Tarts Fools & The G-Men

shawneous said:
Nice :-)

Btw, on that top pic of the cigars...the cigar to the left that has the burned stub, the tip looks uncut
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:) Thanks Shawn...quite the eye. Since we have about 6 different C/U of the cigars we should be okay.

Have you seen "Let the Right One In" yet? If not, go rent it.
 
Matty_g said:
Looks like you could have used a little brighter projector.

Those things are always kind of a pain in the ass.
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We actually like the look and feel how it turned out. However, it was a very interesting experience setting that type of rig up (see the BTS pics on page 8 or 9 I believe). We are having fun, and that was/is the whole point.

Thanks!
 
lyonfilms said:
:) Thanks Shawn...quite the eye. Since we have about 6 different C/U of the cigars we should be okay.

Have you seen "Let the Right One In" yet? If not, go rent it.
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Not trying to be picky here, but as a cigar aficionado it jumped out at me, since the first thing you do is either cut or punch the tip. We should smoke sometime, I'll show you :-).

Btw, I haven't seen "Let the Right One In" but I really like Vampires, so i'll have to see it
 
Ryan E. Walters said:
The speed rail acts as the dolly track. At each end there is a junior pin coming off of a cross bar. The dolly itself is a small skate board dolly system that holds a 100mm hi-hat. As far as I am aware of, it is not "anyone's system" (There is no name brand behind it.). It is just a system devised by a local gaffer & grip here in town. His name is Just Ward. You can see a better picture of it in action on his web site: http://www.dragon-grip.com/gear.html (That is an older picture that does not have the hi-hat on it.)
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Dude! I used that on "Picture"! Came in handy for tight quarter dolly shots when the doorway dolly we had just was too much. Rented his HVX and he showed me the dolly while I was picking up the camera, so I called my DP and asked if he thought we could use it. Silly question - of course he'd find a way to use it. :)

Your BTS stuff looks great. Can't wait to see this put together.
 
lyonfilms said:
We are having fun, and that was/is the whole point.
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Oh totally. Rear projection has a nice look to it. I've done three projection videos on red now, and even with the big panny's you're always pumping the brightness and limiting your lights because of the screen brightness.
 
Journey with a Cinematographer: PART 10

Journey with a Cinematographer: PART 10

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2nd Unit Work.

Although most of the preproduction work is done, the ideas have been solidified, and the plans have been made, this does not mean that things just move forward in a mechanistic fashion during production. It is actually quite the opposite - all of this planning and prep work will inform the choices we make on set, but they will not dictate it. They are just the jumping off point from which the creative process will begin. And although it will evolve and change as we move into production, it is time to go over all the elements and make sure that we have all of our ducks in a row before principle photography begins.

One of the elements that I have to have completed prior to principle photography is the creation of background plates for the rear projection that we will be doing for a driving scene in the film. So it is time to send out the second unit to get the plates ...

READ THE FULL POSTING HERE.
 
Matty_g said:
Oh totally. Rear projection has a nice look to it. I've done three projection videos on red now, and even with the big panny's you're always pumping the brightness and limiting your lights because of the screen brightness.
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One of the goals we have in this is to do things in a more stylized fashion. We knew from the outset that we wanted to go with rear projection because of the look it gives. We had access to a 3500 ansi lumen projector, and a front projection screen. Even though the projector was not bright enough, we were not going for a photorealistic effect. So the limits of what we had access to actually played to our favor as we were all happy with how it turned out. :)

It was also lots of fun to do- I had a great time and learned a lot! :)
 
shawneous said:
I mean what were you doing with all that speedrail sitting around? Did you guys do a 3 ton rental?
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That would have been awesome... I should buy some short lengths of speed rail and keep it in my kit. It's so useful for camera rigging.


Dude! I used that on "Picture"! Came in handy for tight quarter dolly shots when the doorway dolly we had just was too much. Rented his HVX and he showed me the dolly while I was picking up the camera, so I called my DP and asked if he thought we could use it. Silly question - of course he'd find a way to use it. :)

Your BTS stuff looks great. Can't wait to see this put together.
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Yep, that dolly system was super handy for fitting in tight spaces. I think PixThis has one almost exactly like it as well. Used it on a music video a couple weeks ago.



Getting ready for the final day of principal photography tomorrow afternoon/night. Need to re-grease the wheels on the camera cart.
 
nice, just spent a bit of time to read through everything. awesome read. thanks for sharing your journey making this film with us.

look forward to reading more!

- Derrick
 
Here is an iPhone picture from last night's shoot. Kevin Curry (producer and 1st AD) stands on the roof.

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DAMN! I can't wait to see this one. Thanks for all the BTS stuff, it's great to see.
(lovin' the car)
 
AmyO said:
Now that's a light! How did the shoot go?
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Long... very very long (call time was at noon yesterday, and I just rolled out of bed after getting home around 6:30am, although in all fairness, I did have to drive back from Salem after wrap).
 
We ended up wrapping around 3:30am. Took us two hours to wrap out. I'm pretty sure we got all our coverage. I think we did 20 or 30 setups in the last three hours.
 
Ryan, today I've been reading a lot on filters and went back over your informative blogging about the filters. Did you carry through on using the Schneider Classic Soft 1/2? If so, thoughts after using it on production? Oh, and was this a 4x4, 4x5.65 or 5.65x5.65 size?
 
It looks like you guys have had a lot of fun shooting! I'm really sorry that I wasn't able to come out to the shoots, it looks like a good time.

BTS stuff looks great! That dolly system is pretty cool, I think Pix This rents a similar setup- they call it a "pocket dolly"
 
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