Week 4, Korneliusz

At first I didn’t think of it much “oh yeah I’m just going to listen to the cinematographer and make this 2h basically a no brainer” it turned out to be a bit more than that, as things usually do when you look into them.

This time we filmed in a studio, first time in a proper filmic setting, I think at least. We set everything up, and generally prepared and it was at the point of preparing the lights I noticed how many fire hazards they bring. The light technician has to make sure nothing and no one touches the lamps and manage all the cables so that nobody trips over them. It was annoying that only one lamp had a decently long cable and the other ones were maybe 2m long and needed constant swapping with the longer cable one.

I finally had time to snap some photos in between the scenes. With a boom or a camera to care for I had my hands occupied most of the time, but now I could finally take a while to document our work on set. And what a perfect opportunity it was, a pitch black studio with only 3 lights and a sheet made it a perfect setting for quick photos that still turned out pretty nice.

I also became more conscious of the everyone’s well-being. I was worried our actors would feel hot under those heavy lights. I tried to turn the main lights off as much as possible, so everyone had a pleasant time.

Looking back:

This time I don’t have much to say, I’m proud of the past me for the quick realisation of how important not only the filming is but everyone’s safety and good time.

I think that was one of the big realisation points for me, when I finally saw what a huge part of the picture is light.