Production on 'the root of love'

In general, I thought that both the production aspect of the root of love and being on set went really well. I had never properly experienced being part of a production team before, and I ended up finding the role enjoyable, however sometimes it was a challenge as I'm not naturally one of the most organised people!

Before the shoot we had to think of how Megs idea was going to be possible. We managed to find some perfect costumes but props were harder to come by, especially if your trying to find a hotdog vendor. Thankfully we overcame this problem thanks to the last Minuit location change.

We origionally decided that filming in Silverburn shopping center would be the best plan as FUEL smoothies had already allowed us to use their shop, when they eventually replied to us saying we couldn't film there we were quite dissapointed, before visiting the Glasgow fort where there was a fruit stall and hotdog stand conveiniently facing eachother, proving that some dissapointments can occur for the better.

However, that wasn't our worst dissapointment. We had arranged to hold auditions for the parts of Clemintine and Ben. These auditions went really well and everyone we saw was really enthusiastic. I think, for me, this was my favorite part of the pre-production. When Meg decided to cast Michelle and Craig we were positive that it was the right decision. when Craig called the morning before the shoot to tell us he was unavailable to take part we all felt very let down. This was unprofessional, however it was good practice for us all for any time this happens on our own films.

Money wise, we really could have done with thinking through the budget a bit more. We managed to keep all the reciepts and didn't go over budget, bit we could have done with taking out Peru cash for anything extra we needed.

Our two days on the shoot went really smoothly, if not quite exhausting. The sun was shining and the atmosphere was pretty relaxed. Our new actor, jordan, managed really well considering it was so last minute. Everyone around us seemed interested and helpful - it was a great two days. Meg was happy with how everything went and she did a fantastic job.

Meg had also asked me to write a song for the film for when Clemintine is scaring the customers away and also to be edited into the end of the film. It wasn't exactly amazing or anything but it was silly and fun to make, and now I know that if this career path ever fails I could easily make a living writing advert jingles for innocent smoothies :)