The Rook Moves - a Shawn Nelson film

[Shawn Philip Nelson]

'The Rook Moves'

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Starring:
Chantelle Nelson, Josiah Nelson, Dr. Michael Friedrichs, Emma Pelett

Written and Directed by Shawn Nelson
Cinematography by Christopher Alley
Produced by Jay Lance and Shawn Nelson
Music Composed by Justin R. Durban
Sound Design and Mix by Alan Chang
Assistant Camera: Jerry Turner
2nd AC: Lauren Pollock
Grips: Tony Forsyth, Ryan Unger, Zach Olson
MUA: Sarah Haley
Boom Op: AJ Brooks
Sound Mixer: Joshua Brown
BTS Shot by Zack Olson

[Shawn Philip Nelson]

Production Log:

Feb 16th: Concept finalized, 'go' button pushed, crew recruitment begins intensely.
Feb 17th: Possible snag on location....
Feb 21st: Spent hours on location scout, planning blocking and framing with DP.
Feb 22nd: Got the permission for a location, we're a go.
Feb 23rd: Production meeting with DP, 1st AC.
Feb 24th: Meeting with DP to plan out blocking, camera placement, schedule strategy and more.
Feb 25th: Shoot day. Done! In the can. Exhausted.
Feb 26th: Uploaded all footage, it looks great! Processed everything and handed copy off to DP for safety.
March 1st: Synced all the audio by hand (audio was separate system record using dumb slate). Now watching footage to begin the edit.
March 5th: Picture lock! Handed off to Justin and Alan.

[Shawn Philip Nelson]

Technical Trivia:
Camera: Red #27 MX, 4.5k
Lenses Used: 300mm F2.8 (only lens used, entire short)
Aperture Settings Utilized: f2.8 - f32
Max Glass Filters at Once: 5 (ND .9, Circ Pola, ND 1.2, Classic Soft 1, IR Blocker)
Aspect Ratio: 2.33:1

Audio Gear (on set):
Sennheiser MKH60 mic
Sound Devices 302 Mixer
Sound Devices MM-1 pre-amp
Tascam HD-P2 recorder

Workflow:
Shot on Red MX in 4.5k 2.33:1
Using RedCineX, created 720p ProRes422LT proxies for offline edit in FCP 7.0.3.
After edit, conform using RedCineX. All clips balanced for exposure and color temp using new RedGamma2 color science.
Exported as 2.4k ProRes4444 and re-imported into FCP 7.
From FCP 7, sequence sent to Color. After grade, rendered back to Color.

[Michael Anthony Horrigan]

Sweet! Good luck, Shawn.

[Noel Evans]

Good luck Shawn. Look forward to seeing what you've cooked up.

[Matt Harris]

Nice Shawn, good luck, post grabs when you get 'em.

[ZazaCast]

Excellent! I always look forward to a Shawneous film...it's been awhile.
Best on the shoot, I'd wish you 'luck' but you really don't need it.
Cheers!

[Burn2Earn pro.]

Good luck man!

[Sean D Brown]

See ya sunday

[Chris Messineo]

We're shooting our film today today - best of luck with yours!