Saturday, July 30, 2011

D week 4...


...is no more.

another week of boomin-goodness is over, and due to some kind of provincial holiday; we get a long weekend.

this week was a short-block (4-days/one ep). Next week is a change of schedule *(tuesday-sat) and the start of another block (2 episodes) with the first director.


Photos

filming dance-floor bar-scenes at one of the (many) local universities





Christianity, Pastafarianism, Darwinism... it seems most faiths are covered out here in Halifax.





the current directors' last name is similar-but-different; and art department usually pick crew-names for any advertising.





more ladder-boomin in the staff-room-set.





A-cam 1st AC





Sound mixer shows his true feelings about the current 5-page scene (with 5 cast, one boom, and wide/tight coverage)





b-cam hits roll 150 (we've recently moved from 32Gb CF cards to 128Gb SSD hard-drives, so I guess the roll-changes will be less frequent from now on)





class-room globe





art-department inspirational quotes, senior-classroom set





our first "grip-forrest". The results were very pretty.





title of this photo = "doun-undahh" (in honour of the ridiculous "aussie" accent I'm frequently taunted with by one of our cast...)





walking to work on Friday (1st truly pretty morning in a long time)





still walking to work ('twas only 18mins, but I really was enjoying the weather)





camera team in the gym...





...filming an 18mm wide, and a simultaneous 110mm 2-shot... I'm on a 12-step ladder attempting perspective on the wide angle...





Friday night fog...





...is still pretty.

It's presently raining (1400 on saturday); but as I'm in need of fresh coffee beans, an expedition is about to be mounted...

hopefully it'll clear-up on Sunday and I'll be able to take a few more photos...

see ya.

Saturday, July 23, 2011

D week 3...


...is finished with glee... and we're now free... to relax for a few days

photos

Sunday last week was quite pleasant - so I headed off to the local "historical site" = Citadel Hill


It's an old military site (at the top of the local hill in Halifax), which I can only imagine was a fortress of some kind...





it's currently open as a tourist attraction, with a whole bunch of staff in full costume...





looking down from the perimeter-wall





munitions store in the perimeter-wall (right next to the cannon placements)





stairs





one of the cannons on display (though many have deteriorated in the past 200+yrs)





wood-storage





old-timey-cart





looking-up





birds





more birdies





massive flagpoles (can be seen from almost anywhere down town)





staff demonstrating a rifle firing





cool lamp





awesome rigging (support for the massive flagpole)





detail





cartridge storage...





line-em-up... shoot em down...





empty gunpowder kegs...





flag+door





tunnel through the perimeter wall





exterior wall





another tunnel between perimeter and external walls




inside the exterior wall





tall-ship in the harbour





...and some sailboats






the clock at cidadel hill.





people love their rooftop parties out east...





artist on the hill



Monday-Friday we continued to shoot episodes 104/105


RED-sensor





2 x booms, 6 x wires, 10 x tracks, 3 pages, 2 cameras... TV is fun.
how Zan managed to make it all work, I'll never know... I just swing a stick and try to give him as much of the dialog as possible...



B-cam





B-cam 1st AC tape-measure-fun





back at the local high school.


Extremely exciting news.
I'm heading back to Australia...
Anyone know of some reasonably-priced accommodation near Fox Studios in Sydney? (paddington/centennial park/Bondi-Junction)
I'll be in town from the end of August, until around christmas

see y'all soon

Ian