Monday a few of us met up at Verts to have a little bit to eat before going to film one last scene(hopefully) for Funemployment. The scene takes place in a parking garage, which was conveniently located near by. The set-up was pretty simple, park the car where the lighting would light up our talent, and get the cameras pointed at them.
Last week we had a night shoot out at Dane’s Body Shop shooting some footage for Battle Bold. A group of friendly athletic folks of all shapes and sizes came out to share their techniques for the cameras and show off some of Battle Bold’s lineup. I almost felt bad for them as they had to basically do a workout in front of the camera repeatedly while Christine Chen and David Lackey both captured footage.
This past weekend we did a little shoot with Jacob Rachniowsk and Taylor Davis(featured in the photo below) from Cloud9 Drones.
You’d think what you’d remember the most about working on a film would be the actual working part. What happens between action and cut though becomes quite a blur after you’ve gone through the scene a few times. My memories mostly consist of what happened during the lulls between setup and filming, and the rides out to set. Is that to say I forgot everything that happened during filming? Not at all.
This was taken on the last day of shooting Two Roads, our latest project for the LA Film Prize. Alex was finding himself a spot to set up the camera for a wide shot in a field.
Monday we did a little reshoot for a certain film named Funemployment. Cramped quarters were shared to get the shot and sound positioned right. I had a bit of an issue getting out of the unit, though didn’t have much of a problem getting in somehow. Christine was on the scene running the camera, while Roxanne McDanel did makeup duties, she also flipped the light switch during the scene. Shayla Begir and Adam Duncan(not pictured) were in the scene. I was busy handling the sound, it went alright except it was a little cramped when Christine and myself crawled…
The Rocket Brothers shoot was awesome, mostly because it started in the afternoon (which is always awesome) and ended on time (also awesome.) Just kidding… What made it awesome was the people, cast and crew. The band was the nicest bunch of folks I’d met in awhile, and the crew was in high spirits like usual.
I just recently got done working on a little short that you might have seen. I figured today I’d share with you some photos of the star of this short. A little advice if you want to take photos of cats(or animals in general), make sure to use a burst mode while taking pictures.
In preparation for A Bird’s Nest showing up on Shorts HD Christine and Adam had to submit a little video introduction. It appears they had a bit of fun with it, maybe a little too much fun…you be the judge and watch the video below.
My first day on the set of Funemployment I took this little panoramic photo(make sure to click on it to see the large image) of everyone that worked that day. I believe I took this after we had shot quite a bit with the crane and Christine was just reviewing the footage to make sure we’d captured what she wanted.