A ‘Silent Witness’ and Happy Valentine's Day

Pre-production is still progressing very well for both projects although a little more slowly on Lights because of script rewrites. However, that is not to say that ultimately Lights may not overtake in the process.

As Producer, over the last couple of days, I have composed a provisional shooting schedule for Lights, rung around restaurants and supermarkets as potential locations also tried to keep communication flowing as much as possible between all parties within the Lights crew.

In regards, to Replacement, I have distributed all the casting call outs now and I have started to get a good response from actors which is fantastic news.  Simona (the ‘Replacement’ Producer) and I have been communicating really well and from the beginning we clearly outlined what we expect of each other and how we want to map out the production. Much appreciation for Simona’s ‘cool as a cucumber’ attitude.

On a slight tangent, (and mentioning ‘cool heads’) we were fortunate enough yesterday to have a ‘Location Day’ shooting with a 1^st Assistant Director (who worked on the fantastic 'Silent Witness.')

Now, in my ignorance I had not given much credit to the role of 1^st AD before BUT how wrong was I! He was fantastic, had us all whipped into shape really quickly and I really admired the way he kept the pace and energy on set but also maintained control and asked for self-discipline from everyone.

As Director of Replacement, a ‘1^st AD’ went quickly to the top of my wish-list and luckily Simona was on-hand to ask!