dwnsthballer
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So after doing some networking, I got referred to a really cool DP in North Carolina by the name of Alton Chewning. He saw my work and was impressed and offered to take me under his wing as an intern to learn the business on set. So I've been going with him to shoots all week for lovely 12 hour+ work days and learning lots and taking pictures!
The commercial is for the North Carolina Educational Lottery, but they put a lot of work into making this commercial spot. The first day we spent 12 hours just lighting the set. It boggled my mind seeing how many lights they used and how many flags and different types of devices and methods to get the lighting spot on. If I had never seen them light the set and then saw the spot on TV, I would have just assumed that they were using like 5 or 6 lights, when actuality it was around 30 or so lights.
The crew was cool, and they didn't abuse my newbie status. I got to mark the scenes and help with changing camera magazines and lenses, as well as do film reports. The camera was a BIG Arri camera. We stuck with 35mm and 50mm lenses and a few mattebox filters. They had a doorway dolly that was smooth as butter. Monitors and light meters were everywhere. Audio was recorded through wireless lavs into an SD recorder (couldn't make out the mixer the guy was using). There was also a fog machine, which is why some pics are hazy.
In all I enjoyed it, as it was a great learning experience and a great resume building. I'll keep you guys posted with more behind the scene pics in the future. I would have gotten more but I had a lot to do!
I now present to you: The Pictures!
The commercial is for the North Carolina Educational Lottery, but they put a lot of work into making this commercial spot. The first day we spent 12 hours just lighting the set. It boggled my mind seeing how many lights they used and how many flags and different types of devices and methods to get the lighting spot on. If I had never seen them light the set and then saw the spot on TV, I would have just assumed that they were using like 5 or 6 lights, when actuality it was around 30 or so lights.
The crew was cool, and they didn't abuse my newbie status. I got to mark the scenes and help with changing camera magazines and lenses, as well as do film reports. The camera was a BIG Arri camera. We stuck with 35mm and 50mm lenses and a few mattebox filters. They had a doorway dolly that was smooth as butter. Monitors and light meters were everywhere. Audio was recorded through wireless lavs into an SD recorder (couldn't make out the mixer the guy was using). There was also a fog machine, which is why some pics are hazy.
In all I enjoyed it, as it was a great learning experience and a great resume building. I'll keep you guys posted with more behind the scene pics in the future. I would have gotten more but I had a lot to do!
I now present to you: The Pictures!
