Stills from an unnamed documentary

[mrWr0ng]

I went to Ireland last month for a documentary on the political situation in County Mayo. Getting there we had a hell of a time, the airline lost the director's luggage (including the lights) and for the rest of us, we had two flights in a row cancelled and had to spend 24 hours straight at an airport until we got a flight. One of the director's contacts broke and he got in a car accident, so I had to spend the time driving this busted rental car on a spare through some serious farmland.

But the weather was so good to us. Everything worked out for us really well, and I got some really amazing performances out of the equipment, especially with the firestore. Everything held up like champs.

Here are some of the stills:

 

[Aculag]

These look pretty nice, man. I especially like the second shot, and the last two.

I get a feeling that these look really nice in motion.

 

[mrWr0ng]

The motion bit might be a bit tough... we lost so much equipment in the traveling, just about everything I shot had to be handheld (the only tripod shot in the group is the first one), but even with OIS, wind tended to keep everything moving a little bit.

I haven't seen the shots in motion yet, either, so I look forward to having some footage to see & try to look at it from having taken a step back from the whole shoot.

 

[mrWr0ng]

Here's one of the sheep: After we finished interviewing this lady, we'd found about 20 or so sheep had lined up and were watching us. It was both funny and REALLY CREEPY

 

[FilmBoy77]

those sheep look like "what the hell are they doing?"

 

[mrWr0ng]

The documentary now has a name, it's called "Destination: Rossport," and it's the 2nd in a series. The other is http://www.destinationbangalore.net so you can see the first, though I didn't DP it.

 

[J.R. Hudson]

These look pretty good but soft.

The last shot of the dude seems the only one trying to be in focus.

 

[mrWr0ng]

They are soft... every shot but the last one and the first were run & gun. the one with the police grabbing people was me running in the middle of a protest, right after i took that shot, the director grabbed me by the back of my shirt and pulled me out because the police were grabbing for the camera. I always had that kind of nagging feeling that things looked soft, but no one else had said anything about it. You can see it a lot more in the stills, but it was definitely my most challenging shoot. I generally tried to stay wide, but hopefully next time I can bring my shoulder mount & rocker switch and better ride the focus than I was.