Category: Production Diary
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Brothers & Sisters- Shoot 1
Finishing the script for Brothers & Sisters earlier this year felt like a mountainous achievement. Originally, an idea I had brought to my two friends, James Learoyd and Daisy Samra, as a project we could finally work on together. I have known James since the beginning of secondary school, and Daisy since the beginning of…
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As We Were – Living Room Scenes
There were similar lighting setups for a few scenes set in the living room, particularly the two scenes, that were shot consecutively, which I have broken down below. In the living room scene where the characters return from shoplifting, the cinematographer and director provided me with a few shots from the film ‘A Thousand and…
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As We Were – Studio Setups
All scenes in the children’s den in ‘As We Were’ were filmed in a studio to create an artificial and dream-like atmosphere, making the children’s safe space feel disconnected from reality. This meant that all light in the scene would have to be created. To set up a scene set at night, I used big…
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As We Were – Creating Daylight
After a slow first day of production on my final student film I worked on, ‘As We Were’, my group asked if I knew any lighting tips, which I told them I did, and I gained an extra role of doing the lighting on the short film to help speed up production by shortening setup…
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As We Were – Production Wrapped
Production has wrapped on my final student short film ‘As We Were’. Here are three short production teasers I made.