can I do this?

Steve Laramie

Steve Laramie

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I am not sure if I am really pushing it close with my schedule here but I have. 89 shots in 2 locations and 3 12 hour days to do it. 1 actor DP Audio tech steadicam op and myself. IS this possible? (Almost no dialogue) There are 3 fairly complex steadicam long takes.
 
89 shots hey?? I think you would be pushing it big time. You'd want to get each shot on the first take and your quality might suffer. Average rule would be 12-15 setups max per day. Just because there is no dialogue wont necessarily make it easier. From my experience most retakes I've had to do was because of physical continuity or wooden movement, not dialogue stuff ups.
 
yeah bro, that sounds like a real challenge - those 12 hour days wull exhaust you and the crew too. I think to do that you would have to get an incredible plan put together to streamline the phsyical requirement for movement and equipment.

Good luck mate let us know how you get on!
 
Of course, there are those amazing people who have shot entire (successful) features in 2 days: aka Roger Corman and LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS (the original).
 
Really, how does one have 89 shots but only 10 setups. Each angle requires different lighting etc. at the very least small tweaks in the setup unless it is completely outside and hand held.
 
might be a silly question but could some of those 89 shots be merged together? simplification is good!
 
Im thinking that could be a possibility. I will also mention that we are shooting 1080p HD HVX200a redrock m2 with plenty of p2 cards.
 
Yeddi said:
Really, how does one have 89 shots but only 10 setups. Each angle requires different lighting etc. at the very least small tweaks in the setup unless it is completely outside and hand held.
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Rodriguez used the zoom to shoot two shots in one set-up during El mariachi. You set up the wide, shoot, without moving the camera ask the actors to pause, then zoom in and do the close up -- donno how he did it, coz it sound unpro - but he says that's how he shot el mariachi on a shot budget.

Since you got a steadicam, hw, you could use it to the best! Move the camera about during the scene, and you would have three shots in one set up -- a good book to read is Shot by Shot, by Steven d Katz.
 
I have seen that thing about Robert Rodriguez talking about El mariachi. The problem with that is I do not have zoom lenses they are fixed focal lengths. The reason he did that was not because of time it was to save film. I have also read shot by shot. thanks for the idea but I dont think it would work in my case.
 
Just got back from the shoot. It went amazing we had an A and B camera unit with an amazing DP and operator. We were able to finish strong way ahead of schedule.
 
lairhair said:
Just got back from the shoot. It went amazing we had an A and B camera unit with an amazing DP and operator. We were able to finish strong way ahead of schedule.
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Yeah...

It really has nothing to do with a certain number of setups. It just depends on what you're shooting.
 
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