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Our Day in the Sun
The title is kind of referring to how hot it was. (It was really hot)
As often as our days are about light (and it bouncing off people and into our camera), today seemed especially dominated by it.
For our first hour or so of attempted shooting the sun was beating down on us. Everyone got really sick of the heat really quickly. Also, the harsh sunlight was way too intense. When a truck driver decided to pull up and unload right near our shot (ruining our sound) we decided to take a break and send crew to pick up a few things: a tent thing “borrowed” from SPJ and a giant white-ish sheet from goodwill. We attached the sheet to the tent thing and had a fairly movable sunlight-diffusion device.
There have been so many shoots in bright daylight where this thing would have been so useful.
After the sun set, we had a night shoot. It was hopefully a one-shot scene. (which is what it sounds like: a scene entirely done in one shot. Hmm, here are some standard terms if you’re unfamiliar. Shot: one camera set up. Take: After the shot is set up, every attempted instance of that shot is a take. Sequence: a series of shots form a sequence. Scene: One or more sequences may form a scene. Example: We did (probably) 40 different takes of the shot of Gene saying “Boners!” for the prank montage flashback sequence which is a part of the Act 1, Scene A scene in Oppie’s Dorm.)
We spent a lot more time than usual lighting this night scene, we even sent some people to pick up the extra extension cords. For some reason, it seemed so much darker than would be expected with the amount of light we were throwing at it. Not until we had several strong takes done, did I realize that I had left the ND Filter on (The ND filter reduces the amount of light let into the lens, it’s used for shooting in bright daylight, which we had been doing all day).
I felt like an idiot. We went back and reshot it, properly exposed.
Today I also ate a cheeseburger. Also, Erik Voss was there. Look at these Effing Hipsters:
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