Production

For this weeks project I'll be working with; Francisco who has taken the role of Producer, Sofiane who is our Director, Claire who will be our Camera person and casting director, Adam our editor and myself who is sound and graphics for the opening titles.
After doing various projects this term I am starting to get used to working in a group, letting the director direct and learning what powers a producer has.
 We have chosen Sofiane's short story, which is why we think he'll be perfect as Director, he came up with the story and can see the film visually, of course we all have our own ideas and in pre production have all been working together to get the script down to perfection.
 Our Story;
Mary is a single parent trying to make ends meet, she has only one son aged 14 years old names Joseph. The week before Christmas Mary went to Westfield shopping centre with Joseph to Pick up her pay check as she works there as a toilet cleaner. As they walk through the mall there was a real sense of Christmas festive season in the air. There was an element of sadness is Joseph's face, his mother turned to him and asked him.
-What's wrong?
-Mum, everybody in my class has the video game FIFA, I really wish I could have it for Christmas.
His mother leant down to him and said,
-Joseph you know we can't afford it, look, mummy can't even afford to have a chain for the pendant that nana gave me, and you know how much this pendant means to me.
The boy looked down to the ground and nodded.
Mary didn't want to let her son down, so she decided to sell the pendant in order to afford the video game. On Christmas morning they couldn't wait to surprise each other, and indeed when they exchanged gifts the reaction on their faces was that of surprise
After they had explained to each other what they had done, they both began to cry, not because what they did was pointless, but because they realized how lucky they were to have each other.   

We've already had one week and have found available actors, the problem is that we have a perfect actress, but nobody to play Joseph, the best thing to do may be to replace Joseph with a female actor, but until that's done production has grown to a halt. 

We have also been having problems with the script because of this decision. Hopefully by tomorrow we will decide and then get back onto our feet, but from other productions it seems that we are further ahead that in previous projects.