this is nothing normal

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the second official behind the scenes video released. this one focuses on the director, shane sooter, and his personal insight on the project.

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lots of filming cars

yesterday and today have been spent getting all of our shots where our actors are dirving.  there’s a few ways to do this.  one is to use a process trailer.  it’s a trailer and truck that has an integrated generator, fold out wings for camera and lighting setups, and lots of different places to hook lights up.

here are some photos with one of our hero (name for any car that’s in the script) cars on it.

process trailer filming

process trailer filming

process trailer filming

process trailer filming

here’s a video of the caravan (cop car leading us) pulling away. it’s pretty impressive to see going down the road. they even took it on the highway yesterday with the 2 guys standing on the trailer.  hanging out on this and driving it all around louisville and downtown was the most fun i’ve had on a film set to date.

process trailer drives away from gb on Vimeo.

another way to film driving scenes is to fake it.  we did this for our night driving scene so we could control the lighting more.  a LOT goes into making this look believable.  we had 5-6 different lighting gags (lights imitating something else).

this is what that starts to look like.

staged night driving in the studio

and here’s a video showing all the different light gags we had to fake streetlight, oncoming headlights, cars passing to the side, cars from the back, and someone gently shaking the car for road bumps. movie magic!

shooting a night driving scene in the studio from gb on Vimeo.

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permalink our location today is inside a funeral home. I got here at 5:45am and was greeted by seeing a dead person. CREEPED OUT.

our location today is inside a funeral home. I got here at 5:45am and was greeted by seeing a dead person. CREEPED OUT.

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another behind the scenes look from the director, shane. a chunk of this one covers my world of scheduling: call sheets, sides, shotlists and overheads. a little over three minutes in shane puts the camera in my face and has me explain how we plan a day of shooting.

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here’s a video from the national city building rooftop to go with the below photos

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louisville from above

the last three days we spent filming in the national city building at a law firm on the 35th floor.  the first day we were there blake (the boom operator) and i snuck up to the rooftop and got an incredible view of louisiville from the highest standing point in the city.

louisville from above

louisville from above

louisville from above

louisville from above

it was pretty awe-inspiring.

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permalink tonights shoot: a fake football game and a ton of extras

tonights shoot: a fake football game and a ton of extras

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permalink 100+ extras to direct tonight. this is about to be my new best friend.

100+ extras to direct tonight. this is about to be my new best friend.

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a behind the scenes look from our director on what it takes to pull off a night shot.

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permalink filming in a sweet mansion today

filming in a sweet mansion today

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