Gladstone Films : Media : Mediaculture

This piece was shot as an entry to Project Greenlight in its second season. Utilizing a small crew, and a lot of pre-production, we were able to shoot this film in a single eight hour work day, without making creative compromises. Shooting in the Super 16 format, I chose 7246 as my film stock, as I felt its wide color response would lend itself well to the piece. We wanted to evoke a the feeling of a simpler, more relaxed era. Warm earth tones were chosen for the main character's wardrobe, and the Art Director replaced the shades in the windows, and the patio furniture with wicker. Care was taken to keep contemporary looking appliances and vehicles from being seen. The man walking the dog wore blue to differentiate him from our couple. I used a Sepia filter with light diffusion on the lens to help create the mood we wanted. The porch was flagged and netted to block most of the hard sunlight, and I created soft shadows on the charactors to provide texture and directionality. 1K tungsten units with half blue gel, were used to provide slashes and highlights. A Single 2K tungsten fresnel without any gel was used to backlight the actress, and add additional warmth to the scene. We did the supervised film-to-tape transfer at Du-Art, with Tim Bomd at the controls of the Y Front telecine. Cost: approximately $750, including film, processing, transfer, and feeding the cast and crew. Editing was completed at Gladstone Films.