Wednesday, March 13, 2024

Smoother Scenes and Higher Speeds

 Greetings, one and all! This week opened with inspiration for how to resolve a glaring continuity issue that came about due to changing location access. With the right sound effects and a fake stone column, everything came together quite well.
This was followed by an attempt to salvage a rather awkward scene that ended with us just shooting an insert to replace it instead. Pro tip to all of the stage actors dipping their toes into screen acting: Just because you don’t have to deliver your entire script in one go does not mean you can learn your lines the day of shooting. While that may work for tests in school, it’s not gonna fool a camera that’s watching you from four feet away. Plus side, this was the scene that taught one such actor exactly that, so at least it was a short scene…
Radiating from this fix were several other color and timing changes, which have kept me pleasantly busy these last few days.

Next up, the team met again, this time with a full complement, and they set about using a trick I learned from stunt master Nick Gillard to get more speed and energy into their fights.







Despite at least one very strange weapons combo, they did quite well, and hopefully this will be a stepping stone to what’s next.

Well, that’s about all for this week. Until next time!

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