"Late" --- A film by Drew Ott

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EDIT: It looks like the guy with the computer is getting pissed at the guy who's shooting at him with a machine guy and throws the monitor at him... :D

EDIT #2: But the monitor doesn't quit reach, so the guy with the machine guy is still shooting...
 
Got back from auditions.

Things went well. We have a ton of women to choose from to play the mother and another older woman.

Only one person out of about 10 showed up for the father role, but he did a good job and I think we can make it work.

Things are coming along.
 
Your nighttime grab by the pool looks pretty awesome. Good light sensetivity. What cam is that? And what lighting is there?

We shot ours on the HPX 500 and as much as I love the HVX, I may not be able to go back :)
 
Mark Harris said:
Your nighttime grab by the pool looks pretty awesome. Good light sensetivity. What cam is that? And what lighting is there?
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I have a Cool Lights 4x55w fixture sitting at his feet pointing up through a 4x4 sheet of 216 diffusion.

Back to the right is the Cool Lights 150w HMI providing the backlight from pretty far off.

There's a C-stand behind and to the left that's reaching way over his head and hanging a china ball for fill because the 4x55w was creating the "flashlight effect" because it was on the ground.

There's a open face 2k bounced to the bottom of the pool and onto the wall behind him for reflection. I didn't have any gels so that was 3200k mixed with all of the daylight stuff.

For the actual shoot, I'll probably pick up another 2k so I can get some of that reflection on the talent for more realism. I'm also thinking about getting a Kino to put under water pointed at the sides of the pool so it looks realistic. The way the frame looks, the light that's supposed to be coming from the pool is much brighter than the actual pool looks.



I'm not releasing the camera information because I don't want any bias leaning toward the film or against it based on camera. I'll let that info out once the fest is over.


We shot ours on the HPX 500 and as much as I love the HVX, I may not be able to go back :)
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I love the feel of the focus and zoom on the HPX. The one I tried had the Fuji lens on it. I'm not sure which Fuji it was. Apparently the better one. It's a great camera.
 
Update: We now have a gaffer. I was hesitant to get a dedicated gaffer but that'll be so much better than me running around setting up lights while I try to rehearse the actors.:shocked:
 
Drew Ott said:
Got back from auditions.

Things went well. We have a ton of women to choose from to play the mother and another older woman.

Only one person out of about 10 showed up for the father role, but he did a good job and I think we can make it work.

Things are coming along.
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Like this.

I've emailed two of the people. Still trying to choose between about 10 good adult females to play the mother and neighbor.
 
if I was shooting on a $100 consumer camera, I wouldn't want anybody to think worse of my film for it.

Also, if I was shooting on 35mm film, I wouldn't want anybody to think of my film better because of it.
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Class act - maturity beyond your years.
Looking forward to this one!

'course you've gotta tell all after the judging's over - or not.

Best wishes
 
Update: Cast is now finalized. Pictures are on the first page.

Rehearsals in the upcoming weeks.
 
Thanks Alex.

Peter probably won't gel his hair, and he'll have to have a good shave each morning of shooting so he can play a high schooler.
 
The blog folks I use just changed their interface and it's nothing short of a nightmare to use now. In short I am having a real hard time gettin the Late page to look nice.

Anybody know of a nice blog site I might look at to rebuild my site? Sadly Wordpress has gone from user-friendly to user-nightmare.

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