Brush Stroke- Film Shoot #4

The fourth film shoot for Brush Stroke was in the Hartlepool Marina, and was scheduled for 6.30 pm, in actual fact we had split into two groups as my producer and sound op went to pick up the main actor and me and the camera op went to get the equipment, this would have been no problem but as my group walked, we over estimated the amount of time it took and we were late, this wasn't a huge issue but it did mean we wrapped later than expected.

This was what the lighting was like at the marina about half way through the shoot.

One issue we did have was that it got dark quickly so there is a very clear difference in the beginning of the shoot and the end meaning we needed something to mask this change and show time passing, luckily whilst I was directing Liam was going around and getting cutaways and he got a nice shot of the moon that can be used to show time passing without it being a huge issue. 

Sometimes you just have to grab the camera yourself, this is me getting a shot that Liam was worried about getting due to the water.

The picture above as you can see shows me getting a shot of Michael wetting his face from the sea, the reason I got this shot was because it was very close to the water's edge and no one seemed willing to get close so I got my camera operator (Liam) to set up the exposure and settings so that all I had to do was go down and hit record and shout action. That way I wasn't taking his job from him but still got the shot I wanted. This is one of the most fun shoots I have been on and I really enjoyed every second, one of those days when I'm happy to make films, thats all for now, until next time.