Fiona week 3
I’m two thirds in the can with one week left on principal photography for Fiona’s Script. So far we’ve been able to capture so great stuff, with some locations working out much better than I anticipated. Plus we had some great underwater materials thanks to Cliff Traiman and his handy underwater bag for the HVX200.
The 1200 par and the bug a beam with the 400 joker was the only think piercing the water. The pool was (thankfully?) dirty enough to get the light striations from the surface caustics (or ‘jesus rays’ as Cliff called it) to get a cool look. I was busy kicking up the surface with a set of borrowed flippers to get it rough enough. Should be nice for the opening credit sequence / dreamy stuff.
This last week, we have a couple of days in San Francisco with a few more visits to the location house in Emeryville. The kino / joker / Red combo has been winning time and again. Aaron and I have been dialing in the look augmenting with 1/4 stop silk for the exteriors.
The final looks will be dialed in during the coloring process. I’ve been playing a 1/4 classic black soft in the lens the whole show that has helped smooth things out a bit and smear the blacks a little. There may be some contrast issues caused by our schedule with the time of day we’ve had to shoot. But I think we’ve been 95% good. I’ve had total fun with some of the slo mo shots as well.
