RE: A Drink In Time (Short Film)

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Those college years are always a technical challenge. So many things you have in mind to do but so little (good and modern) gear to use to achieve it. I remember ditching the college gear and using my own, even buying a gimbal, because all the college had was these old Canon 500D models and some barely functioning tripods. Lenses were also a massive issue; your main option pretty much was just a 50mm F1.8; also the same issues as you with gear either not being present when it should be or constantly in rotation from one person to the next. I remember there being a little more modern gear but very low in numbers, and the college would treat them like diamonds and rarely actually let anyone use them. Oh and the lighting equipment at the college was just nonexistent! I remember intentionally just shooting everything outside and taking advantage of artificial light in the evenings because of that.

I remember the rotation of gear meant everyone had a really long time to get things done, so I would be done within a day or two while everyone else was still waiting for a chance to start. I ended up either not appearing for a few weeks or asking everyone if they needed any help so I had something to do.

Part of me actually misses all that chaos. The college side of filmmaking is completely different the real thing, but just messing around with some people with a camera and roaming around trying to find locations was a great time. Then after grabbing some beers or food and doing it all again the next day.



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One of the first things I bought was a H4N, the sound gear the college had was either broken, or on the verge of breaking. The cameras were good though, they also had some good LEDs but I ended up buying my own before leaving.

Yeah I miss it too, it was a lot of fun, aswell it was good having so many people interested in filming stuff in one place haha

I like working Freelance, but at the same time I'd like to have a solid team to do stuff, even just for our own films. The most recent one was a nightmare at first to get a crew together for, but we managed it and it turned out great. I'm still colour grading it atm but I'll have it up on 3speak soon.

Funny, usually actors are the hardest thing to find, but we ended up with so many and not enough crew.

!PIZZA

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