New York City DVXUSER Crew Presents: Katrina

i think thebrevis and the sg are about equal. the sg is a bit more flexible. as you can shoot with high shutter speeds, but the brevis with the special low light screen is a tad faster. However for brigghter scenes you need to change GG screens. I would hate to have to keep changing screens. The Sgpro, is just more flexibile, thats why i liek it. Plus the image quality is equally astounding.
 
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Yeah baby, partay.

Lingothree said:
I'm so excited to see your finished project - everything looks really great.

I will be in NYC for work 1/31-2/3...hit me up if you guys are planning to do some celebratory post-project drinking. I unfortunately won't have any post-production celebrating to do - we aren't shooting our dramafest project until the second week of February. I guess that means I can't call it a dramafest project...
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Aram Bauman said:
It was a pleasure to light for you Mark. I loved having all those lights at my disposal in the bar scene, I think I used every one of them too.
Thanks for letting me do my thang.
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Dude, you're getting locked in a cage next to Timur's cage. I only let you out to light from now on.
 
Yeah, this was a place where Aram saw the opportunity to add to the shot. I hadn't thought of that. But later on, in Sat's shoot, I had another part where I had Aram watch the scene and creatively adjust a light as the tension in the scene built. We were on the same track of thinking with that, and I want to keep doing more of that stuff as we go on.

Aram Bauman said:
Here is the second part of that after Mark asked me to explain that shot.
"I think it was a bottle of Pucker and a bottle of tequila with a 150 shooting through it with black wrap to make a snoot. I also did it in a close up of the collection dude. I threw some color on Godfried's arm in the foreground. The idea in my head was that since it was a close up of money I thought the green shafts kind of represented the power money has, it's almost godlike, hence the shafts of light. Thats just my own way of justifying the motivation for the light."
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Mark Harris said:
We were on the same track of thinking with that, and I want to keep doing more of that stuff as we go on.
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Yea, color harmony is something Aram is VERY good at. Mark and i were discussing it today, while striking the set, color is something we want to pay attention to in future projects. Its something I experimented with in ManHole: IV, in the opening scenes based on an idea in his earlier episodes. But now that i have a much stronger grasp on how to control the light, i think working with aram on color in the future will lead to interesting effects. I look forward to it.
 
Alex DePew said:
More BTS Photos HERE.

Go to Day three for updates.
Here are a few notable ones
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Timur with Paul Sorvino. He was directing and acting in a feature one block away. Really nice guy.

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Oh, man! This is sick! I don't know which shot I like best!!!

Great looking work here guys!
 
dude, wait till you see my performance, not bad. If you had a role man, I would read for it. Will be in LA soon too...
 
HAHAHA! I think that I need a pair of those six shooters on our set!

Looks great, Mark. I wouldn't say no to you!
 
Yeah, but what you cant see in that pic is me off-camera aiming the elephant gun at Mark's head.

That was the easiest AD job ever -- Mark put a great team together and cultivates an environment where you just want to do the best job you can. The shoots were challenging -- long shot lists and long hours -- but they flowed so well and moved along at such a good clip that they never felt as challenging in the execution as they looked like they would be on paper. He thought out everything so well in advance, picked such focused, flexible actors, and leveraged each individual crew member's best talents so well that everything on-set just clicked. And everyone had a good time along the way.

Thanks, Mark -- it was a pleasure to be able to make a contribution.
 
Guys, the grabs look excellent. Aram, great job on the lighting too :-) Timur, Wayne is lucky to have such an enthusiastic supporter, and based on my experience, I can guarantee you're providing him with lots of inspiration on the flip side.
 
Hey Mark, Timur, Aram and the rest.... I just had to write and say again how wonderful your project looks. I keep seeing those grabs in my head and am just dying to shot something with this style of lighting and directing. It really looks fantastic! I absolutley LOVE the lighting.

Great job, guys. Really looking forward to your film.

-Ted
 
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