Going into the production of the documentary, we decided to film b-roll before the actual interview. This is because we didn’t have access to the lighting we used until later in the week, and didn’t want to be rushing around last minute. We decided to film with two cameras. Bellow is the list of equipment we used on both days:
Day 1:
-T7I
-90D
-Tripod
-Rhode Mic
-50 Mil Prime Lense
-18-135mm Zoom Lense
Day 2:
-Sony A7III
-Sony ZV-E10
-2 50 Mil Prime Lense
-2 Tripods
-GVM 3 Point Light RGB Kit
-Cob Light, Stand, and soft box
-GVM Mics
Continuing on with lighting, I wanted to have creative color in the interview, so made sure to get a RGB light kit, and got a soft box to balance it out. This stylistic choice is why we had to wait longer to shoot the interview, but was worth it in the long run. I wouldn’t have had the lighting I desired if I filmed without these lights.
During the first day of filming, I was surprised with how it went. I expected to just get some cinematic shots, but I wound up getting really good sound bites of him talking about his sketchbooks. He went through all of them, explaining why he chose every little detail. I was worried these sound bites would have bad audio because we didn’t bring any mics, but it turned out fine after some tweaking in post production. Life lesson, always bring some laav mics with you, they’re small and useful.While filming B-roll, we decided to have him draw on his iPad. Right before he started, I had him screen record the entire thing which allowed for creative B-Roll. This was something to “raise the floor” of our documentary that I really liked.
Coming out of the first day of filming, I added a section of him going through his sketchbooks into the documentary, because the sound bites were so good. It totaled 2 and a half minutes. I wasn’t sure where this part would be, but it was nice to know that I had 2 and a half minutes cut up before the interview that was done a couple days later.
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