Still working with Judrina on her final project, i was excited for the upcoming shooting days. One day was planned to film in Melbourne city and the other was planned to film in Mount Macedon. Judrina had also simplified her idea in more of a direct way, her shots were to be of her Friend Milda walking through the city and through the Forrest at Mount Macedon. Then Juxtaposing them in a way to give multiple meaning, it was great working with Judrina again and we were able to bounce off ideas throughout the course of the 2 day shoot.
The City, So many Streets so little time!
Judrina had hired a handheld gimble to use with her dslr for the shoot, it helped immensely keeping the camera stable with all the walking we had planned for that day. We filmed through the back streets of Carlton, i was surprised with all the intriguing lane ways we could find, even all the variations in doors, boring to come, interesting to me. It really inspired me to do a future piece on all the old buildings and alleyways of Melbourne.
We came across a really cool old building that had a great metal stair case and i got Judrina to film me walking down it. I liked the way it intersected the frame. How i by chance was wearing an opposing colour to the building so i was able to stand out more. It was a really cool shot, i plan to go back there one day for a Future project.
I also asked if i could film Judrina walking to use for some movement shots i was thinking of using for my final piece. With the backgrounds of the alleyways it was a great back drop was the shots.
https://drive.google.com/a/rmit.edu.au/file/d/0B6U3RRzXVzXgRUxOak5hdTZrMTQ/view?usp=sharing
Mount Macedon, Trees, FOG and inspiration!
The second shoot day was in Mount Macedon, i had never been there before and the drive was great. Judrina had some reservations because of the weather, she was hoping for a sunny day and weather forecast was light showers. Upon arrival the location we had planned to film in was covered in fog, it was something out of a Hollywood film. It was one of those unplanned accidents as i like to call them. The fog added a whole other element to the filming in the Forrest it gave an eerie and moody feel to the shots and i think Judrina was excited about the outcome.
The idea for the day was to Film Milda walking through the Forrest, walking among these very grand trees. We also filmed her walking through the shrubs.We were filming Milda standing in the Forrest holding a mirror, it was something that i stumbled upon when scrolling through Facebook. I tagged Judrina in it and she had also thought of a similar idea that she had researched in high school. We were able to use the reflection of the mirror as a focus point while moving around, it was a really amazing shot and I’m looking forward to what Judrina can do with it.
There were some light(Very light) showers but we had the umbrellas on call, what i liked about my umbrella was that it had a really cool pattern on it, so i got Judrina to film the umbrella while i was spinning it, the varying movement added to a very interesting shot.
https://drive.google.com/a/rmit.edu.au/file/d/0B6U3RRzXVzXgTEotMGs4Y2lXd0E/view?usp=sharing
I am excited to see what Judrina comes up with in her final Edit, it was great working with her again. I have worked with Judrina over the last year on other projects where she was always hesitant to get behind the camera. I thought through these shoot days she has really developed her skills and has become really confident as a camera operator and looking forward to seeing what her final project is.
These two shoot days have been really enjoyable to work on and have given me alot of inspiration to get out there and keep filming. Now i will be working towards my final project shoot days. So until next time this is Lance signing off.