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self film on their phones in their dungeons
Oh dear maybe the year spent on zoom has made everyone a director.
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You clearly weren't going for that authentic, washed-out look that conveys world-weariness and ennui in equal measure.
Commiserations.
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Oh shit... Esp love the framing on the bottom one including light switches. š¬
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Unreal scenes.
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Filmed a load of corporate talking heads in December. Client (their marketing lead) insisted that they should be addressing her in an interview style sit down, facing off camera bar a quick to camera stare to extract some screens for head shots because why hire a photographer? 'You can take a picture on that can't you?'). They had pre prepared scripts (multiple pages of A4) which they asked her to hold up on her head to get eye lines right. I said I had an autocue and they could just do it addressing camera. I could even potentially rig the autocue above her head if she really wanted. I clarified this with her by email before the shoot, on the phone before the shoot, on the morning of the shoot, after the first interview, and at the end of the day. Nope, definitely facing off camera.
I lit them solo which I don't usually do but covid etc. They sounded and looked mint for the budget.
Spent 4 days editing them. Submitted. Her line manager flaps. "Why are they looking off camera?!" (made better by her line manager being one of the contributors - where did she think she was looking on the day?). "We can't use these, we'll get everyone to self film on their phones in their dungeons. There's no extra budget for re-editing."
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