"A Short Film" - Day 2 and 3 (of 5)
Doing a combo post here since I got home at the end of Day 2 and crashed early. Even now at the end of Day 3 I'm fighting to stay awake...
Day 2 started off poorly. We were hit with a bad case of rain and our 1st AD Steve feeling ill. The rain is to be expected with me on the set. I think I must have at least a 90% chance of it whenever I'm shooting exteriors. Our first major sequence was a musical number which I ended up playing au naturel. I had the guys set the genny hoping I could sneak a 1200 HMI in somewhere but it ended up not playing at all. Popped in a Coral 1/4 in front of lens to warm things up but it never looks quite right without the contrast of the sun.
The rain started getting heavy to the point where we couldn't even muscle through it so it was decided that we'd shift the 2nd half of the scene to an interior location since you can do that sort of thing with musicals. Characters are always popping in and out of contrasting locations with no justification - awesome!
The interior was the front hallway of a building at Sheridan College which we were previously using as a holding/work area. I lit the scene with a 1200 HMI and 4' 4bank Kino with daylight tubes. I started using the Fig Rig also but abandoned it by the end of the day. I find it too cumbersome and awkward - it's better for me just to stick it on my shoulder and grip the support rods.
Due to the weather, we lost the romance sequence down by the waterfront, which was pushed to Day 3.
Again not too many pictures...
Originally the entire sequence is supposed to take place outdoors. You can see the brutal weather were were dealing with. All the background dancers were troopers.
Some of the gear waiting on standy as we attempted to wait out the rain. Eventually we just came indoors and shot the 2nd half as an interior.
Our interior locations for the 2nd half of the musical number. 1200 HMI and 4' 4bank provided some contrast. The area was facing a big glass front which keyed the scene. I played a Black Frost 1/2 on the lens for everything.
Makeup artist Jamie catching a snooze..... I lit this with a practical bulb..:-p
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Day 3 started off just as gloomy and grey as Day 2. We started our morning on a couple of inserts on the Bolex. Again I shot 7245 50D. We picked up our waterfront romance sequence where it was freezing! I played the scene with a Black Frost 1/2 and Schneider Classic Sunset in front of the lens to help hide our our grey reality.
We then moved to a theatre interior which played as a student awards ceremony where we witness "Chris", a nominee for a film award, lose out to his evil nemesis Marvin. For the angle of Marvin looking out to the crowd I lit Marvin with two theater spotlights, already in exitence in the space, rim lighting him. A small 1K chimera keyed Chris who was just to the left of frame and a 1K fresnel on the floor backlit some of the extras at various tables. A 4' 4bank Kino with Tungsten tubes and 1/4 CTS gave a soft edge for closeups. Practical table lamps with 40W bulbs were wired into dimmer for control.
The reverse shot facing the stage was keyed with one of the spotlight fixtures and a 420 Pepper backlit him. I played both a Black Frost 1/2 and 1/4 to get his white coat to pop.
We finished our day in a classroom scene where Chris is sitting in class watching some obscure film as a pretentious artsy fartsy fellow student spiels anecdotes about Kubrick. I lit the scene with a 1K Chimera on a dimmer to emulate the changing density of the film he's watching and a 420 pepper (?) on a dimmer as a subtle rim light.
Wardrobe artist Helen standing in for me at the waterfront. Grey and very gloomy - ugggg...
Our two angles in the theatre scene...
Our last scene on Day 3 in the classroom...
Gaffer Tony and Art Asst/Grip/Actor Jon Garcia catching a moment at the end of the day...
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Tomorrow we start our day shooting some quick shots off a bridge matching with the bridge scene from Day 1. After that we have a big sequence in a living room set and a sequence in a green screen studio..
We also see a shift in crew tomorrow. Angie, my regular gaffer, will be joining me taking over from Tony who's done a great job. We also lose Tad, our art director and Kari our PM to other job commitments. Hopefully we'll also get Steve back, our 1st AD, who been absent battling the flu.
