She Brings The Rain - Wrapping it all up

Filming Sam Korn on our final set @ the Vodka Bar Darwin, Australia I have to give some apologies to those who have been asking me where...

Filming Sam Korn on our final set @ the Vodka Bar
Darwin, Australia

I have to give some apologies to those who have been asking me where the final posts on the progress of filming She Brings The Rain have been, now that I am in editing mode I have actually found myself a lot busier than when we were out on location.

 We have, of course just recently finished our very last filming sessions, the final big one with the crew on set at Darwin's popular Vodka Bar venue and two re-take sessions with Sam Korn, one at the Stokes hill wharf and one back out at Lee Point beach where we started Day 1 of filming about 7 weeks ago.

There have been noticeable benefits from 'lessons learned' over the period we have been filming. All that practice has resulted in some really sweet footage straight from the camera with minimal takes, we found our ability to judge the settings for various conditions came pretty much naturally the last few sessions.

The low light in the Vodka Bar scene was my main concern, which, incidentally was an unfounded one. Simply bumping up the ISO and de-noising the clip in post has returned some surprisingly good results. Subconsciously being in stills mode with my 7D I cringe to think of ISO figures as high as 2000 and don't relate them with quality imagery, NeatVideo's magic little plugin however was my saviour, even with the most basic settings I was amazed at just how much noise reduction we achieved, definitely a tool for any serious DSLR motion projects.

The next week-and-a-bit will now be spent editing and rendering and re-editing till we have our final cut ready to distribute. Due out for its first competition submission before October 14 2011.

Behind the scenes shots - Final Days of Filming
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Some of the crew filming @ the Vodka Bar. Darwin, Australia - Photo courtesy Jess Lai

Auki drop testing the Glidecam rig before filming. - BTS video still courtesy Jess Lai

Crew filming Maddison Ash on her second to last take @ Vodka Bar. - BTS video still courtesy Jess Lai

Last day filming re-takes with Sam Korn, an empty Lee Point beach in Darwin - BTS video still courtesy Jess Lai

Last day filming re-takes with Sam Korn, Darwin's Waterfront Precinct - BTS video still courtesy Bronwyn Pain

Maddison waiting for her call on set, Angry Birds championship anyone? - BTS Video still courtesy Jess Lai

Maddison's final scene. Filming solo so we can fade her away - Photo courtesy Jess Lai

Sam getting made up to look pretty, with Katie Abraham on the final day of filming - Photo courtesy Bronwyn Pain

The view of Sam from the primary camera's field monitor, Vodka Bar scene - source aukihenry.com

Nearly finished for the night! Sam resting between takes - BTS video still courtesy Bronwyn Pain