Had my first meeting with Ben since christmas to evaluate where we are with the production and the script and discuss how we will progress and meet the deadlines set within the course and for those in the first production block.
First on the agenda the was the script. Grace has recently spoken to me about having a number of concerns with how things with going. Over Christmas, she struggled to get hold of Ben and he would cancel many of the arrangements they had made. In addition, she felt that it was becoming a bit of a one way process and that Ben was un willing to take into account any of her thoughts, ideas or concerns.
So in our production meeting, I suggested to Ben that we have a meeting specifically to go over the script, and that Grace should also be present so that everyone would have a chance to express their thoughts and that we could come to some conclusions together as to the changes that need to be made.
Secondly, we spoke about locations. Over christmas, both Ben and I had found a few possible locations, but Ben wasn't happy with any of these. In the meeting he told me that he had decided that we should build a set and that he had already discussed this with Joeley, who was currently working on plans and designs. This came as a bit of a surprise, especually as I had expressed my concerns about this and Ben had agreed. However, if Ben thinks that its best, I'm happy to go with it, as there are good things about working on a set, and we do have a good crew who work well together. So these things combined, I'm hoping that it will turn out okay !
Finally, we spoke briefly about the budget. I was upfront with Ben and said that building a set is a costly thing but also something that I don't really know how to budget. Ben said that as Joeley had been doing research already, I should speak to her.
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