I have my third cinematographer credit. Linda said I could
shoot the rest of her film if I wanted. I wanna.
Her shoot out at the Great Salt Lake took place in a burned out cinder block building that must have been build in the 40s as it has nice pediment thingies around the roof. It is covered in the graffiti. Linda got permission from the owner to film in the building and also to white wash the inside to get more light in there. So mine and Stephanie’s job was to roll paint over the top of some very nice spray paint jobs and some really poor ones. We liked the hardly done effect with the colors still exposed and not completely covered. Then we decorated the set to look like an artist’s studio with charcoal nudes and unfinished and finished oils. It looked really nice.
Actually, this shoot was smooth and uneventful compared to the others. At one point in the afternoon three older teens or young 20 somethings came in the building and asked if they could take pictures. We said they could if they hurried as we were setting up the next shot. They took pictures of the white washed walls. Made me wonder if they were gonna report us. Who to? The police? The graffiti regulation committee? I guess they will just have to steal more cans and start all over!
Oh yes…on the outside of the building there is a huge BLISS painted. Stephanie let me take some pictures for my web page.
One more thing. Since I got to run the camera, I see the movie come to life. Linda’s actress, Dana is a lovely person. But when this girl steps into frame, her persona is transformed. She is breathtaking. Her eyes light up and she radiates. I guess as they say, the camera loves her. I have made it a practice to give the actors feed back (usually good cos they are sensitive creatures.) So I told Dana how she looks in the camera. People need to hear these things.
I need to hear these things.