FEATURE: Speak to the Wind

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Speak to the Wind
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Writer, director and producer
Young G. Kim

Lead Actor
Okuyo Joel Prynce

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Hello everyone. My name is Young G. Kim and I am currently directing my second feature film currently titled Speak to the Wind.
Speak to the Wind is a story based in Uganda about a former witch-doctor coming home after having spent 10 years in prison for attempted murder. We have just finished 3 days of shooting.

The film is being shot in Uganda in a not too remote village which I spent many years of my childhood in. We are shooting on a Canon t3i and recording audio on a Zoom H6 with a Rode NTG2.

We are spending a considerable amount of time driving from Kampala, the capital city, to the village every shooting day so it can be hard for me to find time to get online. But I will do my best to continue to post updates about production.
 
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Some issues we have been having on set:
-Lot of wind effecting the sound recordings.
-Communication barrier as many of our actors don't speak English. Many of the supporting cast are non-actors.
-Weather. Though we haven't had it rain on set yet, the clouds come in and out changing the lighting many times in the middle of a shot.
-Some of the locations are rather remote and hard to find electricity to charge batteries etc.
 
Looks like fun!

One thing in Uganda - I bet there are a lot of willing hands.

If you bought/made an overhead scrim, a white reflector fill board you might be able to even out the lighting, also placement of a board may help with the sound.

Get people involved!

S
 
Yes! Shooting has been fun.
We had a couple of white bed sheets and rope to soften the light but they were unfortunately stolen the day before....
 
Looks like an interesting project.

Trouble with the wind seems appropriate given the title.

Good luck with it.

-M
 
We recently wrapped shooting for the film and have started up on post production.
Just wanted to share with you guys some notes regarding the equipment I used as DP:

I think it was very clear from the beginning of pre-production that I would be using my own Canon T3i to shoot the entire film. This was due to the low budget we had for the film. The budget determined most of the equipment we had based on equipment we already owned. (It was a stark contrast to the last film I had worked on where we had 2 Canon C300 packages with a full set of Zeiss primes.) I did consider a Sony FS700 rental from a local company but was unable to fit it into the budget. A Canon 5D MKIII rents at the same price of a FS700 here so It was not really an option.

Having used the T3i extensively to shoot documentaries, narrative films and even news I am very aware of its limitations. I have always used the cinestyle picture profile by Technicolor for everything I shoot on the T3i. For me it’s the best picture profile that helps get the most out of the T3i. In addition to Cinestyle I also used the Magic Lantern custom camera firmware. I have dabbled with ML before but never used it to shoot an entire project. ML mostly served as a focus assist as I predominately used Focus Peak and Magic Zoom. I also at the last moment ordered an LCD-V3 loupe/viewfinder off eBay for $10. That was the best $10 I have ever spent that really helped on sunny days.

Exposure was critical. 95% of all scenes were outdoors and all actors had dark skin. Due to limited shooting days I inevitably had to schedule scenes outdoors when the sun was very harsh. I wanted to make sure exposure was spot on and that the important things were not being lost to the limited dynamic range. I had not used a light meter on a film since shooting 16mm a couple years back but realized it would be really helpful on this film. And since I do film photography I had a Minolta Flash Meter IV lying around.

The film was mostly shot with the standard 18-55mm kit lens. Close-ups and long shots were made with the 70-200mm 2.8 lens and one scene at night required the use of a 50mm 1.8.


Added some stills yesterday and will be making some more updates soon.
Thanks for looking.
 
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