"Later"

Yesterday the 19th of November I was working as a grip on a short film called "later" which is Directed by Simon Duric. I don't normally work as a grip, I applied for the job of spark on this production but I have worked with the DOP Luke Bryant before as a grip, so he asked if I would mind gripping again for him on this production. Truth be told there was not much grip work to be done, we used the dolly for one shot! So I spent the rest of the day helping out the sparks, which is what I applied to do in the first place anyway! The entire crew were very good. I was very impressed with every one, for an expenses only shoot the level of professionalism was very high, the prosthetics were incredible, the special effects scenes looked great, every body was on good form!

The short is being shot on the R.E.D camera which seems to be the popular choice for low budget shoots at the moment. I personally am a fan, I think it looks great. Don't get me wrong, it doesn't compare to film and I don't think anything ever will but when shooting at 4k resolution the visuals look amazing. Also the ease of which you can view the rushes, not having to load and unload mags and not having to check the gate after every slate makes things a lot easier and when you can still use 35 mm prime lenses you still get a great look. You only have to look at such feature films as District 9 and the Che films to see how impressive the R.E.D visuals can be.

Unfortunately I was not allowed to take any pictures on the set yesterday so I don't have any pictures to put up along with this post, but instead Im going to give you a link to a music video I worked on earlier in the year that was shot on the R.E.D camera. I will be back on the set of "Later" on sunday when there will hope fully be more grip work to be done. For now Im going to enjoy the weekend, and I hope you will all do the same.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CQ1JjRv0VfQ