Reshoots & Pickups - Day 7
Today was a solo show. I didn’t have my Gaffer available so it was a pretty nutty pickup day. I didn’t have much to shoot but it’s hard doing so much yourself. Luckily a friend (thanks Ben) was able to come and help me unpack, pack up, hold the boom for me (little audio today), etc. I held off on one thing planned for the day because after setting up camera and lights I just really wasn’t confident in what 
it looked like. I really needed more time to get it right and it wasn’t worth wasting the time. Luckily we have an opportunity to grab it again in a different location. The specifics of todays shoot story wise I can’t really tell you as it will ruin the film, regardless it went well. It was awkward for the two actors to do what they needed, but they pulled it off well. I also did some handheld today, something I haven’t done more than twice in the film, gave what we were shooting a more “in the moment” feeling. We also did the interview for Aaron Slack today who plays Shawn in the film. It went well and we got some great footage of him. Getting really close to wrapping, only a few days left.
April 2nd, 2009 at 10:55 pm
[...] We had to shoot a little bit of stuff today, catch was I was alone. I was able to get a friend (thanks Ben) to help so that made things a little easier. It is very hard to work by yourself, doing everything makes things take way longer than they need to and I’m always afraid the film will take a dive because my brain gets occupied with other jobs. I think we did OK though, the footage looks nice and I believe I got what I needed. The interview also came out good with Aaron Slack. Read more about our shooting day here. [...]
April 2nd, 2009 at 11:42 pm
Sounded cool. Is the Canon with the Letus and lenses hard to “handhold,” or is it pretty light? Or did you just go with the cam and no 35mm?
April 4th, 2009 at 6:21 pm
Jean-Marc, thanks for your interest in our film! The Canon and Letus aren’t the only items in the camera “package.” You need to consider the weight involved between the Camera, Letus, Lenses, Monitor, Batteries, Rails, etc. We have a shoulder mount setup from Redrock that is very nice. Overall though the whole camera package is about 2.5ft long and weighs more than 25lbs. It isn’t very balanced either so only a certain number of minutes can be shot with it before needing to set it down. I think I shot all that was required with the camera continuing to roll as I audibly directed the scene and moved around as needed as quickly as possible. Using a wall behind you or something else to brace your back is also a good idea.