everyone was just so brilliant!
Thankyou!!!