On the next few blog posts I will be focusing on the production day, the problems we encountered and how we resolved it.

Since this was an experimental film and lighting wasn’t really the focus of the shoot, I didn’t have to worry too much about having the correct lighting and just to make sure that my subject and background were properly exposed. The real challenge that I face during the shooting day was time. Most of my crew members had to leave before 2 and that gave me about 4 hours of planning and shooting.

Timing:

Thankfully, thanks to my planning in pre-production, I was able to shoot scene after scene with ease. Although, with so much planning done, there would still be more unforeseen that would appear. One of it being that my actress could cry during the shoot, and that held the shoot back by a few minutes. We had to be creative and resolve this problem, so we looked to what I could find in  the kitchen. Lucky for us, I still had some leftover onions and I told my actress to chop it, which resulted in her tearing up. This simple method saved us a lot of time, and I should have been more prepared and bought eye droplets, but the turned out to be a decent enough solution.

Lens Choice:

Since we shot the film in the morning, the sunlight remained consistent throughout the shoot so exposure wasn’t too big of a concern. What I felt really did challenge me though was making my idea in to a reality. The images I had in mind were no where near what I achieve during the shoot, and after further research I realized it was my choice of lenses that led to this issue. Many of my sample images that were taken from movie were shot with anamorphic lenses, which was something I didn’t have because of its price. To make the best with what I could do, I shot most of my scenes with prime lenses (Sigma 35mm Art lens) to achieve the sharpest image possible.