21Mar Short film: Convention Girl
Working late into the night can turn into a problem fast. For example if you keep me up past midnight I start to fall asleep standing up, if I don’t fall asleep I start to miss very simple things. As you watch this short, you’ll start to notice camera gear showing up in the background, audio levels peaking out, poor slider movements and other minor problems. Filming through the night is a recipe for disaster.
If you need to film at night, plan ahead, shoot 4 or 5 hours one night and 4 or 5 hours the next night. Take afternoon naps before hand and don’t try to over do it. When the cast and crew are worn out, it’s very easy to make simple mistakes. This short turned out pretty good considering, but it would have been a whole lot better if we would have had a few nights to work on it instead of filming for 11 hours strate.
March 22nd, 2012 at 12:26 pm
Wow, that was really fun. While Steve remains my favorite Dead Lantern actor, the other guy was great. Though no one else could have delivered the “dick stuck in the bottle” line like Steve. The girl was good too. Nice job. The story kept me so interested, I never noticed any equipment in the backgrounds.