Thriller Filming

We finished the largest part of the filming process as planned, on the 27th of November. All went according to plan; all the props and equipment was brought with and used, and our worry that waving a fake gun around might attract unwanted attention was all for nothing, and we ended up making the gun more public than we ever thought we would be able to, allowing us to get more and higher quality shots than we could have ever hoped for. This was partly due to the lack of public interference, which was very low considering our location. Although people walking through our shots was a problem, it was far less of one than anticipated. The only problem we had which might affect our end result was that the floor of the car park where most of the filming took place was still being used, and so people parked their cars in the middle of out mise-en-scene every now and then, but we don't think it ever became particularly noticeable.
As predicted, some parts of the original plan were changed on the day either because we could not get them to work, or we found a better idea. This includes a shot on the roof which was never planned, because the roof was not available during location scouting. We thought the urban cityscape could provide us with some good shots, and so we spent some time filming bits on the roof, even though we don't expect to use them as they don't fit in to the plot very well.
In total, we recorded over an hour of video before the batteries ran out (which was long enough, and did at least 3 takes of each shot, far more for some shots. This helps keep it likely that we will not need to return to film a part again. If anything, we are worried that we have too much film, as there is a two minute time limit on the intros, and we are sure that we have far more than that in useful film. Just in case, we have postponed the rest of the filming we were going to do. We will edit all the best film together shortly, and if we definitely have too much, then we may cancel the remaining amounts of filming, as the other parts are not as essential to the plot, and we could make our film work without them.
Overall, it was a completely successful trip, and with much luck, we'll have no reason to return.