Getting the script is still proving problematic. After the tutorial I had, I spoke with Ben and we agreed on our own deadline for the first draft; Monday, giving him a week. I also offered him any help if he wanted it. As I had heard nothing from him, I messaged Ben at the end of the week to see how things were going but he didn't reply. I tried to contact him again at the weekend as I was concerned that his lack of response meant that things weren't going to plan.
He eventually replied saying that he may need more time. I asked if he could still meet me on Monday as I wanted to see what had been done so far and see if I could help him with progressing it. I thought that it was also important to see evidence of the script as so far none of the crew had seen a copy or knew of the final plot.
On Monday morning I messaged Ben to check that he was coming in for our meeting. Again, he didn't reply so I called him and he said that he was still working on the script. I said that this was fine, I just wanted to see where abouts he was with it, and as he was still has at home (even though we had a arranged to meet at this time) I asked if he could send me what he had done as soon as he got off the phone.
Again, this didn't happen, so I called him. When he answered, he didn't really tell me any good news. He admitted that he had lied to me, and that actually he had done none of the script. I was initally really angry with him, because I had been speaking to him about the script for the past month or so, and this whole time, he had lied. I was also frustrated because this put the rest of the crew behind in any work that they could do over christmas for research.
Though I was angry I didnt have a go at Ben on the phone. I told him that I would come round and speak to him directly. It wasn't a great conversation, I was very frustrated, and Ben didn't say much, so it didn't really progress the production. However, I was happy that I now knew exaclty where we were with things.
Another thing that really bothered me about this, was that I had spoken with Ben at the beginning of 3rd year and was very open with him about how I liked to work; if things aren't going well, or he is struggling, he should come and tell me, it won't bother me. I prefer people to be honest and upfront. And despite telling him that I wouldn't be annoyed if he was having a hard time , he still chose to lie.
I hope that we can move on from this, and that Ben will be honest with me in the rest of this production, otherwise its going to be a bumpy ride.
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