David Desio

Cocoa beach.

where are you shipping from?

Sundays are usually good for me, after this weekend.

looks like we got ourselves an old fashioned "sit-down" . How's sometime in the next few weeks sound to you gentlemen?

The spacelight/silk combo works great, very little shadow and nice even floor light. If you can rig it, I use a 12x full silk with four 1k space lights for all of our green screen shoots which are almost always head to toe so we see the floor every time.

I work with Stuart all the time. He's a great guy and very fast on set. I highly recommend him.

Sounds like it. Yeah, shoot me your e-mail sometime and we'll "chew the fat" as you say.

I'm a little late but I agree with this thinking. I've worked on a few films where the director seems to shoot too much covereage, I know, I know...you can never have too much but for me it can sometimes allow one to get a little lazy with the blocking and really rely on those punch-in close ups to reiterate what the scene is trying to say. I just love that people are discussing the oner in a positve light...long live mise en scene!

Right on. It's not Stardust you're talking about, is it? For the next few weeks I'm on a shoot but after that would be good.

Yeah, ya know I've never thought of using that lack of latitude. My only concern there is the amount of noise it may generate in the shadows. These have all been very helpful suggestions. Maybe there's something to these forums... Dave

Yup, I think that's gonna be the answer. It is after all, a horror flick. Thanks for all the suggestions. Dave

Nice, a little modeling goes a long way, eh? This peice is actually a horror film, sorry should have been a bit more specific. What the director wanted was a dolly into the scene from a picture window to a small dining room. The dining room is between a front living room and a back living room, both of wich appear in the shot and both of which will be included in the sequence. The backroom falls into darkenss, moonlight through the back window, and the scene is a birthday party. (whew) Anyway, thanks for all the help guys! Dave

Indeed. I agree that with all the "defferred" jobs around here it would be great to know from others in the area who to watch out for and so on.

cool, cool. Thanks for the replies. The scrim and flag ideas are good, the shallow DOF is a bit tough to achieve and always get what I want due to budget constraints (there really is no money-found that out a bit late). Just seeing if anyone has tried any methods that maybe aren't typical solutions. Thanks again guys. Dave

I am in the Orlando area as well. Just so there are options in case one is not available.

Hey all, first time caller, long time listener. This past weekend I was faced with the all to familiar challenge of shooting a scene against a white wall in a white room. To fix the problem I tried a few different things but due to space and lack of production design, decided to just do the ole slash of light across the BG. So, I was curious...What is everyone's favortie, tried and true way to spruce up those otherwise flat and boring BG's? Thanks, Dave