Ted Arabian
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Poster created and added (for the heck of it!)
"Love" a new short film by Ted Arabian
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Ted Arabian
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Thanks Jim! Yeah, I understand about the shoot. bad timing!
Take care of Aram... don't wear him out before I get a chance to see him!
Talk to you soon!
-Ted
Take care of Aram... don't wear him out before I get a chance to see him!
Talk to you soon!
-Ted
Ted Arabian
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btw Jim... I have altered the ending. OMG! Very excited!
Marlon Ladd
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OMG!! Holy shiiii.......!! LOL. Thanks, Ted. I see me, you and Mike have similar taste. Makes me wonder - does she know what she's doing right there? How sexy she is??Here you go, Marlon...
Don't want you to strain you eyes with that small button!
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
Tomorrow we shoot!
BTW - Poster looks great.
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Ted Arabian
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hee hee hee.... glad you like, Marlon!
Thanks about the poster. Need to photoshop some detail but I am beat and I have to run off and work on a theatre set... West Side Story.
I would much rather work on my set or sleep!
Thanks about the poster. Need to photoshop some detail but I am beat and I have to run off and work on a theatre set... West Side Story.
I would much rather work on my set or sleep!
Wild Imagination Films
Well-known member
Ted, you are too much. Slow down my friend, smell the roses.
Ted Arabian
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I try to but I keep stepping all over them!!!
Wild Imagination Films
Well-known member
I am interested in seeing what you do with a what appears to be more of a "theatrical" set than a "film" set. I was wondering if the choices you made were driven by location, story, or the desire to experiment.
Mark Johnson
The Dude Abides
Ted,
I was out of the shop all day today and just got back. Your images absolutely popped out of the screen. So much brilliant color. Can you shoot some upwards so we can see how you're leveraging the house lighting scaffolds?
Also, what camera are you shooting on? I'm assuming these production stills are from that really nice Nikon you have, right? I'm interested to see how this set performs as imaged by your shooting camera.
I also echo what others have said as to this wonderful stylized look you are getting by approaching this from scratch and using the house system. Man, you must have some serious wattage at your disposal, huh? Can you give us more details? What, if any, lights are you bringing in to supplment?
You have amped up this fest immensely with this late entry. It's even better to see how quickly and efficiently you are putting this together. Bravo, dude!
The Dude
I was out of the shop all day today and just got back. Your images absolutely popped out of the screen. So much brilliant color. Can you shoot some upwards so we can see how you're leveraging the house lighting scaffolds?
Also, what camera are you shooting on? I'm assuming these production stills are from that really nice Nikon you have, right? I'm interested to see how this set performs as imaged by your shooting camera.
I also echo what others have said as to this wonderful stylized look you are getting by approaching this from scratch and using the house system. Man, you must have some serious wattage at your disposal, huh? Can you give us more details? What, if any, lights are you bringing in to supplment?
You have amped up this fest immensely with this late entry. It's even better to see how quickly and efficiently you are putting this together. Bravo, dude!
The Dude
Marlon Ladd
Veteran
Mark Harris
Pain in the ass
good luck on your shoot Ted. You're shooting today, no?
mentatDUKE
Veteran
Hi Ted. I'm liking the sets. Good luck with everything.
Ted Arabian
Member with Ladder
Hey Guys! JUST WRAPPED... for the day. My actors who were initially unavailable for tomorrow are suddenly AVAILABLE!!! So instead of rushing through everything, I set aside some shots for tomorrow. (thankfully Jim, whom I am shooting with tomorrow! was kind enough to allow me to come down a couple of hours late. Thanks Jim!!!)
Wow! What BEAUTIFUL shots I got today! I may not have a film but I got some nice footage! LOL! Hopefully there will be a film... We'll see!
Mark, thank you for the very kind words. And thank you Marlon for echoing them. I am really glad that I was able to participate in this fest. It is so good to be back on the boards with my filmmaking friends!
As for lighting....
I am using....
