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Every time we have a shoot I realize that every film project is really dangerous.
This are the dangers that can occur while shooting:
Of course everything mentioned above usually happens with the luckiest filmmakers ever - like me. It's a miracle how things turn out just fine in the end.
For example had my 80 year old amateur actress not gotten into a hospital the day before the shoot, i would not have found a very nice lady and a professional actress for my "LATE" short. She did not speak anything but Czech, so I had to speak half Serbian (which in my case is very poor) half Russian to her. Apparently, the result was worth it, as the film got selected for Short Film Corner Cannes Festival 2011.
Another example, we were shooting a music video for A-Banquet. That day we had problems with electricity, the lead singer and almost froze to death in the cellar, director got beaten by a wolf hound that was guarding the place where we were shooting. And finally, at 6 o'clock in the morning our car broke down 2 hours away from Prague. They managed to make it work somehow but the director (the only capable of driving person by that time) fell asleep while driving and we almost crashed.
Of course now all of it seems really funny. But when there is nothing to laugh about when there is a wolf hound biting you or when you realize that it is 6 and no one is around on the country road.
But all is well that ends well and you can remember the days and actually be proud of yourself. Especially when the result is worth all that troubles.
This are the dangers that can occur while shooting:
- fall into a trench\hole in the floor
- bump into lights\set decoration left unattended in the dark
- get stuck in the middle of nowhere (for example in a broken down car at 6 o'clock)
- get stuck somewhere when you are in a real hurry (like a traffic jam when you have to deliver costumes for shoot asap while the ad calls you to ask to buy milk and cereals for the dop because he won't work without it)
- get injured while working with animals on set or those around set
- freeze to death in a cellar\cave\cold winter day (happens too often)
- the last day before shoot curse (this is when things go missing (actors\set decorations\props), forgotten (like you have to buy a bunny for shoot at 7 o'clock on Sunday), changing (script\storyboards\director's and dop's mood))
- and finally the last but not the least - to burn breakfast for entire crew
Of course everything mentioned above usually happens with the luckiest filmmakers ever - like me. It's a miracle how things turn out just fine in the end.
For example had my 80 year old amateur actress not gotten into a hospital the day before the shoot, i would not have found a very nice lady and a professional actress for my "LATE" short. She did not speak anything but Czech, so I had to speak half Serbian (which in my case is very poor) half Russian to her. Apparently, the result was worth it, as the film got selected for Short Film Corner Cannes Festival 2011.
Another example, we were shooting a music video for A-Banquet. That day we had problems with electricity, the lead singer and almost froze to death in the cellar, director got beaten by a wolf hound that was guarding the place where we were shooting. And finally, at 6 o'clock in the morning our car broke down 2 hours away from Prague. They managed to make it work somehow but the director (the only capable of driving person by that time) fell asleep while driving and we almost crashed.
Of course now all of it seems really funny. But when there is nothing to laugh about when there is a wolf hound biting you or when you realize that it is 6 and no one is around on the country road.
But all is well that ends well and you can remember the days and actually be proud of yourself. Especially when the result is worth all that troubles.
