Day Five

And so we come to the end of week one - and what a satisfying week it has been! Very hard work, with filming on the busy streets of Ponsonby and a huge number of setups and relocations. The value of a smallish crew has been proved, as has the decision to shoot with minimal equipment. It's meant that we are a very light and mobile operation.

The final shot of the week was around 9.00pm last night at a cafe on Ponsonby Road. The place was humming with the usual Friday night party atmosphere. We're happy to have achieved our objective of getting all the Ponsonby location work done in the first week, and doing it before Christmas decorations start getting in the road.

The rushes are fantastic. It's incredibly exciting to see this film coming together shot by beautiful shot. Next week we head down to the boarding house for six days on the trot. More magic to come.