{"id":1086,"date":"2008-08-22T20:54:58","date_gmt":"2008-08-22T20:54:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/philipbloom.co.uk\/?p=1086"},"modified":"2008-09-16T06:22:06","modified_gmt":"2008-09-16T06:22:06","slug":"short-film-the-pitch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/philipbloom.net\/blog\/short-film-the-pitch\/","title":{"rendered":"Short Film: The Pitch"},"content":{"rendered":"

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There was a rough idea\/ concept that didn’t get firmed up until the just a couple of days before the shoot. In fact it was still being written the night before.\u00a0<\/p>\n

In a nutshell it’s about an advertising pitch that doesn’t go quite to plan.<\/p>\n

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This wasn’t a long\u00a0gestating\u00a0script, this was an idea quickly put together, quickly written, cast with all amateurs bar one (Aparna Kumar,\u00a0who was flown in from India and is quite simply beautiful as you can see), almost all friends or friends of friends.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Location wise it was incredibly tough. We had a boardroom surrounded by windows with blinds cutting out a bit of the August Dubai 42 degree\u00a0Celsius\u00a0Sun. So A LOT of ambient light but more importantly very hot backgrounds. I had just two Kino Divas to help out but in reality I was never going to match the outside light and we didn’t have the resources or time to put ND perfectly on each of the 10 or so windows! So I went for a stylized whited out look on purpose as I had little choice. In the end it worked out quite well, except like most shorts we just didn’t have enough time, so the Sun started coming around and giving nightmare shadows, then it set and we had to shoot away from the windows pointing at the walls to finish it off.<\/p>\n

A long day, a tough challenge, not just for me, but for everyone involved especially the amateurs. Lighting I was unhappy with but had no time to make right, but I made the best of it and the EX1 and Ultimate dealt with it well.\u00a0<\/p>\n


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I used the Zacuto follow focus with the Z whip and it was lovely to use. I also used the Redrock mattebox for appearance sake more than anything, I took it off later on as really I just didn’t need it for the location i was in.<\/p>\n

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I had the lovely HD 900 Panasonic monitor for monitoring. Lovely. So sharp. I want one. Audio was tough as we didn’t have a pro sound recordist and not the right sort of personals for hiding. But we made do and it sounds OK. Something I always stress is sound is as important if not more important than the pictures so make sure you get it right.<\/p>\n

It was a knackering shoot but I am sure Ian will cut it beautifully and we will have a nice short to add to our reels! Big thanks to all involved, from my assistants to the crew and the actors.<\/p>\n

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Here are some screen grabs with a wash of a rough grade…it’s a bit dark and will be different in the final edit but it still looks kinda cool. But god was the light a nightmare today!<\/p>\n

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