The Real You – 2004
- Lensville Productions
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alternative romantic comedy
6 min
Mini-DV
"A boy and a girl
overcome their terminal hip-ness to find true love."
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notes: |
I
lit, shot, edited, and sound designed this short written and directed by
Robie Kentspeth.
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cine: |
The
script was written as a freeform travel into and out of the minds of the
denizens of a coffee shop, finally settling on one couple in particular.
To support that vision, the director desired a roving camera and a
minimum of coverage. Oh, and we
had one night to shoot and only six evenings to post!
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lighting: |
The Hideout
Coffee shop has an excellent array of track lighting that we used to
great advantage. Virtually all of the lighting in the interior
comes from this built-in "grid." We added only three cine lights
from our truck; o
the exterior 1Kw Baby with CTO hitting the front and coming in through
the windows;
o a 1Kw Baby with
diffusion in the entry alcove, and;
o a Lowel Pro
Light for the sunset painting gag.
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set: |
Other than some
costuming choices pulled from the actors’ wardrobes, we had no time for
any real production design. Fortunately, the Hideout has a great look
and often sports a showing of a local artist’s work.
Artist Rebekah Thedford’s canvases really worked in the
frame, creating a nice backdrop to our story.
Artist (and key grip) Joe Kentspeth painted a
last-minute oil canvas to serve as the “hero” painting.
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audio: |
Even at four in
the morning, the interior location was somewhat hostile to sound with
the compressors for the cold cases cycling on and off. Coffee shop manager
Greg Nelson and his daughter Mary were very kind in providing us the
space and staying the night with us. We felt it best to leave their
foodstuffs intact. As such, we replaced every
piece of production audio with ADR, voice-overs, Foley, wild sound, and
music-for-picture. There is not a single bit of original production
sound in the final mixdown. screenshots:
sound design timeline all
timeline zoom of voice-overs
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tools: |
camera – JVC GY-DV500
edit – Vegas 4.0
sound design – Vegas 4.0two Mole Baby 1k
fresnels
practical 12v track lighting
practical 12v pendants |
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