behind the scenes project – how to shoot it

it takes some time to understand the rules of the new places and out of comfort zone situation. same thing happened to me when i tried myself in the “behind the scenes” project for the full-lenght movie. the movie was filmed in the center of my country at the abandoned territory of the old chemical plant. i freed a few workdays for this project and spent time with the staff, felt like filmmaker (or something like this) and took a few hundreds images with the goal to create a real story from the set.

there is a significant difference in documenting a usual lifetime events and documenting the filming. And there are rules.. i hate this fact (and this word) but they do exist !
 
#1 be fast like cheetah. things are changing very fast around the set. usually the staff is very busy and concentrated, so no one will notice you about the interesting moment that you’re going to miss in a few next seconds.

#2 be silent. the clicks of the camera during the set, when the sensitive booms are around you, can angering director, producer or the sound engineer and your dream about successful story will melts forever.

#3 have all your gear with you. I used my everyday 5dmkII camera and had with me three prime fast lens for different situations or moods which I wanted to express. btw, even if you bring with you a few lens, don’t move from one to another too often, try to know your sweet spot and exactly the place where you should be for the most effective composition.

#4 have a long lens with you exactly for the moments of shootings where you can be far from the scene but still able to take a picture.

#5 have a wide angle lens for a moments between shootings. Just wait for the “cut” signal or take the snaps of the working scene before the “action” outcry – you can be close as possible and to have everything inside your frame.

#6 have a wide aperture lens for the low light condition situation – frequently the shootings continue during the dark part of the day and would be a shame to remain without the ability to shoot.

#7 be ready for some critique even if you did not ask about it.

#8 bring the story ! not the narration of the film – all this the audience will watch during the screening of the film. bring the story from the set. Expression, emotions and boiling life of the scene!

today i want to show my documenting of the night shootings. as i said before – everything is changing very quickly, therefore ISO3200 was necessary for this part of the project.

Facebook page of the movie : “https://www.facebook.com/landlittlepeople”

 
 
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