Month: January 2013
The Grays 17/01/2013 Cancel
Why does this always happen to me? Whenever I try to organise something, it just doesn’t work out. Tried to organise an audition and a rehearsal today, had to get permission from three people to use a room in Central London, so that it would be easier for everyone to attend and then, one by one people started sending e-mails saying they won’t be able to come. That left me with just one actor, who’s already contracted and doesn’t have too many lines in the script, so I just cancelled the appointment.
I’m really upset that my efforts and time all went for nothing… Furthermore, I had to cancel a test shoot with another group I work for. That deepens my disappointment.
The Grays 15/01/2013
Organising auditions. Sorted out the place, but it’s difficult to sort out the people. Wrote e-mails to everyone. Hopefully it all works out well.
The Grays 14/01/2013
Seven actors in total replied to my casting call. Today I sent out the e-mails with invitations to audition on Thursday. Got one reply already, looking forward to receiving the others.
So it makes me a Casting director.
The Grays 11/01/2013
On Friday (11/01/2013) I sent out the reminders to actors. Unfortunately for us, one of the “twins” got a job in a feature film, so Laura asked me to find a replacement for him, so I have to set up a new casting call. We also need two more actors to play a detective and a body guard.
“15 on Schizo” 11/01/13
I am writing this blog post on my way home from the third shooting with Sonia.
The topic of todays’ filming was “Black (figure) on Black (background)”. The biggest challenge was to get rid of the shadows that fell on the wall. With the help of Peter Bee, the technician from the studio, and an hour of experimenting, we got the desired result.
Here’s the lighting set-up I used for these shots:
I filmed everything using 2 lights set-up – a key light, which made the black subject visible and the backlight to separate the subject from the black background.
Camera was static and locked off on the tripod, so I operated the lighting sliders, to get the blinking effect.
Sonia filmed the making of today’s session, she interviewed me about my technical decisions, then I interviewed her about her artistic decisions. After all, the day was productive and we both did and learned a lot.
“15 on Schizo” 05/01/13
On Saturday (05/01/13) I had a second filming session with Sonia. We filmed the human figure through tinted glass. We also re-filmed a sequence that Sonia shot in green screen studio as it didn’t have the desired emotional impact. The filming was done in 2,5 hours.
Here’s a little technical sketch of a shot:
In order to get the desired image, I was in the dark side of the room, in front of the tinted glass screen. The subject was behind the screen, lit by backlight.
In order to get the full shot of the character, I tilted the camera by ninety degrees. This allowed me to avoid the edges of the glass screen and keep a higher resolution of the image when it is scaled down to fit the frame.
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