The Plague….
So, I want to shoot some stuff for Nice Guys Finish Last, unfortunately The Plague might take one of our actors from us. The main actor in the short got the flu. Luckily there is some stuff we can shoot with Valerie that only requires her. The greatest thing about owning all of my equipment is that I can pretty much shoot anything with a 3 person crew. Usually, I actually only need a 2 man crew, but with this short film, I’m shooting with two cameras. So, I need two camera operators and a boom mic operator. Sean has become my unofficial boom mic operator. He’s amazing at not moving and he has big burley boom mic operator arms. It’s almost like having a wise cracking stand that can move if needed. What can I say? He’s good at what he does. In a perfect world, I would have a five person crew. Two camera operators, a boom mic operator, a lighting person, and someone that’s telling the camera operators where to go and what to do. I like to focus on the actors. Camera work can be fun, but I absolutely hate being a camera operator and director at the same time. Which I can do, but it sucks. Usually, I end up with sub par stuff when I do that. I kind of suck as a camera operator. I usually end up trying to split my attention between directing and shooting and it never really works.
Tags: boom mic, boom mic operator, camera, cameras, carl keitz, cinematography, Crew, john q. phats, jqpentertainment, ngfl, nice guys finish last, sean, the flu