We´re in our Control Room set, preparing for the big establishing shot. I recall me standing here for so often in the past, planning exactly this shot, explaining it to so many people for so [...]
We´re in our Control Room set, preparing for the big establishing shot. I recall me standing here for so often in the past, planning exactly this shot, explaining it to so many people for so [...]
Tommy and my script man, Julian, are in guard costumes now, filling in for the actors of day one. I´m on the citadel´s roof with Jens Fisher, the camera on tripod. I want them to argue with [...]
We hurry to get some shots of the fortress main gate closing. Ralf build a nice lock prop with two big lights, red and green. I yell commands, it´s very stressful. The gate is opend, closed [...]
Didi has to let go of his helmet. Easy. So it seems. But the damn thing is NEVER falling as it´s supposed to do. As those helmets were created, Ralf Burmester decided to make an easy padding [...]
We did it. The crane goes into several cases again, we prep for a greenscreen shot. Actually, I envisioned a scene with Didi UNDER that greenscreen, to later remove the sky and replace it [...]
The crane moves in on Didi several times. He just has to look in the correct direction and mimic confusion. Not much for an actor like him. I hate it when shots don´t really offer an actor to [...]
The crane is set up. Due to the fact I´m director, d.p. and cameraoperator on this project, I have to climb it myself again. Jens Fisher is at my side, as usual. We´re pretty used to spend [...]
Now it´s getting complicated again. We set up for a dolly shot on Didi. The camera will move in on him as he turns and removes his helmet. This is going to be hard for Jens, the focus puller [...]