Can you believe this was the last big filming weekend! I can't. We wrapped up all the office shots on Saturday and then got all the bedroom stuff at my house on Sunday. There's still a few shots we have left of course but this marks the end of our Saturday, morning to night, filming experience. Try not to cry. Here's my recap of last weekend.
Yes this was take two. I forgot my camera at the first one so I forgot to post as well. My apologies.
Key words to describe this shoot: Smooth sailing, relaxed, on schedule, great extras, great shots.
Schedule:
5:15 a.m. ~ Fall out of bed (I can't say this goes for everyone that was there. In fact I may have been the only one that stuck to this part of the schedule.)
6:30 ~ Depart.
7:00 ~ Breakfast at IHOP. (OK so I didn't actually eat breakfast. I think seeing a pancake smiling at me with banana teeth on their menu may have had something to do with that... I don't know. But I was there along with Brian, Natalie, Gary, Sam, Daniel, Stephen, Jacqueline and Andy.)
8:00 ~ Arrive at office and get ready to enter.
9:00 ~ Enter and set up. ( For the most part, Jacqueline, Stephen and I set up props, Gary and Andy did lighting, and Brian, Daniel, and Sam took care of camera/sound/whatever else they do.)
9:30 ~ Get rolling. Our fabulous extras started to arrive and we were able to begin our first shot. That is Greg coming back to the office on the 3rd day to a warm reception in the lobby.
We also did some retakes from last week, the conference room, and the scenes with the Mayor and his assistant. I was able to help out in ways like taking pictures, setting up props, filling in a s an extra, walking in front of the camera and into walls... that sort of thing. My Dad saved the day by bringing a few items we forgot and could not do without. He also discovered he's a natural at the part of a lawyer. No surprise to me... I have yet to find something that he's not good at. I think he's amazing. Besides a lack of laughter in the conference room scene, there was nothing to complain about. Everything went really great.
7:00 p.m. ~ That's a rap.
We finished the day at Taco Del Mar with food and Brian and Daniel's dialtone theme songs playing on speaker phone.
Sunday: Bedroom scene
Location: Brian's bedroom.
Crew: Brian, Natalie, Gary, Daniel, Priscilla, me.
Start time: 4ish
Food: pizza
I held cords for a short time but other than that Priscilla, Natalie and I played with trains... I mean watched the kids. After pizza the guys filmed some more and we put the kids to bed. Benjamin was very excited to have Priscilla as his bed time story teller.
Lastly we got some shots of the espresso machine. And of course that morphed, some how, into a close up photo shoot of each crew by the light (except Natalie and myself for some reason). You can see the results in the slide show. After Daniel and Brian downed a straight shot of espresso the night had come to a close. Natalie serenaded us on the harp while we packed up and then we watch a little footage before everyone departed.
7 comments:
Thanks, Kaitlin!
Great post as always. Capturing the essence of the moment beautifully.
I completely agree with your short word descriptions of the weekend's filming... relaxed... smooth sailing... the whole thing went almost eerily well. I mean how could there have been NO problems? Well done everyone involved!
This was most definitely our most stress free shoot.
Overall we had 30 people in and out throughout the day at the office (most crew and extras for one location yet) and yet everything still went really well.
Thanks for crystal clear pictures.
I'm glad you both thought my account satisfactory! I'm happy to oblige.
I didn't realize we had 30 people there... that's a lot! Pretty neat.
I've decided that I need to use the description "eerily well" some time. I'm still working on where and how but it will come to me I'm sure. Your genius never ceases to amaze me Brian.
Breakfast at 7:00 is close to ungodly. Way to early. And the idea of a pancake smiling with bananna teeth and raisin eyes makes my stomache churn even now...at 9:55 AM.
(I love the "lights" pictures.... aren't you part of the crew?!?!)
I knew I could count on you Kari, to understand my thoughts on breakfast. I'll add just for you that I did have a Sarbucks sitting cozily in my hands during breakfast so I was good to go.
As for the pictures, yes I was part of the crew. But I was the photographer so ummm... I guess I forgot to have someone capture my own close up. (Is that a good enough excuse for you? )
That was a fun shoot - great post. I think that I only frustrated Brian a impressively small total of three times! (What's a film shoot without annoying people, though?)
Well done Stephen, that is an impressively small total. But never mind Brian... I thought you were extremely helpful. I mean, just think of the placement of that name plate on the door.... all because of you. Very helpful.
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