It's been a long while since I've written on my long neglected blog. But things have been busy...very busy. We found a restaurant willing to let us shoot. A small Mexican restaurant in East LA. They agreed to let us shoot for two nights, and make us food. With a location locked, and a crew set everything began to set in motion.
My first choice of cameras to shoot on was an Arri Alexa. But it ended up being out of my price range even with a very generous discount. I had resigned to shooting on a Red Scarlet with cheap lenses. But then arrived a great coincidence. A company I had previously freelanced for just got in their first Sony F55. A 4K camera that, after an in-depth test shoot, impressed both my DP and I greatly. It's ability to handle low-light, and ability to color was absolutely amazing. I was offered an incredible discount, and our DP happened to get his hands on a set of Cooke S4 lenses. Everything was truly falling into place.
Everything was set. This scene was finally about to happen. Months of hard work, scrounging and scraping for cash, was finally about to pay off. Check back later for part 2, our first day of production.
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