For example, the dialogue above, our actress portraying Nova asked us whether or not this line was meant in a sarcastic or serious way, I was able to confirm this so that the scene had the correct tone that it needed.
Also on the shoot days, I was on hand to confirm and tweak some lines. For example, our actor Mike who portrayed Mr Shipman, wanted to change some of the lines to feel more natural, as well as another line because it didn't make sense. Example:
During the filming process, I also had to change the location of Scene 16 (originally taking place in Marlo's bedroom). As we were filming I thought that because of Scene 15 taking place in the garden, it seemed strange to have Scene 16 take place upstairs due to day lighting, Scene 16 takes place immediately after 15, so it felt more natural for Marlo to go into his kitchen rather than his bedroom. Other changes include improvisations, I had the idea of filming to film Scene 19 in a vlog style, with the characters filming themselves on a phone. I thought this was a fun and different way of showing these characters in a fun and happy environment. This was an unscripted part that me and Laura briefed the cast on, allowing them to simply have fun together on the camera.
I liked having the input from the cast because it showed that they cared about the project, i know that not everything I write will stay or make sense, sometimes I find looking at the same dialogue for a while as the writer it becomes difficult to come up with new and different alternate lines. This was beneficial for me. I was really happy with how the filming went from a writing perspective. Everything that I felt was important in the script managed to translate on camera, certain actions that I wrote such as the way Nova stood in contrast to Marlo (which was important due to Nova's character) were included throughout and I felt as though everyone really understood the meaning of the script.
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