Thursday 12 December 2013

5 Min Rom Com- Bobby Ramanathan

This was a short film i worked on as Sound Mixer for a day while the original sound mixer was sick. 
It was about a man going for a dating interview and how technical and personal it's all becoming whereas all the wants to do is actually talk to the woman, he ends up winning her over by reciting her own poetry he found online.

                The set and the actors rehearsing while i set the levels and got my notes ready
                                         The sound equipment i was using during the day

                                    The assistant director watching the rehearsals closely

Wednesday 4 December 2013

Delicacy- Helen Curran

This was a short film written and directed by Helen Curran.

About

Delicacy is a horror/thriller set during WWII. Two soldiers find themselves trapped in a church cellar in France. Both must survive without resources.
Description
Set in 1940 during the retreat to Dunkirk, France, severely injured Sergeant Thompson and inexperienced Private Barnes find themselves trapped in a church cellar. They have no resources and up above rages a battle they aren't equipped for. Two soldiers, from very different class backgrounds find their sanity put to the test. 

I worked with Mike Parker on this and i feel i learned a ton of new stuff like managing my responsibilities and helping the director with ideas and notes during rehearsals.

www.tiny.cc/delicacyfilm

                                    The Director giving the actor some notes before a take

Before a take when the art department took out one of the flats so we could get different shots and coverage of the scene.
                                  The 2 monitors for the crew to watch the action on
I had to take stills of each shot for reference in the future when we do the reverses, I also had to remember exactly where the blanket was on his legs for this scene.

                                               The camera department setting up for a take
                    Mike Parker the DOP discussing the lighting arrangements with the sparks


I took photo's of the set every time they moved things around so i could remind them of the continuity
The DOP getting his shots right so he know how to light the scene and the assistant director helping out
                                                     Part of the creative set that I liked
The art department changing the set back so it matches the last take, they used the pictures i previously took of the last set layout.
The actors make up was amazing in this short film, this is another still so I knew what shots we had yet to do
Another still of the shot of Barnes, the soldier coming in to dress the sSergeant wounds



Stills from the set before they packed away, i then sent these to the director so she knew where everything was.
This was me discussing with the Heads of departments the next shots

 This was me before the shoot, highlighting which scenes and dialogue we'll be shooting