Another Good Day...

We had another good day today. We were able to finish all our scenes for today and we had time to shoot some inserts. Just in case ya'll don't know what inserts are, they are shots of people or objects in the scene that can be inserted into the finished scene to help complete it, better convey the message of the scene, or give the viewer some sort of inside information about the plot. Anyway, tomorrow is our last scheduled day of shooting from 7:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. Starting Friday we'll be shooting through the night (from 3:00 p.m. to 3:00 a.m.) which means it'll be much cooler (maybe a little cold), there'll be a lot of mosquitoes, everyone will be a little crabby about halfway through the night, and I'll have to drink a lot of Red Bull. Ah, well, such is the price.

Another fun question: What's a shower curtain?

FYI: The answer is not a piece of plastic that prevents water from flooding your bathroom floor while you take a warm relaxing shower after a hard day's work.

A Great Day...

Today was a really good day! We finished everything we were supposed to shoot today and had some extra time to shoot inserts. (Do any of you know what inserts are?) The weather here is starting to cool off a little which makes working outside a whole lot more enjoyable. I'm still having a lot of fun.

Almost...

Today, we almost got lucky. There was a 50% chance of rain today and the sky was clear till about 3:00 p.m. when it started to drizzle. At 5:15 p.m. we decided to wrap for the day since any chance of the rain clearing was gone. We had two long scenes to finish today and we got about halfway through the first scene. Progress is progress so I can't complain to much. It is supposed to be sunny this weekend so we'll probably end up playing some catch up.

Quick Update!

Once again I must apologize for taking so long to post. We've been filming on an interior set since Monday. Quite a bit of rain has come in and we're going to be inside again tomorrow. I've got to go to bed, but I'll try to post again tomorrow night.

Busy, Busy, Busy...

I guess I owe an apology to all my loyal blog followers but I've been very busy during the last week and I spend most of my day's off sleeping and doing homework. Which explains why I haven't been posting as much as I probably should.

To bring you up to date, we are currently on schedule thanks to everyone's hard work today. We ended last week behind by half a scene and so we had to finish last week's scene and do the scenes that we were scheduled to shoot today. The last four shooting days we have been getting interior shots and so tomorrow we're going outside to get some reverses (Do any of you know what that means?) and some small scenes that take place in a courtyard. Sunscreen is a must on days when we shoot outside. The temperature is usually in the eighty's with at least 70% humidity.

Well, I'm doing the driving tomorrow so I'd better head off to bed.

Last posts quiz answers: 1. Pancake is a 1/8th apple box. 2. An apple box is a hollow box made from plywood that is about 18x12x8 (LxWxH). They are used for stools, stands, mounts and more. You can never have to many apple boxes on a set.

This post's quiz: What is a hi-hat?

The Beginning of Week Two...

Everyone was a little sluggish today (three day weekends can do that to you) but we finished the day on time. We are now done shooting interior shots for several days. Tomorrow we are doing several shots at wells inside and outside the village, and Thursday we're doing some shooting on top of the city walls.

I'm still having a lot of fun and learning. On the last two shooting days I've gotten to do some focus pulling for some master shots, inserts, and reverse shots. Focus pulling means you are focusing the lens for the operator. On "real" film lenses like the one's we are using, there is no auto focus and the operator is to busy watching the composition of his shot to focus the lens himself, so the focus puller does it for him. So far I've done well and they haven't had to do extra takes because I broke focus.

Answers to last quiz questions: 1. A stinger is an extension cord. 2. A put-put is a generator.

New quiz questions: 1. What is a pancake? 2. What is a full apple?