last intense filming day… and the most equipment ever taken on-location
by: Brad
We had a good filming day today. We were at the Sherrill’s house again in Southlake to film a variety of scenes. The day was slated to start at 6:30AM and end around 10:00PM – a full day’s worth of filming.
We had to figure out a way to make the front entry way of the Sherrill’s house to look like it was “pitch-black” night at 6:30PM, when the sun wasn’t due to set until 8:30PM. Blacking out the front door area outside of the house was a challenge with our limited resources and we went through a few set-ups to accomplish the task…and we finally successfuly blacked out the front of the Sherrill’s house to make the “night effect”. Don’t ask how…it’s movie magic. hehehe
The make-up montage turned into a make-up and dance montage. The girls had a blast! We had a reporter/photographer with us today from Southlake. He enjoyed being with us and was impressed with our set-up. We filmed alot of the birthday party scenes, “love triangle” scenes, and “Chuck and Carla” scenes today. The cast did a great job today. And of course we had a great crew! Thanks Zane for being the “can you set-up this…. and can you get this…” and being the official “energizer bunny” crew member of the week…….Zane..she’s keeps going and going! Also thanks to Nichole Harris for coming up from Houston, just to crew for movie camp! What a commited crew member!
Other things to note: This camp had quite a few scenes that demanded some of the most elaborate equipment set-ups. In addition to regular lighting, we had alot of equipment dedicated to, again, black out rooms and areas of the house to make it look like it was at night. Also we had to be creative with our placement of lights around the house so that we could easily film multiple angles without having to re-adjust the lighting – a time save in the long run, but takes some planning and set-up time on the front-end. Here’s a nice shot from today….
Technical Trivia for this movie camp:
> the most c-stands ever taken on-location
> the most lights ever taken on-location
> the most grip equipment ever taken on-location (sand bags, stands, apple boxes, scrims, grip clips, etc)
> the most backdrops ever taken on-location
> this camp was the first movie camp where we have used wireless mics (and we love them)
> the most elaborate set-ups to make DAY scenes look like they were at NIGHT
> the first time (in a long time) that we used a DAY light fixture outside
> the fewest crew members on a movie camp (in a long time) for a few of the filming days
> the first time we have used the new windscreen for the shotgun microphone
> this camp has the most music montages in any camp (maybe tied with Those were the Days)
> the most cars in a movie camp caravan (6 cars)
> the first blog ever done for a movie camp
> the first time we have posted “almost” daily behind-the-scenes videos
Please comment if you found any of this technical geeky stuff interesting….. thanks 
Also, special thanks to Danielle’s dad for fixing my car’s oil leak…. what an awesome guy! Those Sherrill’s are amazing people! Thanks again for letting us film at your house! We appreciate all of your hospitality Brigitte!
-Brad
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