4 - 675 watt Source 4 pars shooting at the blinds (from behind), obviously with a heavy pink/purple gel. (R48 doubled up)
5 - 675 watt Source 4 pars shooting straight down with a deep blue (R79)
4 - 1K watt Altman pars shooting a back light on the acting area, primary blue (R80)
4 - 675 watt Source 4 lekos shooting on the bed and loveseat. A warm Honey color (R11) to simulate candle glow
1 - 675 watt Altman leko with gobo shooting on the bed scrim. (again R11)
2 - 675 watt Altman lekos shooting behind the doors (R11 and diffusion)
1 - 675 watt Altman leko shooting through the beaded door. (R11 and diffusion)
and
2 - 675 watt Source 4 lekos shooting an uplight in the drapery corner of the love seat area
That's it. That is my lighting plot.
I did learn a few things today about shooting with a theatrical style lighting plot... down light, though wonderful, makes it difficult for a boom op to NOT CREATE SHADOW!!! OMG, I had to be so specific about where the boom went. Master shots...??? Forget about it! YIKES!
There was one other thing that I learned that I said to myself, "Ted... gotta remember that when shooting on a theatre set." But I can't remember it yet! I'll post it when I remember it!
The most REMARKABLE thing that happened was this....
Get this,
It is 10:30am something. Cast and crew arrived as 8:30am. I was there at 4am and built a partial fourth wall (for reverses), finalized the set dressing, built my camera rig (that's another story for another post!) and cleaned the stage.......
We have camera rig in place, actors "costumed" and ready, crew ready (good crew! 3... boom op and 2 ACs... all new to this! GREAT CREW!) ready to lite a bizzion candles.... WHEN ALL OF A SUDDEN THE FIRE ALARM SOUNDS!!!!
I plopped where I stood, (thankfully right in front of the Love seat!) with the dumbest, most numbness expression on my face and stared with mouth open.
The crew all looked about. The actors emerge form the green room. "That's not from the incense burning is it?" many of them ask.
"No, I said. Couldn't be. Those stopped burning 15 minutes ago (when i thought that we were ready to shoot!!!)."
Anthony, Our Lead Male and runs the joint, goes to investigate.
I sit, still vacant. I cannot believe this. "I've reached the moment where I am about to roll the very first footage of the film, after spending countless hours in the last 5 days building this set, and it comes to this? THIS?????????? You've got to be kidding me!
Thankfully, they were only testing the system downstairs. (the ROH is upstairs of City Hall. You boys out west probably never seen one of them. They date back quite awhile! They're old New England-y, large city hall with a theatre built in above. Really making for an interesting shoot.... you'll understand AFTER you see my film!!!)
Anyway.... the candles were lit and incense burned and we shot, shot, shot! WHEW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! (when I was sitting there on that love seat... I was writing out my DVXUSER post explaining WHY I didn't have a film to deliver!!! haa haa....... OMG.)
Mark, I will take a picture overhead to give you an idea of my lighting plot. The pipes (called electrics in theatre) are raised and lower at the fly loft. This house still uses the old hemp system and require many sandbags to weight the electrics.
I cannot wait to get home and offload this footage. Screen grabs tonight!!!
Thanks again!
-Ted
Wow! What BEAUTIFUL shots I got today! I may not have a film but I got some nice footage! LOL! Hopefully there will be a film... We'll see!
Mark, thank you for the very kind words. And thank you Marlon for echoing them. I am really glad that I was able to participate in this fest. It is so good to be back on the boards with my filmmaking friends!
As for lighting....
I am using....
4 - 675 watt Source 4 pars shooting at the blinds (from behind), obviously with a heavy pink/purple gel. (R48 doubled up)
5 - 675 watt Source 4 pars shooting straight down with a deep blue (R79)
4 - 1K watt Altman pars shooting a back light on the acting area, primary blue (R80)
4 - 675 watt Source 4 lekos shooting on the bed and loveseat. A warm Honey color (R11) to simulate candle glow
1 - 675 watt Altman leko with gobo shooting on the bed scrim. (again R11)
2 - 675 watt Altman lekos shooting behind the doors (R11 and diffusion)
1 - 675 watt Altman leko shooting through the beaded door. (R11 and diffusion)
and
2 - 675 watt Source 4 lekos shooting an uplight in the drapery corner of the love seat area
That's it. That is my lighting plot.
