"Off-Track" Article 3: The Rest of Filming and the Start of Editing

The next 4 days of shooting seemed to go on forever, having lots of ups and downs, hiccups and surprises, but before you know it, it has concluded.

Majority of filming took place in the director's house in Yorkshire, where we shot scenes in the living room, kitchen and garage. The weather was rather chilly during this period, but luckily it was all mostly indoors so we were able to stay warm. The main credit must go to the amazing catering provided on set - those biscuits and sweets kept us going for all those hours!

On the final day, we returned to Overton Station, this time closed off to the public so we had it all to ourselves. A less hectic day to wrap up principal photography.

Data wrangling was an especially long task, surpassing my estimation as I wrote in the Article 1. Each day's shoot can range from 3 to 5 card wrangles performed - one copy for each of the four designated hard drives. They were done during the longer lunch and evening breaks. Most days ended very late at night, so for some I had to wait until the next day's shoot to offload the rest of the files.

Just like how I described in the previous article, I transcoded rushes and synced them with the audio, allowing me to create a rough cut.

I also met with David the director to discuss our post schedule and review the assembly cut. Thanks to our early shooting period, there was a lot of time for refining the edit, which is all I could ask for as an editor.

The next article shall focus on important edit decisions and other notable progress across post-production.