"A Short Film" Day 1 of 5
Just finished wrapping Day 1 of 5 on "A short film...". For Day 1 I think it went relatively well. All "day 1's" on any production generally are the toughest but I think we faired quite well. We lost a lot of time in the morning due to various reasons but managed to make our day before the sun set. We're battling not enough crew but everyone is hustling as best as they can - I can really use a camera assistant... just someone to slate, man the changing of filters and moving the camera around from setup to setup.
We were shooting outside all day today and had great weather - a rarity for me! The weather was warm and the sun was out, which though nice, left shooting conditions super muddy! I'm going to have my share of gear cleaning once this job is over...
Most of the day we played in bounce receiving a 1200 HMI in the afternoon which played in our 2nd scene.
We shot a mix of DVX100 and Bolex today. Chris and I decided that we'd shoot all our highspeed footage and cut-aways (which are supposed to be different films within the film) on the Bolex. I shot Kodak 7245 EXR 50D mostly at 64 FPS. Chris has had the film stock sitting in his fridge for the last few years which he bought off Ebay - eeek! Since this choice was made late in the game we had no time to test the film which I highly advise you do with old stock if you're in the same situation. Hopefully it turns out alright!
The lighting today was pretty minimal. I used a combination of a 6x6 silver grifflector and hand reflectors for most of the day. I tried to stay within a 2.8/4 split on the DVX and on the long end of the lens.
Here are a few pics... Wish I had more though everything was quite simple...
This was our first major setup of the day. The main character "Chris" played by Matt (I'm not sure his last name) walks down a bridge, climbs over the railing and jumps to what is supposed to be a giant canyon. We cheated the angles to hide the fact that it was only a 10ft drop. You can see the 6x6 bounce lighting him from the side. The sky held quite well today. I'm carrying an ND 0.6 and ND 1.2 SE grads to help when I need it. That's producer Dan Mayberry standing in to support the 6x6 and Matt waiting for his cue on the ledge.
This was our 2nd major setup we shot after lunch. The scene is a continuation of the jumping off the bridge. "Chris" jumps off and lands in a big pile of papers which represent all the failed film ideas he's had. For the jumping part I rigged a high hat on a ladder shooting down. The scene was lit with a 6x6 bounce again with the 1200 HMI coming in as the sun washing over his face for one part. We shot a pass on the Bolex at 64 FPS, also, as he fell.
This was part of the same scene. After Chris falls he sits up and addresses the audience. We cheated the camera the other way because of background. I set up a 3x3 frame with Light Grid just to avoid what I like to call "squinty-mcgee" syndrome - that horrible thing when actors squint because of the sun. I also used some mirror silver bounce to add some backlight. I played a Schneider Black Frost 1/4 for this entire sequence. That's real director Chris Pare (in red) directing Matt playing Chris.
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Tomorrow we're outside again shooting a musical sequence, a romance sequence and a few smaller inserts. Hope the weather holds out!
We were shooting outside all day today and had great weather - a rarity for me! The weather was warm and the sun was out, which though nice, left shooting conditions super muddy! I'm going to have my share of gear cleaning once this job is over...
Most of the day we played in bounce receiving a 1200 HMI in the afternoon which played in our 2nd scene.
We shot a mix of DVX100 and Bolex today. Chris and I decided that we'd shoot all our highspeed footage and cut-aways (which are supposed to be different films within the film) on the Bolex. I shot Kodak 7245 EXR 50D mostly at 64 FPS. Chris has had the film stock sitting in his fridge for the last few years which he bought off Ebay - eeek! Since this choice was made late in the game we had no time to test the film which I highly advise you do with old stock if you're in the same situation. Hopefully it turns out alright!
The lighting today was pretty minimal. I used a combination of a 6x6 silver grifflector and hand reflectors for most of the day. I tried to stay within a 2.8/4 split on the DVX and on the long end of the lens.
Here are a few pics... Wish I had more though everything was quite simple...
This was our first major setup of the day. The main character "Chris" played by Matt (I'm not sure his last name) walks down a bridge, climbs over the railing and jumps to what is supposed to be a giant canyon. We cheated the angles to hide the fact that it was only a 10ft drop. You can see the 6x6 bounce lighting him from the side. The sky held quite well today. I'm carrying an ND 0.6 and ND 1.2 SE grads to help when I need it. That's producer Dan Mayberry standing in to support the 6x6 and Matt waiting for his cue on the ledge.
This was our 2nd major setup we shot after lunch. The scene is a continuation of the jumping off the bridge. "Chris" jumps off and lands in a big pile of papers which represent all the failed film ideas he's had. For the jumping part I rigged a high hat on a ladder shooting down. The scene was lit with a 6x6 bounce again with the 1200 HMI coming in as the sun washing over his face for one part. We shot a pass on the Bolex at 64 FPS, also, as he fell.
This was part of the same scene. After Chris falls he sits up and addresses the audience. We cheated the camera the other way because of background. I set up a 3x3 frame with Light Grid just to avoid what I like to call "squinty-mcgee" syndrome - that horrible thing when actors squint because of the sun. I also used some mirror silver bounce to add some backlight. I played a Schneider Black Frost 1/4 for this entire sequence. That's real director Chris Pare (in red) directing Matt playing Chris.
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Tomorrow we're outside again shooting a musical sequence, a romance sequence and a few smaller inserts. Hope the weather holds out!
posted by Barry Cheong at 10:53 p.m.
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