Cristina is great at acquiring very good locations for nothing or for very little, it makes shooting it, getting good angles and compositions a joy. Saying that, below is a picture of me on some flats we put on top of brick we found to get high enough to shoot through the window (which we broke) and I had to restrict shuffling my weight because it was always on the verge of toppling. The joy of no budgets. Cristina 'made' a Dolly which was cristened 'PramCam' because it was made from the base and wheels of an old pram. Despite a little bounce, it provided a cheap and graceful alternative to a track and dolly (I also hear it was used on other shoots).
I had never been to Eastbourne or Pippingford (also where a section of an upcoming film FlyBoys was shot) and it's great to be able to visit these places and work at the same time. When shooting though, you are always looking for a good shot, eyeing up eveything with a two dimensional image in mind. Your brain works differently when you're just visiting. So largely, it is very much work. We would typically move location once a day (sometimes three times). We are shooting some pick ups and reshooting some scenes in a few days and then it should be done and dusted. I figure I will be posting photos of previous shoots until I start my travels because in a way, they were/are my travels.
Taken with a Canon 10D.- J
ps. don't let anyone say you cannot shoot a 'film' without a crew. It depends but you can do it without a horde. Me and Cristina shot most of her film with at most, 4 people, that's including us. Of course, it helps to have an excellent cinematographer.
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