We couldn’t find a suitable office location. We looked at what we needed, and realized that all we needed was some walls. It needed to be claustrophobic.
So on Sunday 6/9, Joe, Kerry and Eric helped me assemble and paint a small set on the rehearsal stage of Boxcar Theater. It is the only set in the entire film, and it seems like it worked fairly well, it definately has a distinct feel from the rest of the film. We have a little clean-up in post, but it looks fairly convinving.
On May 25, we completed 18 days of filming. We have a lot of amazing footage and performances, but there is still about 1/4 of the script left to film.
On June 10 & 11, we resume filming with all of the office scenes. This will be the only sequence where we will be filming on a set. We will be on a small stage in San Francisco and we hope that the control over the set will allow us the build the claustrophobic environment that we need for the cubicle. Having walls that we can move, and place a camera ‘behind’ will let us get shots that would not be possible if we were filming on a location.
Our last bit will be on June 15th, when we film the cafeteria scenes.
As we wrap up production we look towards post production, and getting this little film onto your screens.
These are the boards that we used to help keep track of what angles needed to be filmed while we were filming each scene. The drawings seem simple, but they contain just enough information for me to remember what the various camera angles are that I need to tell the story.
For scene 91 – we rehearsed the scene, then we headded down to the intersection of Van Ness and Grove St.
There were just five of us, two actors and three crew, and we were able to get four camera setups in less than an hour. The footage looks pretty good and the performances come through, even with all of the traffic noise.
Today we had a long and grueling day as we filmed the final scenes of the film. It was day 13 of 22, and I had a bit of trouble getting into the spirit of the scenes.
The actors helped me rally and we pulled off a tremendous day – with great performances and one hour, thirteen minutes forty-two seconds and eighteen frames of footage. When it’s edited, the final scenes should end up being about three minutes. That’s a lot of coverage.
As Liz writes an obituary, Henry is overwhelmed by memories and escapes from our world into his.
10:20 min.
May, 2013
CAST:
Henry – George Maguire
Liz – Sandra Fish
Young Liz – Anna Fenerty
Young Henry – Carl Holvick-Thomas
CREW:
Director – Brian Tolle
Writer – Geetha Reddy
Cinematographer – Jason Joseffer
Composer – Harald Boyesen
Assistant Director – Jonathan Perlstien
Sound – Keenan Jensen
Gaffer – Matt Stouppe
Key Grip – Joe Heath
Camera Assistant – Kiersten Lane
Camera Assistant – Jonathan McDermott
Production Coordinator – Kerry Bitner
Production Assistant – Clemence Lavigne
Executive Producer – Jim Klienmann
Executive Producer – Barry Stone
obit © 2013 Geetha Reddy
On Thursday 5/9 we were fortunate enough to film at the Lookout in San Francisco. The bar was open to the public, and a bunch of great friends came out to fill in the crowd.
Our production was so small, most patrons probably didn’t even realize we were filming. We didn’t add any lights – we didn’t have any equipment in the bar except the camera. The scenes are meant to feel like a real night out in San Francisco, and we were able to capture that feeling with some great scenes in the bar, and on Market Street outside.
Overall it was a great night of filming, and a great night out.
When we found ourselves down a diner location at the last minute, the St. Francis fountain was gracious enough to let us film in the Candy Kitchen.
The space used to be where the candy was made, but now it’s an extra dining room that mostly seems to be used on weekends. So, we had the whole space to ourselves to film scene 106.
