Hey guys,

Since lockdown slowed a lot of productions, I wanted to do a piece where I would only count on myself to do a short film in my place. It sounded so cool on paper, but I ended up calling my gaffer to help me on a couple of shots that needed some camera movement (I couldn't move the camera and be in front of it at the same time). So I directed, DP'd, acted, etc on this.

I'm still trying to bring it down to 15min to be more festival friendly and I wanted to get your opinion on this short film. Shot on Ursa mini 4.6k.

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Pass: pigs2021

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In a post-covid world, where disinformation and conspiracy theories undermine society, a man living alone in his apartment must let another person enter his home.

That was cool. High quality in every regard. I'm especially impressed it was done (mostly) solo. How did you go about filming yourself? I did this on a short earlier this year and blocking, focus, etc. was a huge pain.

That was cool. High quality in every regard. I'm especially impressed it was done (mostly) solo. How did you go about filming yourself? I did this on a short earlier this year and blocking, focus, etc. was a huge pain.

Hey Josh, thanks for watching. Glad you enjoyed it. Yeah, this was a much bigger challenge than I expected. It also reminded me how important a team is in the filmmaking process. I ended up choosing fixed shots and played with focus to my advantage (if I was moving, I would set focus to the last place I would move to). But I also wanted a few moving shots, so I had to call my gaffer to help me out.

Also a huge challenge was to place the mic without a boom operator... damn, that was a pain...

Cheers

copy that, but what did you use for your stand in/to set your focus in the first place? Or did you just have a monitor and keep standing there/checking and going back to the cam to tweak until it was right?

copy that, but what did you use for your stand in/to set your focus in the first place? Or did you just have a monitor and keep standing there/checking and going back to the cam to tweak until it was right?

I didn't have a monitor. I was using the LCD on the camera. I placed a lightstand where I would be and focus that and then I'd tweak it. Yeah, it was quite inefficient, but then again, I had all the time I wanted to make this. Whenever I'd use a longer lens, I'd just call my wife to help me focus. :)

Damn. Now I have to get married.