So this Friday we have our first ‘real’ shoot day. I’m going
to start filming in class everyday so those technically will count, but I won’t
have loads of equipment to set up with. It’ll just be with my phone to keep the
load light. But we’re going down to Dead Crow Comedy Room this Friday afternoon
to discuss with the owner about our idea. Hopefully he’ll be in on it. If so,
that’s great! Then we can move on to casting our comedian and start conducting
interviews.
I’d like for everyone to talk directly into the camera when
discussing their progress in this film. Sure they’ll be questions, but I’d like
the setup to be more us freely talking to the audience. Maybe I can get the
Dead Crow owner to partake in this. It would be a basic setup, however lighting
will be the one thing that’ll give the shots an interesting look. I know in the
look book I stated I may want a textured background, like a brick wall, but now
I’m starting to reconsider that. I may want a plain gray/white background and
have contrast on the subjects’ face. I’ve seen many straight-on setups in
low-budget projects and they all look low-budget and amateur because of the
lack of interesting lighting. I want to have contrast in my shots and not have
the shot so plainly lit. I know they say you can’t have enough lighting, but I
want to urge DP’s to maybe pull back a little and see what they can do with
little lighting. If you’re shooting digitally, then you can easily fix color
and exposure in post. Unless your image is pitch black. Then you’re kind of
screwed.
