by Joey Daoud | Aug 20, 2007 | Coffee & Celluloid
Eat before you arrive. As soon as the grip truck arrives your main priority is to unload the camera equipment, load the mags for the day, and help build camera. Once all that’s done, you can maybe grab a bite to eat if they’re still setting up the shot....
by Joey Daoud | Aug 19, 2007 | Coffee & Celluloid
Get the permit for the wrong location. Don’t get all required parts for a piece of special equipment. Don’t get food and craft services for any part of the production. Claim you did everything. Get an assistant to pay for everything. Don’t get the...
by Joey Daoud | Aug 18, 2007 | Coffee & Celluloid
In all of Europe it’s pump first, pay later. The pumps also have plastic gloves to keep your hands clean. It’s really called a Royal with Cheese. A grilled sandwich is called toast. Diet Coke is Coca-Cola Light. Soda is still served in glass bottles....
by Joey Daoud | Aug 17, 2007 | Links
The Nines Production Notes – Tons of goodies about John August’s directorial debut The Nines. Camera Stabilization Systems – Video of new stabilization systems from Cinegear. Check out the second system, the MK-V. Segway Steadicam – It’s...
by Joey Daoud | Aug 10, 2007 | Film School, Uncategorized
A tentacle is being shot on a blue screen so it can later be superimposed over some other footage. The trick with blue and green screen is to light the screen evenly and not have any color spill onto what you want to remove. Normally you’d want a larger screen...
