A Tear For You - A Frank Glencairn Film

[Postmaster]

Just found out that Merry X-Mess is already the title of a german short film -duh!

So I changed it to "One Tear For You" - after a lot of redoing the screenplay it fits the tone better anyway.

Stay tuned, more to come.

Frank

 

[Postmaster]

Setting the tone.

Some of you are probably thinking "why is he so obsessed wit his color and light timing instead of start shooting?"

Well lighting is verry critical in that film and I have a certain tone that I want to nail. But shooting with a HVX200 and a LEX means, I need tonns of light - wich is excactly the opposit, I wont it to look like.

I want it to look like it was only lit by a christmas tree and some little table lamps - verry noir.

That´s why I did so many tests. I was never satisfied.
The difference of what was on my mind and what I was able to achive was too much.

Well, now I think I nailed it.

Picture 1 shows what comes out of the camera.
Picture 2 is after grading
Pictue 3 is how I restore some of the warm light with a tracked traveling mask.

I have to do some final skintone tests, but otherwise I´m happy.

Shooting is next weekend. Till than I have to finish my universal dolly-crane-slider-constuction.

Best, Frank

 

[Jeff Anderson]

Those tests are looking great - that twilighty look is hard to nail - especially with a tungsten source like that lamp in the shot, but I think you've got it nailed my friend. Looking forward to this Frank!

 

[Postmaster]

Yeah, just heavy blue geling for my main lights, and leaving the tree and little tungsten lamps allone did not work at all, but I had massive noise. Now I have much mor controll over it in post (and much more work).

Stay tuned for the skin tests.

Frank

 

[Mark Harris]

Shooting next weekend? Wow, I thought I was cutting it close! Good luck, Frank, looking forward to seeing it!!!!

 

[Postmaster]

Yeah, it´s getting a bit tight.

But I have everything prepared now.
Color grading presets, music and even a timeline filled with storyboard pictures.

So I only have to shoot, select the best takes and throw them at the timeline by replacing the storyboards with real footage....


.....BAWHAHAHAHA! Yeah right!

No, honestly I think it works pretty smooth after shooting.
Of course there will be some obstacles and hurdles, but the night is long.

Here comes some skin test with my grading/lighting combo.
Still a bit noisy but I have more light in the garage.

Miriam wears no make up at all, since I don´t have my make up kit here.
But you get the idea.

Frank

 

[Mark Harris]

What are you shooting on?

 

[Postmaster]

HVX200/LEX/Zeiss Medium Format Primes.

The tests where done with Firestore, the shooting willbe uncompressed via components direct to my workstation, wich gives me a cleaner picture and a bit more headroom for grading.

Frank

 

[Beat Takeshi]

remember that when you compress for web its going to get even darker.

 

[Postmaster]

Frank

 

[Postmaster]

Just came back of my workshop where I build my Universal Wonder Dolly/Crane/Silder.

I have to say that I´m pretty frustrated.

First the Flex gave up, than one drilling machines, and two of my saws.

Grrrr!

I bought the wrong nut´s and bolts, the hardwareshop had only 6 wheels (need 8), the parts for the integreded slider did not arrive and I run out of time, tomorrow is shooting.

So I bolted it rough-and-ready together.
It works allright, but there is lot that needs streamlining.

I provide some photos tomorrow together with some BTS stuff.

I´m tired as hell, my back hurts and I smell like a sheep pen.

Need a beer a shower and a bed. Tomorrow is the day.

Good night, Frank

 

[Rodney V. Smith]

beer shower would be good too

 

[Lawsuit_Boy]

Very nice teaser, Postmaster! It contains a minor typo, but it was really effective and grabbed me. Looking forward to this one.

 

[Postmaster]

Yeah saw that typo, didn´t have the nerve to do it again but organiizing the shooting.

Oh boy, oh boy, what a day.

But we`r WRAPED!

Here is a BTS photo - we where to busy to do much of them.

Grabs ar comming up

Frank

 

[Mark Harris]

Good god, just how big is that monitor?

 

[Postmaster]

24"

 

[Postmaster]

First grabs - fresh out of the camera

 

[Postmaster]

Even more grabs

 

[Mark Harris]

These look good. I love the look of her. The period make-up, clothes. Be eager to see some grades as you apply them.

 

[Postmaster]

BTS section on page #1 updated
http://www.dvxuser.com/V6/showpost.php?p=1495048&postcount=3

Frank