23 Part 2 [Look at those analogue drop-outs!!!]

So we are back with part 2 of '23', which has the world's most blatant Miller's Crossing rip-off scene ever and some rather dodgy acting.

The shoot at the Humber Bridge [and yes, it is compulsory for every student film shot in Hull to have at least one scene take place here] was one of the worst days of my life. The crew were growing readily more disillusioned with the project, and plain pissed at how crap Uni was [It says a lot that none of the rest of the crew ever did any further work in the media, or as far as I know even pick up a video camera again] and things were starting to unravel at a rate of knots. The Humber Bridge location was scouted on a rainy monday morning, but the shoot was on a glorious saturday afternoon in June, so what had been an out-of-the-way and dull location on Hessle foreshore was suddenly a mecca for picnicking families, dog walkers and other people who enjoy fresh air [the big freaks].

So there we were, running around a crowded park with prop [and rather convincing] guns - oh, did I mention this was 3 days after the Dunblaine massacre? The one where some nutter walked into a school and killed loads of kids? Oh, well, it was, anyway. And even though we'd done the right thing and informed our local police station [who sent a squad car round every hour just to check on us], we still ended up having stand up, knock down arguments with at least three old ladies [it's always old ladies, isn't it?] who thought we were sick, insensitive perverts of the worst kind.

So even though we had technically done everything correct, we were still the victims of circumstance and bad timing. Grrrr

And that was before the mic conked out and the silent genny turned out to be about as silent as a heard of buffalo, and the actors forgot their lines, and the crew were all hung over, and I started to sulk.

Some days I wish I'd stayed in bed...