Special thanks to Tony again for all his hard work for the 1st 3 days and Natalie for keeping us all fed!
Day 2 started off poorly. We were hit with a bad case of rain and our 1st AD Steve feeling ill. The rain is to be expected with me on the set. I think I must have at least a 90% chance of it whenever I'm shooting exteriors. Our first major sequence was a musical number which I ended up playing au naturel. I had the guys set the genny hoping I could sneak a 1200 HMI in somewhere but it ended up not playing at all. Popped in a Coral 1/4 in front of lens to warm things up but it never looks quite right without the contrast of the sun.
The rain started getting heavy to the point where we couldn't even muscle through it so it was decided that we'd shift the 2nd half of the scene to an interior location since you can do that sort of thing with musicals. Characters are always popping in and out of contrasting locations with no justification - awesome!
The interior was the front hallway of a building at Sheridan College which we were previously using as a holding/work area. I lit the scene with a 1200 HMI and 4' 4bank Kino with daylight tubes. I started using the Fig Rig also but abandoned it by the end of the day. I find it too cumbersome and awkward - it's better for me just to stick it on my shoulder and grip the support rods.
Due to the weather, we lost the romance sequence down by the waterfront, which was pushed to Day 3.
Again not too many pictures...
Originally the entire sequence is supposed to take place outdoors. You can see the brutal weather were were dealing with. All the background dancers were troopers.
Some of the gear waiting on standy as we attempted to wait out the rain. Eventually we just came indoors and shot the 2nd half as an interior.
Our interior locations for the 2nd half of the musical number. 1200 HMI and 4' 4bank provided some contrast. The area was facing a big glass front which keyed the scene. I played a Black Frost 1/2 on the lens for everything.
Makeup artist Jamie catching a snooze..... I lit this with a practical bulb..:-p
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Day 3 started off just as gloomy and grey as Day 2. We started our morning on a couple of inserts on the Bolex. Again I shot 7245 50D. We picked up our waterfront romance sequence where it was freezing! I played the scene with a Black Frost 1/2 and Schneider Classic Sunset in front of the lens to help hide our our grey reality.
We then moved to a theatre interior which played as a student awards ceremony where we witness "Chris", a nominee for a film award, lose out to his evil nemesis Marvin. For the angle of Marvin looking out to the crowd I lit Marvin with two theater spotlights, already in exitence in the space, rim lighting him. A small 1K chimera keyed Chris who was just to the left of frame and a 1K fresnel on the floor backlit some of the extras at various tables. A 4' 4bank Kino with Tungsten tubes and 1/4 CTS gave a soft edge for closeups. Practical table lamps with 40W bulbs were wired into dimmer for control.
The reverse shot facing the stage was keyed with one of the spotlight fixtures and a 420 Pepper backlit him. I played both a Black Frost 1/2 and 1/4 to get his white coat to pop.
We finished our day in a classroom scene where Chris is sitting in class watching some obscure film as a pretentious artsy fartsy fellow student spiels anecdotes about Kubrick. I lit the scene with a 1K Chimera on a dimmer to emulate the changing density of the film he's watching and a 420 pepper (?) on a dimmer as a subtle rim light.
Wardrobe artist Helen standing in for me at the waterfront. Grey and very gloomy - ugggg...
Our two angles in the theatre scene...
Our last scene on Day 3 in the classroom...
Gaffer Tony and Art Asst/Grip/Actor Jon Garcia catching a moment at the end of the day...
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Tomorrow we start our day shooting some quick shots off a bridge matching with the bridge scene from Day 1. After that we have a big sequence in a living room set and a sequence in a green screen studio..
We also see a shift in crew tomorrow. Angie, my regular gaffer, will be joining me taking over from Tony who's done a great job. We also lose Tad, our art director and Kari our PM to other job commitments. Hopefully we'll also get Steve back, our 1st AD, who been absent battling the flu.
Special thanks to Tony again for all his hard work for the 1st 3 days and Natalie for keeping us all fed!
posted by Barry Cheong at 11:43 p.m.
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