2 down 10 more to go
We just wrapped our second day of shooting today. If we keep pushing hard like we are doing then we may make our 12 day shooting schedule.
Day 1 was a bit interesting. Some crew dropped out the early early morning of the shoot. Then our generator never showed up and we had to rent from a different place and our lunch had some complications which set us back about 2 1/2 to 3 hours. With all that said we still came only 1 1/2 pages from making our day of 6 1/2 pages. We were slightly discouraged with the dealings of the day but the end proved that we just may make our days.
Day 2 - Today. We had a slow start. Working with the steadicam as well as making most of our wides made things difficult but we still pulled off 9 set ups before lunch. After we had some food in us and the directing team had a discussion we blasted out of the first half of the day and completed nearly 15 setups almost making our day of the gun fight.
The wide shots are hard to do at this particular location because we have a lot of obstacles to deal with as far as set dressing. A lot of modern houses sit in the background of set so we are constantly trying to hide them and frame them out. Today's epic wide was a high angle looking down on the town as the sheriff and deputies spread out for the opening gun fight. It reminded me of Gunsmoke so I will consider it my omage to the classic western.
The highlight of the day was when we were losing light and hand a handfull of shots left to do. As one of the shots was being framed and set up and I ran over to the location of our next setup and was able to combine three shots into one. At first the DP was all that happy with the idea because our lighting was at the worst time of day with the sun behind us. I walked to the other side of the buildings and to see what it looked like with the sun facing us. We went with the shot and it turned out great, thanks to the crew.
One thing I always learn while on set is how valuable each person is. Because I see how hard everyone is working I attempt to make it my goal to thank everyone before I leave set.
Tomorrow is day three with a lot to do. It ain't over yet.
Day 1 was a bit interesting. Some crew dropped out the early early morning of the shoot. Then our generator never showed up and we had to rent from a different place and our lunch had some complications which set us back about 2 1/2 to 3 hours. With all that said we still came only 1 1/2 pages from making our day of 6 1/2 pages. We were slightly discouraged with the dealings of the day but the end proved that we just may make our days.
Day 2 - Today. We had a slow start. Working with the steadicam as well as making most of our wides made things difficult but we still pulled off 9 set ups before lunch. After we had some food in us and the directing team had a discussion we blasted out of the first half of the day and completed nearly 15 setups almost making our day of the gun fight.
The wide shots are hard to do at this particular location because we have a lot of obstacles to deal with as far as set dressing. A lot of modern houses sit in the background of set so we are constantly trying to hide them and frame them out. Today's epic wide was a high angle looking down on the town as the sheriff and deputies spread out for the opening gun fight. It reminded me of Gunsmoke so I will consider it my omage to the classic western.
The highlight of the day was when we were losing light and hand a handfull of shots left to do. As one of the shots was being framed and set up and I ran over to the location of our next setup and was able to combine three shots into one. At first the DP was all that happy with the idea because our lighting was at the worst time of day with the sun behind us. I walked to the other side of the buildings and to see what it looked like with the sun facing us. We went with the shot and it turned out great, thanks to the crew.
One thing I always learn while on set is how valuable each person is. Because I see how hard everyone is working I attempt to make it my goal to thank everyone before I leave set.
Tomorrow is day three with a lot to do. It ain't over yet.
posted by Jared Isham | 8:45 PM
1 Comments:
My only regret is that I don't get to be there to help or watch or be an extra. You're going to do another western someday, right? Will I have to write it? he he. Anyway, we're praying for you here at the office. Anything specific? Later.
Oh. Tell Uncle Bruce I say hi. :)
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