CARTS - Photos from Shoot

gk16blman

gk16blman

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We shot most of our short "CARTS" last week. The DVX and the 16x9 anamorphic performed very well. A lot of thanks goes our to Adam Wilt and Barry Green for the excellent information on the anamorphic adapter. A couple of years ago conversion tables were created to get the most out of the adapter. By using the chart, there were no surprises in terms of bad focus or mis-framing with the adapter. It might be a little clumsy to use, but for SD footage, it gave really nice results!

We still have some audio to pick up and the last scene of the movie to shoot.

Below are some photos from the shoot, including the rig we used to get the camera on the grocery cart.

Check out our web site, www.whiteboxfilms.com in the next week for many more Behind the scenes photos!

GK

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The shot of the blonde on the cell... a screengrab? If so, great work, looks like an image from the SDX900. Nice hair light, some organic tonal gradient across the face and even some depth behind her.
 
CARTS Photos

CARTS Photos

No, the release was easy. As a matter of fact, this store Pac-nSave, is a medium sized grocery store in Seward, Nebraska, has gone up against the local Walmart Supercenter for a number of years. They loved the publicity. We paid for crew meals in the deli - which they liked of course. Ovcer all, they bent over backward for us in every way. We shot during the day - it was easier than getting crew in on an over night. They gave us Store clerk's clothing, ladders, power, moving things around in the store. You name it! Small town help rocks. We had clerks coming in on thier day off just to be in the background of some of the scenes.

GK
 
Not a screen grab, just a quick digital snap shot. I try to get photos as close to the actual camera setups as possible. There is a lot of attention on this shoot to get a look that is more than the bland over head lights, but not to much like three-point lighting on a commercial.

The film starts out with the the young guy going to the store - a mundane shopping task, and by the time he discovers and pursue the girl, the lighting is brighter and highlights her to stand out in the store.

We used a lot of over head flagging and some black drape on some floor and aisles to subdue reflections. "Negative Fill" We then used some lighting on 3/4 back to the talent to get them to stand out from the blah store BG. As the story progresses, we took away the negative fill and added more accent light to the girl especially.

To complement this look, we will be using the Magic Bullet filters. After shooting a bunch of tests, we settled on 2 we liked. The story will start off with "Bleach Bypass Light" giving a desaturated and slightly higher contrast-brownish tint to the video - representing the mundane shopping experience. As the interest and pursuit of the girl gets underway, we will employ the "Bistro" filter. This changes the color to become more saturated, a little lighter, and with a little diffusion tossed in. Both filters will be key-framed over the entire length of the short so the transition between them is very subtle.

When I can get some footage in the computer, I will post some actual screen grabs.

Thanks for the interest!

GK
 
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