2005-02-13

Intense Math, Part I

Today we shot Intense Math, our submission to the Phoenix Film Project Screen Wars comedy challenge. Brock H. Brown and I co-directed, I DoP'd, Angie did hair and wardrobe, and Bryan Brantingham did Grip work. Gabriel Loyer stars in the 3-minute short film, with support from Brad Brantingham and Chris Dean.


Our location was the Pulliam Auditorium at the Burton Barr branch of the Phoenix Public Library. We had the location confirmed from noon to four. However, when we arrived, we had difficulty, as usual. Security had no record of the confirmation. After we ironed that out and headed into the auditorium, we found a carpet cleaning crew. The chairs were not set up and the guys had another hour and half of cleaning to do from a wedding that was held the night before. So, we toured the library, grabbed a bite to eat and headed back to start at two.





The lighting and gels worked out well, but the dolly did not work as well as expected. However, I think the footage is workable. The ambitious overhead shot was not framed right, it may not make the cut. Otherwise, the setups and choice of lenses worked great.

5 comments:

Jeremy said...

Wow! It looks like it lives up to its name. It really does look intense!

Gabe said...

Great shots!

Brock said...

Hah! I really like your shots Josh. Great stuff. That "lecture hall" really had some nice natural lighting too. We hardly had to mess with that at all.

Anonymous said...

You got my vote. Hope you win! Gina

Joshua Provost said...

Ladies and gentlemen, my mother just commented on a blog. The end of the world is nigh!