Reflection on Lenny

I haven't got the chance to talk about our Lenny which is posted on David's blog.

To be honest I still had a few problems when shooting Lenny. I thought I'm going to do great with the equipments, apparently not. I think I was still a bit off when it comes to adjusting white balance and exposure and as the result, it turns out a bit over-exposed. Despite the fact that our Lenny concept was kind of like a Bond movie which set is day time with heaps of sunlight. I figured that it's not as simple as turning up the exposure or the white balance. Also, from watching the other group's version really gave me ideas that I could apply to the real filming. Things like, color theme or camera-panning.

However, filming Lenny was such a great practice because I learned a lot of things that I apparently did not know or aware of about the camera and the techniques. I think, because of Lenny, I gained a lot more confidence for the real shooting, which is done now as you can read from my previous post. :)

Shooting done!

This is a terribly late post because actually we finished our shooting 2 weeks ago. However, one of the biggest challenges for the final project is done and done and I am so glad it went well!

A few days before D-day I was actually still a bit worried about going through the shooting. I was ready with the gear and I felt like I'm doing great during the practices, but somehow as the day was getting nearer I got all the nerves that I should not have. What if I screwed the white balance? Or the exposure? Or the focus? Those kind of questions were lingering on my mind that I could not have a proper sleep yet I have to wake up early to assist our super group's shooting.

On the first day I was assisting the other group. I'm really glad we had this super group because we were kinda learning from each other. I was the camera assistant for Renee. It was kinda hard at first but we got used to it pretty fast. For example, Renee would set the white balance and stuff and we'd check it again together so we knew what to do and how to do things related to the camera.

Second day was the day of our group's shooting. I was still a bit nervous but because I went through the real shooting the other day, I was pretty confident and excited about the shooting. Apparently we had less shot so we finished earlier. There was a small problem with the camera, I suddenly could not set the exposure manually and the white balance was totally over exposed. Thank God for super groups, we all examined the camera and apparently it was set to automatic. I do not really know how, maybe I slipped my hands, but then the camera was back to normal. There were also minor problems with the lighting but I think we handled it good. In the end, that day was very exhausting yet fun!

And now... it's time for some post-production fun!