Last week I finished feeling like Steven Spielberg but this week started feeling like Ed Wood. I can only think it was because of outside influences, mom's health, etc, but I got very little accomplished. Went back on Thursday and got much more done. Sort of.
There is a simple scene with Sean, David Mione, and Hank, Kevin Litten, in a garage. There's no fx or fancy lighting, etc, just some camera movement. You can even hear me saying it'll be an easy scene to shoot on the sound track. I think that's a curse just like "How hard can it be?" or "What else can go wrong."
I wanted to get some actual camera movement for this scene. As much as I like the ability to keyframe scenes and create movement with Final Cut Pro I still wanted the feel of actual camera movement but it turned out to be harder than I imagined. I put the camera and tripod on a Radio Flyer and gently moved the whole thing across the floor in front of David. I kept the frame wide so that would cut down on any vibration. In itself that sounds like it should work but when you add the uneven surface of a well used garage floor it just isn't so easy. It was just to hard to get a smooth surface and make the movement work. I tried several takes from several angles hoping I could get enough good footage to string them together in editing. I looked over every second but I couldn't get it to work especially when I added the reverse shots of Kevin talking to him. Luckily I also shot the scene from a still tripod so I could use that footage instead. Still, at four hours, it's the longest time I spent editing any scene in the production.
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