MY feature film (shot with 2x Panavision Genesis)

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Patryk_Rebisz

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EDIT:
Yet another location:
http://patrykrebisz.wordpress.com/
Tons of screen grabs (and lighting diagrams) from one of the locations:
http://patrykrebisz.wordpress.com/2009/12/18/lasta-day-of-summer-a-12-day-shoot-hotel-room/
and another:
http://patrykrebisz.wordpress.com/2...summer-a-12-day-feature-fast-food-restaurant/

The website for "Last Day of Summer"-- a feature-length film i DP'ed lunched recently:
http://www.lastdayofsummer-movie.com/

You can see some footage as well as some stills from the film there.

The film was shot with 2 Panavision Genesis cameras in... 12 days. Yes. Don't ask me how we did it. Out of curiosity i can add that i came on to the project with less then one day of prep as the original DP was fired for being too slow. The very first day i was asked by the producer (a friend of mine) to drop by the set as things were not panning out right. What i saw was a disarray with camera operator lighting the set while the DP was talking on his cellphone as if everything was fine (by then they were already half-day behind). They let him go and brought me in as otherwise they wouldn't be able to finish the film on time and budget. It's not the best looking film ever but i believe it's the best looking film that cold be completed given the schedule limitations.

So have a look and let me know what you think!
 
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Jeez. I could understand if you had a lot of prep time, but 12 days with no prep...Pretty impressive.

How many pages did you guys average a day? How long was your average day?
 
We averaged about 8 pages per day though there was one day that we did 12. Nothing to be proud of because you feel like you are hording sheep with the actors and you just worry about the most basic coverage.

The package was quote healthy. from 150w dedos, Kinos and some tungsten units to 1.2HMIs, 4 and 6k HMIs. Also some scenes were lit with just practicals or even clamp lights hidden here and there. The camera is so light sensitive that you don't need much wattage to get proper exposure.

Despite super tight schedule we did manage to do some cool stuff such as changing lighting conditions in the main location (motel room) where it starts with cold morning light, to noon light, to afternoon light, to sunset, to night.
 
"go get the feces!"....sorry, i was gonna leave a technical comment, but i laughed like hell that that line from the trailer, now i can't think.

ok....back to normal.


looks gritty, nice lighting, totally suits the frantic nature of the film, as well as the frantic nature of the film's schedule...nice work!
 
Holy ****! Nice work that is fantastic looking!
if you don't mind me asking, what was the budget for this film?
 
Jeeez! God knows I´m a fast DP but 12 days?! Wow!

And yeah, what Kholi said, sueeeet lighting Patryk.

Frank
 
Did you shoot Primos on this show? I'd love to see some full-rez grabs. Great work under tough circumstances!

e
 
Hey Patryk, just curious, did you use those HMIs for the strong sunlight coming through the window in the restaurant scenes shown in the trailer?

Just curious because I saw a tutorial using a similar technique in a similar location.
 
Erik Olson said:
Did you shoot Primos on this show? I'd love to see some full-rez grabs. Great work under tough circumstances!

e
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Yes, mostly prime lenses, though a few times we used a zoom when the scene was so long that out of necessity i told the B cam op to just provide a variety of different compositions. Normally i love zoom lenses but Panavision zoom is just so bulky that i stayed away from it like fire -- though it looks as sharp as primes.
 
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