I didn't threaten her with a gun or anything, I just ended up making the landlord getting her out for the day, by showing her that I had a signed contract to shoot there, even though she lived there, and the landlord allowed her to move in and make all sorts of noise, without telling me. So I guess it wasn't really force, but manipulation.
As for shooting for 16 hours, the landlord was not conforming to the rules, of the place she was renting out, I found out, and the power bills were not being paid. So they were going to shut down the power to the location, in a couple of days, I found out on the day of shooting. So I knew I had to get it done then, cause the other actors would not be available to shoot again for two weeks. So I had to get it done, before the power to the location went out. If the landlord had told me that ahead of time, I could have gotten another location, but I only found out after, shooting almost half the movie there already. So it was pretty much get it done, then or not at all. But next time I guess I should call around, and find out if the location is under any legal penalties of being shut down like that, rather than taking the owner for her word.
What's worse to ask of my actors though? To shoot for another 8 hours... Or to ask them to reshoot a lot of what they did before, just because the location was going to be powered out in a couple of days, and we need one location, so everything would match to give the audience the impression that it's the same location as before? Should I just have asked the actors to reshoot what was already shot, later on, and they would have been up for that more? I just really didn't want that footage to be waste.
As for the rig, I could use the homemade one, like in the video, if it's worth it, rather than buying a professional one, but the professional ones last longer I find, or at least the DIY steadicam I made, didn't hold up as well over time. It didn't work that well really, compared to a pro one, that I tried later.
As for the camera, when I mount it to the car and drive, is there a way to keep the wind from turning the focus ring, and putting the picture out of focus?