Yesterday we shoot the film Ordinary Childhood (name I am planning to change haha). The day before that was a hard day. First the Art team -Siddhi, Joy and me- went to the national theatre to hire props and to see it for the first time. It was like a dream. I am an Art Director, so when we entered I was overwhelm, in a good way. Everyone was really nice and we went through props and then to costume.
The next step was to test the camera with Laura and Jack. We did that in Lime grove. Everything was perfect. Then I went sourcing the fabrics, I talked to an owner of one of the stores in shepherds bush market, because I wanted to rent a lot of his stuff and he said yes. Then I went back to Lime grove and get the camera, tripod and lenses for next day.
After that I went to get the ronin and the focus follower. So the problem was that Jack didn’t know how to set up the ronin either how to balance it, so I went into youtube and started learning. After an hour I did it.
The problem was that when we arrive Lime Grove it took us 1 hour and 30 minutes to set up the whole camera with the focus and all the things so being 1 hour late for the shooting Jack told me to go back to just the camera on hand and I said yes. We were so late that we needed to make quicker decisions and that one was one fo those.
Here are some photos of the prep day (location scouting, props, and the filming day)
Runner / Jess
Makeup / Jessi
Art Team / Siddhi and Joy
Photography Team / Jack and Laura
Still Photography / Laura
Models / Oli, Firda, Paola
Producer/ Ana
Direction/ Fiorella
FYI we had beers after shooting in the studio.