Showing entries tagged with "equipment"

The crane is set up again. It´s a wide angle shot from high above, slowly moving in on the console with Didi. Jens is operating this time, I´m at the monitor. Only 4 takes and it´s a wrap for [...]

Things are going good. We´re shooting some great Steadicam moves towards the console now, showing all the production value we have here. Hanno and Peter have turned the “mainframe computer [...]

We have problems with our strobelights. I use them every time we have an alarm scene, adding more atmosphere. Last night, they must have gotten too much moisture. Mark is working on them, but [...]

Being tired is not an option. It´s time to do all the shots from in front of Didi Hollinderbäumer, avoiding the console´s screens, because they won´t be ready until tomorrow. Didi´s gonna [...]

I want this shot to be perfect, so we have to do it several times. Sometimes, the haze we blew in the air to achieve a more dense look proves to be tricky. Because that opening in the set´s [...]

I decided to let Oliver, my Steadicam man, operate this crane shot, because I feel I have more control over the situation from here, at my HD monitor. I want to get as much out of this shot [...]

The set looks wonderful. Hanno and Peter, our construction guys, did a marvelous job again ! For 6 weeks they were here in this dirty, cold and moist place, working it into our control room [...]

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 [...]