Richard J. Johnson
Joystick Member
Lossfest shoot, Where do I begin......
Everything was carefully planned out, Rough Story Boards were created as general ideas, Camera Moves and Blocking were set up. I know That many of things can and will go wrong on set. So I'm prepared for that.
What I was not prepared for was.......
Having to Replace 5 Actors at the last minute, 1 called 30 minutes before his call time and said he could not make it. (He said he was a go 8 hours before) The other 4, 24 hours before. I had to make some emergency phone calls and get a team in there, including my wife and a S.W.A.T. team member that has never even seen a boom mic let alone act below one. I would rather have bad actors than non-actors anyday, but he came thru in the clutch and tried his best.
Another actor I had never seen in person nor witnessed his acting abilities. He did pretty good fon 1 hour notice.
Everyone came late except for Paulie who showed up early. And I set up his entire by myself, thank god my AD showed to hold the Boom.
And since all of the actors were last minute they had to bring their kids with them including my wife. It was like a day care in there. My kids thought the dolly was some kind of amusement park ride.
Imagine my worry when I see my daughter chasing some boy around holding an Airsoft Mac-10. It wasnt charged or loaded but still.
We could only have the location for half of the time agreed. Which led to scores of work arounds and dirty shots.
Every time we plugged in a light the circuit breaker would trip. EVERY TIME. It is a brand new facility and we could not figure it out. So we had to use the flou's and only them.
All of this confusion caused me to miss so many things that I just should not have missed. Edge of the adapter, Bags in shots, etc. etc.
I'm still learning as a director and with time and practice I will get better and I need to get a few more on the team.
Overall, I'm satsified with how it came out considering the issues. It just goes to show you, no matter how many conformation e-mails you get back or phone calls you make or spread sheets you create, Things can still go straight down the Sh!tter.
I still love it though.
Everything was carefully planned out, Rough Story Boards were created as general ideas, Camera Moves and Blocking were set up. I know That many of things can and will go wrong on set. So I'm prepared for that.
What I was not prepared for was.......
Having to Replace 5 Actors at the last minute, 1 called 30 minutes before his call time and said he could not make it. (He said he was a go 8 hours before) The other 4, 24 hours before. I had to make some emergency phone calls and get a team in there, including my wife and a S.W.A.T. team member that has never even seen a boom mic let alone act below one. I would rather have bad actors than non-actors anyday, but he came thru in the clutch and tried his best.
Another actor I had never seen in person nor witnessed his acting abilities. He did pretty good fon 1 hour notice.
Everyone came late except for Paulie who showed up early. And I set up his entire by myself, thank god my AD showed to hold the Boom.
And since all of the actors were last minute they had to bring their kids with them including my wife. It was like a day care in there. My kids thought the dolly was some kind of amusement park ride.
Imagine my worry when I see my daughter chasing some boy around holding an Airsoft Mac-10. It wasnt charged or loaded but still.
We could only have the location for half of the time agreed. Which led to scores of work arounds and dirty shots.
Every time we plugged in a light the circuit breaker would trip. EVERY TIME. It is a brand new facility and we could not figure it out. So we had to use the flou's and only them.
All of this confusion caused me to miss so many things that I just should not have missed. Edge of the adapter, Bags in shots, etc. etc.
I'm still learning as a director and with time and practice I will get better and I need to get a few more on the team.
Overall, I'm satsified with how it came out considering the issues. It just goes to show you, no matter how many conformation e-mails you get back or phone calls you make or spread sheets you create, Things can still go straight down the Sh!tter.
I still love it though.
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