DANCE VIDEO: Working on the set of "Elysian"
Other than our dance video, i had the fantastic opportunity to work on the set of Laura, Lauren, Katherine and Mollies group film "Elysian" as a Camera Operator.
I was called in as most of the group already had roles (Laura and Mollie co-directing, Lauren producing and making sure everything goes to schedule, and Katherine filming behind the scenes) and big rig such as the EX-3 combined with a glidecam needed it's own crew to handle it.
Setting up the camera was easier this time as we had already done the same rig for our own shoot.
Both me and shahid worked under the strict direction of Laura in order to get the shots that she and mollie imagined. Something that i learned on this shoot was to carefully listen to directions, but also suggest ideas that may fix problems on set.
One of these problems was the lighting. Since the group had originally imagined the lighting as backlit, they tried it out but the light was clearly visible. It was my suggestion then to add two blue lights behind the actors, one off camera at the left and one off camera at the right. This quickly solved the backlighting problem and allowed the group to carry on with the shoot.
Overall it was a very fun experience, and it was nice to work on such a different shoot then ours. Definitely worth it even just for this photo...:
I was called in as most of the group already had roles (Laura and Mollie co-directing, Lauren producing and making sure everything goes to schedule, and Katherine filming behind the scenes) and big rig such as the EX-3 combined with a glidecam needed it's own crew to handle it.
Setting up the camera was easier this time as we had already done the same rig for our own shoot.
Both me and shahid worked under the strict direction of Laura in order to get the shots that she and mollie imagined. Something that i learned on this shoot was to carefully listen to directions, but also suggest ideas that may fix problems on set.
One of these problems was the lighting. Since the group had originally imagined the lighting as backlit, they tried it out but the light was clearly visible. It was my suggestion then to add two blue lights behind the actors, one off camera at the left and one off camera at the right. This quickly solved the backlighting problem and allowed the group to carry on with the shoot.
Overall it was a very fun experience, and it was nice to work on such a different shoot then ours. Definitely worth it even just for this photo...:
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