Its about 5.40am and Craig tells us that there are only 3 trains to come and we are ordered off the Platform ,,, The last one just before 6 am

Craig makes the Announcement ,,,,,,, Management has told us we have to be out of the Station ,,,, there are 3 more trains and the last one is at 5. 56 am ,,, We dont know if any of them are the new Millenium trains we would like ,,,,, So it will be a WRAP at 6am !!!!!!!!!!!

We have to physically stop half of the crew running for the EXIT when they heard the word WRAP ,,,,

We weren't lucky with the first train ,,,,, some OLD silver tin can ,,,,, But we got a good rehearsal with my little Leica on video mode ,,, Jen went looking for a new angle through the windows of the train ,,,, missing her only chance to escape ,,,, She came out before the doors closed ,,, he he

The next one was a Tangara ,,,,,newer but Still not what we wanted ,,, another wait ,,, and rethink ,,, now we wouldnt be doing an extra set up that requiring a super fast interior set up of the action through the train window ,,,, It would then take us with it ,,,, This was sort of a relief ,,, Taking a train ride down the track and back before we could go home to sleep ,,,

But we were able to do several takes of the scene by framing the train area out ,,,,,,, And then we waited for OUR LAST TRAIN of the SHOOT .

But when the LAST train of the Shoot arrived ,,,,,, It was exactly what we wanted ,,,, a shinny new Millenium .

I was sitting on an applebox hand holding at ground level ,,,,,, The Train stopped in a great position ,,,, John & Kelly were spot on with the preformance

But maybe just one more shot for the editor ,,,,, A quick spin around to get the train leaving the platform ,,,,

Nice these new trains ,,, i would like to shoot something in and on them one day ,,, It would be easy with this Alexa

It was over ,,,,,,, We really had a GREAT time ,,, full of energy and what was a strange sort of fun The Camera and the People had not faltered ,,,,,,,, 11'20" of screen time ,,, mostly dialogue ,,, shot over 2 nights with only about a total of 11 hours of sound shootable time ...... That pretty fast ,,,
It had just occured to me that hardly anybody on the crew had actually worked together before ,,,,,,,,, If only you could have a wrap beer at 6 am ,,,,,,, THANK YOU LINES MEN , THANK YOU BALL BOYS
Jennifer was very happy with the whole shoot and particularly with her actors Kelly and John ,,,

THE FINISHED GRADE ,,,,,, We decided on a MODERN Look .

Good Production Value in shooting on location for AVAILABLE LIGHT with a small crew and the ARRI ALEXA ,,,,,,,, What more can I say ,,,,,

I Love this wide opening shot ,,,,,,,

And this shot from under the stairs looking out ,,,,, a nice piece of Architecture helping to focus on the people in the shot ......

This shot in its raw colour had a very Green /Blue Backlight from a ceiling fixture ,,,,,, You dont see that now with the final grade ,,,,,, I must say the Camera had handled the mixture of colour temperatures from the various fixture very well .

We had selected the correct head wear for Kelly ,,,, It complemented her and also was very useful in letting some of the top light through when kelly was looking up at John ,,,,,, even If I didnt like the sharp nose shadow it produced at times ,,,,, In a perfect world I would have floated in a very light diffusion frame from above from the conveniently places staircase ,,,,,, But no gaffer and no time ,,, no problem ,,, he he

Love that Hat ,,,,, Hated the Cap ,,, he he he ,,, Multiple face shadows at all times ,,, worse than the one small nose shadow when looking up

The hardest part of handholding this shot was the nearly 2 minutes of static before John moves back towards kelly ,,,, The camera was on my shoulder at this point , It couldnt be a lower angle because of John height and Kelly seated position , ( also my height in bare feet ) ,,, Later we moved to much lower camera moves from the hip ,,, Much smoother moves with the camera off the body of course ,,,,,, one of thses days someone will make a Digital camera that is as good as the Arri 2C was to hand hold ,,,,,,

I love how the staircase shadows the back wall to make the Artists stand out in the frame ( a good 3D shot )...

Baadddee Baadddee Baadddee THAT ALL FOLKS ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,