Photos: Eva (I think?) the slobber dog, a beautiful makeshift clapper (with beautiful left hand), script rehearsal, preparing for hero shots (more here).
It's super-late, but I figured I should keep up my streak of posting once every sleep cycle. Today wasn't particularly interesting up until the evening, when I went to go help out behind the scenes filming (without a tripod!) my friends' Doctor Who film. While I spent most of my time with the motion camera, I managed to get several wonderful production stills. We managed to take a few quick publicity shots of the cast, both individual and group, but I haven't had a chance to really check them out yet. I hope we get to do more of them with varied poses and angles and lighting, because it is a lot of fun - if only just because people actually pose for me!
I've never been involved in a project like this, nor have I ever done camera work - let alone been a director of photography - but so far, this project has been pretty interesting. I'm learning that audio is a pain in the butt to deal with, steady cam rigs get heavy after a while, and mini dvds don't hold that much video at all. The project itself has actually made me want to learn more about video editing, a skill that would probably compliment some of the other stuff that I know. Since I'm responsible for the 'behind the scenes' content that will accompany the film itself, it's something that will be useful. Perhaps in the future, I'll get to take a more direct role in a similar project: problem-solve, build things - not so much write or direct or anything, but perhaps give input to improve upon what's already there. Maybe.
It's super-late, but I figured I should keep up my streak of posting once every sleep cycle. Today wasn't particularly interesting up until the evening, when I went to go help out behind the scenes filming (without a tripod!) my friends' Doctor Who film. While I spent most of my time with the motion camera, I managed to get several wonderful production stills. We managed to take a few quick publicity shots of the cast, both individual and group, but I haven't had a chance to really check them out yet. I hope we get to do more of them with varied poses and angles and lighting, because it is a lot of fun - if only just because people actually pose for me!
I've never been involved in a project like this, nor have I ever done camera work - let alone been a director of photography - but so far, this project has been pretty interesting. I'm learning that audio is a pain in the butt to deal with, steady cam rigs get heavy after a while, and mini dvds don't hold that much video at all. The project itself has actually made me want to learn more about video editing, a skill that would probably compliment some of the other stuff that I know. Since I'm responsible for the 'behind the scenes' content that will accompany the film itself, it's something that will be useful. Perhaps in the future, I'll get to take a more direct role in a similar project: problem-solve, build things - not so much write or direct or anything, but perhaps give input to improve upon what's already there. Maybe.
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