Totally Sick Shoot

Hello all,

No drawings this time, mostly because I did most of my work on set this weekend.

This weekend we got to film Act 1 Scene 1 of our doc, which is the narrative potion. Despite multiple setbacks we managed to finish 30 min ahead of schedule. By doing so we were able to obtain extra footage that Matt used in our scene. Quite proud of how efficiently we were able to handle the situation.

And to explain the title I was diseased during the shoot. Moving on!

We filmed on Campus near Fischer student union. We were shooting directly outside at a small circular table near the amphitheater, which is mildly unfortunate when a crowd of parents and students are outside blasting hip hop. Later on there was a party in the clock-tower room right above us as well, so Sound could have been bad due to this, but we were able to time our shoot perfectly between the two disturbances.

When we got there I had some slight issues. I had prepared two bounce boards so that I could bounce light into the actor's faces since they would be covered in shadow by 3. The light had extended a lot further than I thought it would have however, and I would up having to ditch the bouceboards idea entirely by the time we were ready to shoot. Fortunately I had the A7sii to compensate for the lack of light on the subjects. There were multiple instances however where the backgrounds would be brutally blown out, due to the raw difference in where the afternoon sun hit the earth and the shade covered the actresses' faces.

So once again we had some exposure difficulties, but this time I had brought on Adam Fackleman to help with the film if he could, and since he had more experience with the A7sII than I did, he actually showed and reminded me of some of it's features that we could use, as well as helping me with double checking any ideas on how to improve shots.

All in all, great shoot (though I was sick during the middle of it and fell asleep instantly when I got back to my apartment), super time efficient, with impressive young talent and a fantastic crew!