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With day three shooting completed, the crew hit the bar for drinks. The Northcote Social Club intimates Wenders(Buena Vista), feels like all the bars of Fitzroy rolled into one, and has barman that offer insight and opinion into overheard conversation as naturally as if it were their living room. Which it probably is. After the windblasting exposure we’d had all day, this place did seem particularly warm & comforting. With the knowledge that this was mid-shoot and that we had some great scenes in the bag, the cameraderie of the team was a comforting assurance given the long days completed and the hard work still to come.

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Day One, Scene One.
The team is an unknown force: the only thing to do is get on top of the schedule and push through. From the beginning, this was a tough location to shoot. No budget had existed for art direction or set dressing and audiences have seen so many well-lit big-budget American courtrooms there was little chance to compete on this level. Travis and I decided to strike for minimalism, hoping that the airy, ethereal wide shots (aka the under-dressed set) could be covered by cutting in quite tight on the actors. With the tight window of availability(four hours in-out) the gear was bumped in and lit in an hour and a half.