last intense filming day… and the most equipment ever taken on-location
June 20th, 2008
by: Brad
We had a good filming day today. We were at the Sherrill’s house again in Southlake to film a variety of scenes. The day was slated to start at 6:30AM and end around 10:00PM – a full day’s worth of filming.
We had to figure out a way to make the front entry way of the Sherrill’s house to look like it was “pitch-black” night at 6:30PM, when the sun wasn’t due to set until 8:30PM. Blacking out the front door area outside of the house was a challenge with our limited resources and we went through a few set-ups to accomplish the task…and we finally successfuly blacked out the front of the Sherrill’s house to make the “night effect”. Don’t ask how…it’s movie magic. hehehe
The make-up montage turned into a make-up and dance montage. The girls had a blast! We had a reporter/photographer with us today from Southlake. He enjoyed being with us and was impressed with our set-up. We filmed alot of the birthday party scenes, “love triangle” scenes, and “Chuck and Carla” scenes today. The cast did a great job today. And of course we had a great crew! Thanks Zane for being the “can you set-up this…. and can you get this…” and being the official “energizer bunny” crew member of the week…….Zane..she’s keeps going and going! Also thanks to Nichole Harris for coming up from Houston, just to crew for movie camp! What a commited crew member!
Other things to note: This camp had quite a few scenes that demanded some of the most elaborate equipment set-ups. In addition to regular lighting, we had alot of equipment dedicated to, again, black out rooms and areas of the house to make it look like it was at night. Also we had to be creative with our placement of lights around the house so that we could easily film multiple angles without having to re-adjust the lighting – a time save in the long run, but takes some planning and set-up time on the front-end. Here’s a nice shot from today….
Technical Trivia for this movie camp:
> the most c-stands ever taken on-location
> the most lights ever taken on-location
> the most grip equipment ever taken on-location (sand bags, stands, apple boxes, scrims, grip clips, etc)
> the most backdrops ever taken on-location
> this camp was the first movie camp where we have used wireless mics (and we love them)
> the most elaborate set-ups to make DAY scenes look like they were at NIGHT
> the first time (in a long time) that we used a DAY light fixture outside
> the fewest crew members on a movie camp (in a long time) for a few of the filming days
> the first time we have used the new windscreen for the shotgun microphone
> this camp has the most music montages in any camp (maybe tied with Those were the Days)
> the most cars in a movie camp caravan (6 cars)
> the first blog ever done for a movie camp
> the first time we have posted “almost” daily behind-the-scenes videos
Please comment if you found any of this technical geeky stuff interesting….. thanks 
Also, special thanks to Danielle’s dad for fixing my car’s oil leak…. what an awesome guy! Those Sherrill’s are amazing people! Thanks again for letting us film at your house! We appreciate all of your hospitality Brigitte!
-Brad
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4 Comments Add your own
1. maddie_earhart | June 20th, 2008 at 10:51 pm
Sounds fun! I wish I was there! The wireless microphones are awesome….and you said to comment if I found any of this “technical geeky stuff” interesting and I do. Can’t wait untill I get to scream lots tomorrow.
2. Brigitte_Sherrill | June 20th, 2008 at 11:23 pm
AHHHHH thank you so very much. Glad to have you. Montages rock, Bradford; our cast had so much dancing skill. xD
3. Brigitte_Sherrill | June 20th, 2008 at 11:23 pm
crud. this is danielle btw. my baaddd.
4. Brigitte_Sherrill | June 21st, 2008 at 9:54 pm
You are so welcome! I found all of it interesting and impressive. Everyone was so nice and so polite, the cast and crew both. It gave the rest of the Sherrill Family a wonderful opportunity to get to know everyone better and really appreciate how much hard work goes into movie camp. I’d highly recommend hosting movie camp to any and all other parents. After chatting until midnight last night about the experience, Danielle finally told me how glad she was that we hosted it at our home (partially of course, since Maggie was so kind and hosted it at her home too). Of course, this was Danielle’s way of saying thank you to her mom. It was also so amazing that our home did not look like we had an entire cast and crew residing in it for a few days. What a great job with organization and cleanliness which are HUGE pluses for me. The respect for our home and its contents was immense. We look foward to the premier! Outstanding job to all cast and crew! You are all welcome back anytime! Um….well, call first please. Sierra and Brock are not quite as eager to have everyone back as they were expelled from their home yesterday and traumatized by this.
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