I did learn a few things today about shooting with a theatrical style lighting plot... down light, though wonderful, makes it difficult for a boom op to NOT CREATE SHADOW!!! OMG, I had to be so specific about where the boom went. Master shots...??? Forget about it! YIKES!
There was one other thing that I learned that I said to myself, "Ted... gotta remember that when shooting on a theatre set." But I can't remember it yet! I'll post it when I remember it!
The most REMARKABLE thing that happened was this....
Get this,
It is 10:30am something. Cast and crew arrived as 8:30am. I was there at 4am and built a partial fourth wall (for reverses), finalized the set dressing, built my camera rig (that's another story for another post!) and cleaned the stage.......
We have camera rig in place, actors "costumed" and ready, crew ready (good crew! 3... boom op and 2 ACs... all new to this! GREAT CREW!) ready to lite a bizzion candles.... WHEN ALL OF A SUDDEN THE FIRE ALARM SOUNDS!!!!
I plopped where I stood, (thankfully right in front of the Love seat!) with the dumbest, most numbness expression on my face and stared with mouth open.
The crew all looked about. The actors emerge form the green room. "That's not from the incense burning is it?" many of them ask.
"No, I said. Couldn't be. Those stopped burning 15 minutes ago (when i thought that we were ready to shoot!!!)."
Anthony, Our Lead Male and runs the joint, goes to investigate.
I sit, still vacant. I cannot believe this. "I've reached the moment where I am about to roll the very first footage of the film, after spending countless hours in the last 5 days building this set, and it comes to this? THIS?????????? You've got to be kidding me!
Thankfully, they were only testing the system downstairs. (the ROH is upstairs of City Hall. You boys out west probably never seen one of them. They date back quite awhile! They're old New England-y, large city hall with a theatre built in above. Really making for an interesting shoot.... you'll understand AFTER you see my film!!!)
Anyway.... the candles were lit and incense burned and we shot, shot, shot! WHEW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! (when I was sitting there on that love seat... I was writing out my DVXUSER post explaining WHY I didn't have a film to deliver!!! haa haa....... OMG.)
Mark, I will take a picture overhead to give you an idea of my lighting plot. The pipes (called electrics in theatre) are raised and lower at the fly loft. This house still uses the old hemp system and require many sandbags to weight the electrics.
I cannot wait to get home and offload this footage. Screen grabs tonight!!!
Thanks again!
-Ted
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Michael Anthony Horrigan
More Cowbell Pictures
That's what I'm talking about!!
I'll be keeping an eye out for them tonight.
Cheers,
Mike
Marlon Ladd
Veteran
Go TED!!
Ted Arabian
Member with Ladder
hee heee..... Thanks Marlon! Thanks Mike!!!
Hey, I updated that post above to include a very "funny" story.... Sorry to make you got back through that post, but it is worth checking out!
-Ted
Hey, I updated that post above to include a very "funny" story.... Sorry to make you got back through that post, but it is worth checking out!
-Ted
Ted Arabian
Member with Ladder
Hey MentatDUKE!!! Thanks for dropping in and the words, man! I am looking forward to your film! Your Horror Fest film is still playing in my mind! Love that film!
-Ted
-Ted
Ted Arabian
Member with Ladder
See you tomorrow, Jim! Looking forward to working with you and Aram again!
Okay.....
After watching my footage, I see that I am learning more and more corrections that I will take when shooting in a theatrical setting again.... but that is another post for another day. Right now, I need to hit the sack. I have to wrap my film in the morning, strike my set and get to Boston by 2:30...
SO... for now......
A couple of grabs!!!
and one for the ladies.....
Okay.....
After watching my footage, I see that I am learning more and more corrections that I will take when shooting in a theatrical setting again.... but that is another post for another day. Right now, I need to hit the sack. I have to wrap my film in the morning, strike my set and get to Boston by 2:30...
SO... for now......
A couple of grabs!!!
and one for the ladies.....