Day two

and Ian is joined on set by Matthew and Lindsey, which he looks very grateful for. I'm happy too as it's good for the actors to be able to hang out with each other, and hopefully leads towards that bond the band should have.

First scenes are Matthew on the drums, which he seems to love, followed by a scene with the two of them together. Something about this scene just isn't working. I give my notes, but they don't help. I'm beginning to be at a loss, unsure of how to unstick the jam, when we decide to try a take without worrying about overpalling dialogue. Immediately the scene is free and works fine. All three of us seem much happier now we understand what the probelm was, and we know we'll have to work at clean ones for the edit, but we'll always be able to get it right with overlapping. The dynamic between Ian and Matthew is great, too, with Ian being a little more dour and Matthew being a bit more upbeat. What amazes me the most is how much Matthew is like Loz from Ride, and how much Ian is like Steve Queralt. Unintended, but funny.

Lyndsey comes on for her scene and is prefessionalism personified. She has some notes about her next big scene, all of which make complete sense and are happily taken on board.

The down side of the day - the camera crew have been struck down with an illness. Mike is suffering the worst, and gets and hours sleep instead of lunch. It's like something form a zombie film, and will, I'm sure, work its way through the entire crew.

Get both Fortuna Pop CDs and Damaged Goods posters in shots today which is good, if someone is going to get product placements it should be for things I like.

Finally end up at nine at night shooting an interior shot through the window. Looks wonderful. Downside is that it's pissing with rain outside. After the fourth take the camera crew start to loose their sense of humour, but luckily I keep mine, a fact I'm sure they're all grateful for. Weather is a bit of a worry over the next few days. Forecast says showers tomorrow, which hopefully we can work round, with thursday being clear. This is good, as thursday is steadicam day. It can snow on friday for all I care as we've got a day off.