Well, maybe not in person, 'cos I'm too broke to fly there.
Regardless, a film I lit last year is headed to the Cannes Film Festival, and will be screening May 19th.
I might be a little biased*, but I'm fairly sure it was declared to be awesome enough to be selected because of the incredible lighting by the gaffer.
Maybe a bit to do with excellent director, fantastic actors, innovative cinematographer, genius produ.... nah. Who am I kidding. It's all about the gaffer.
I hear you ask, "What is this film, Zen? Tell me more!"
I'm glad you asked. It's a Stephen King dollar-baby project called One for the Road, a short story that gives a little more backstory to the larger Salem's Lot region of Maine. Spooky place.
We shot it in three brutally frigid (but fun!) nights, up in the San Bernadino mountains. Highpoints of a gaffer's life include stringing 1/8 mile cable straight up the side of an iced mountainside, to draw from a single 15-amp source of power. (Accessed an equidistant second source, later) Also, getting all that friggin' gear up the mountain in my 4x4 along a narrow half-frozen slushy mud firetrail. Then setting it all up, turning around to go back down, picking up talent from base camp, and getting them to location. (Repeat x 3, as we kept moving further up the mountain)
Wouldn't have traded the experience for anything. Good times.
I'd like to share a bit more about it, but as far as I'm aware there's no official website for it and there's no official trailer for it, either.
So anyway, there we go. I'll add some info about the non-gaffer types involved in this tomorrow. It does take a village, after all.
Movies! Keep makin' 'em!
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Regardless, a film I lit last year is headed to the Cannes Film Festival, and will be screening May 19th.
I might be a little biased*, but I'm fairly sure it was declared to be awesome enough to be selected because of the incredible lighting by the gaffer.
Maybe a bit to do with excellent director, fantastic actors, innovative cinematographer, genius produ.... nah. Who am I kidding. It's all about the gaffer.
I hear you ask, "What is this film, Zen? Tell me more!"
I'm glad you asked. It's a Stephen King dollar-baby project called One for the Road, a short story that gives a little more backstory to the larger Salem's Lot region of Maine. Spooky place.
We shot it in three brutally frigid (but fun!) nights, up in the San Bernadino mountains. Highpoints of a gaffer's life include stringing 1/8 mile cable straight up the side of an iced mountainside, to draw from a single 15-amp source of power. (Accessed an equidistant second source, later) Also, getting all that friggin' gear up the mountain in my 4x4 along a narrow half-frozen slushy mud firetrail. Then setting it all up, turning around to go back down, picking up talent from base camp, and getting them to location. (Repeat x 3, as we kept moving further up the mountain)
Wouldn't have traded the experience for anything. Good times.
I'd like to share a bit more about it, but as far as I'm aware there's no official website for it and there's no official trailer for it, either.
So anyway, there we go. I'll add some info about the non-gaffer types involved in this tomorrow. It does take a village, after all.
Movies! Keep makin' 'em!
*
I hear the gaffer on this film was top-notch. I see this guy every day. In the mirror. It is a large mirror, in case you were wondering. Ahem. Large enough to display that enormous swollen head of his.
