Hiccups...

All productions come almost undoubtedly with some hiccups along the way. After all the successes we've had with our film so far, it's important to note that we have had a couple new learning experiences to take away from the film. I will highlight a few here now.

1. Kinos light almost any interview exceptionally well. Less is more when it comes to interviews, unless you're going for an extremely dramatic lighting set up. Kinos provide an awesome soft light on a subject. Perfect.
2. Always check your monitor mix in your headphones. We almost blew two interviews because the monitor mix was off, and that fucked up our levels pretty bad. Luckily, our boom channel was in range and saved our lives and we were able to rehoot the other interview. But always have a back up channel for safety and triple check your monitor mix.
3. If you are ever reframing the camera during an interview, do it when the subject is not talking. It's very hard to cut away or hide the camera movement when a subject is mid sentence. I learned this the hard way and got some pretty appropriate criticism from it.
4. Always be succinct when cutting. Communicate with everybody involved and let them know you're cutting before you do so everybody can be in sync. This will help immensely with post-production.
5. Piano music
6. Closer is always better, unless you have kick ass mise-en-scene. This project has helped me realize the power of close-ups. They are awesome. Fucking awesome.

7. To be continued...