November 2nd - Lighting Stablebase

As you're probably aware, we've just had our last ever* proper** shoot for Zomblies.

:(

I'm not going to go on about what this means right now, except to say we had some fatastic performances from a pair or pros and some excellent additions to our long list of extras- I think anything I have to say about the end of filming is going to have to be summed up when we've actually finished post on the film... plus Dave tells me off for making my posts too long.


Left to right; Chris Dane as Frank Marshall, Jon Dupont as Quentin Tarantino, Lauren Shein as Ann Provice, and Jen Monaghan as Business Woman. Two of these roles were made up for this blog post.

So, lighting! Stablebase, unlike the Bunker, was a joy from start to finish. Far more time, a much easier location to film on (running water! teamaking facilities!) and some slightly more spangly kit for me to use, courtesy of our Olympic Adventure.


I was stuck for a witty caption for this shot. Stablebase!

Our location (which Shazzle Bazzle will be talking about tomorrow) had an eclectic mix of lighting, which could have made for a nasty headache for me in my dual roles as lighting and colourist, but with a bit of careful jiggery pokery and deliberately offset white balancing (5600K blue? MAKE IT MORE BLUE), I think we've managed to utilise any enviromental lighting we couldnt disable in combination with our bespoke setups and practicals to good effect. It's nice to learn a couple of lessons via good guesswork as opposed to grumpy retrospect (Bunker Reshoot day one, I'm looking at you).


This level of acting demands a fee of... one million dollars

So, there's a brief look at Stablebase- there's an in depth from Shaz tomorrow. I'm just doing pretty pictures and vague facts today.


Holding orange gels in front of the sun is best suited to your tallest, most heat resistant crewmember. Or you could just shoot at golden hour.




*Until Dave decides we're doing another shoot next week

**Barring any inserts.. see also, asterisk 1