Today's shoot involved filming the scenes in the park. It was all really rushed because the actor who was playing the homeless character, showed up saying he could only film for three hours. We had planned on filming all day and had been given no previous notice from him that he could not do this. What was also frustrating, was that he showed up with only the clothes he was wearing, which weren't very fitting for the costume. Two weeks prior to this shoot I had sent out costume requirements, saying that I could obtain anything that the actors didn't have. The actor playing the homeless man didn't respond so we assumed that he had suitable clothing he could wear. This meant that all I brought to the set for his costume were sleeping bag, blankets and scarf. As he showed up wearing what he did, he really doesn't look homeless and this is so frustrating for me. I think he looks a lot more like he just walked out from home for the night, not a long term guy who has been lving on the streets for a while. He was also cleanly shaven and though this isn't the biggest point, I had asked that he didn't shave well in advance, so as to appear as scruffy as possible.
The shoot itself was ok but as we found out about our actor only being available for three hours when he arrived on set, we had to change the shooting order to as all his scenes were shot first. This meant that 
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