Written by Max MirEverybody shoots digitally these days—or at least, that’s the assumption. The good ‘ol filmmaking days of shooting on celluloid are not entirely over, but they’re increasingly unreachable for emerging filmmakers, especially due to the high impact that film scanning and processing can have on a production’s budget. that’s not all bad: filmmaking is becoming more and more accessible. Thanks to new and powerful compact cinema and DSLR cameras, filmmakers who are ready to invest in their careers can now access a very decent kit (and hold on to it for a considerable amount of years). Nonetheless, there is a detail often overlooked in the age of modern filmmaking which I feel most of us have taken for granted:Being able to shoot take, after take, after take. Or, as I like to call it:the curse of endless takes.Nowadays, if you have ample storage space, you can easily plan out your shots for the day, and repeatedly shoot the same shot over and over until you’re satisfied or the 1st AD calls for your head. Back in the day, you could hear the reel spitting out your budget every time you rolled the camera, and that constant reminder was enough to stop you from fooling around during your planning time. Takes were too precious. The stakes were too high. Have you ever noticed yourself shooting too many takes on a particular shot?I definitely have, and my feeling is that the option to do so has—unconsciously or not—completely affected the...
Published By: NoFilmSchool - Thursday, 8 August, 2024