Green screen shots for my thesis project Medusa was filmed today.
One of helpers back out at the last minute, so I was busy to find replacement of him in the morning before we start shooting.
Fortunately I could find one after making sevral calls.
The shooting started from 11:00am.
We started setting up lighting and tracking markers for green screen wall and an actress.
Then I felt something fell down behind me. I saw a large rectangle light cover on the floor when I turned around.
I saw a crack on the cover and realized that it fell down from ceiling.
Everyone got a straind at a moment.
It was happened because one shooting team used the green screen before us didn’t set it back properly. Maybe they were in rush to shoot their shots.
I was surprised because I heard they were professional people from TV program.
We spend almost one hour to set back the lighting covers on the ceiling.
We got a time loss abut fortunately nobody got injury.
It took a little time to boost our shooting pace in the first two shots.
However, It was very smooth after that.
I guess everyone started understanding what I want.
There were some moments DP and I argue a little but he could understand me after all.
We finished much earlier than we expected.
Everyone did great job.
And I was happy when they told me my directing was clear and quick.
I guess experiences from making independent films before helped me to manage shooting smoothly.
Well, I have to go back to deskwork again 🙂
