BEHIND THE SCENES: PROCESS PHOTOGRAPHY This entry was posted on 9/16/2006 11:06 AM and is filed under production. To bridge Lionel's scene at the ball game to the parking lot at the hospital, after getting called back to his day job, we had to get a few driving shots to connect the sequence editorially. We had two options: Process Phototgraphy or the "Poorman's Process". Most Indies go for the less expensive Poorman's Process but Assistant Director Paul Adkins came up with a creative solution that we implemented. Paul led the Downtown Process Photography Unit using his equipment to tow the picture vehicle using bumper tow bars to keep the car at road level and used a portable generator in the bed of a pickup truck that we used as the photography platform to shoot Actor Satiago Craig behind the wheel driving through Downtown Tucson. Assistant Director Justin Mashouf would film from inside the car from the front passenger seat and from the pickup truck bed with Producer Gabriele Andres relaying directions over radio calls hidden inside the picture vehicle. Below are some photos of that night.

To light Actor Santiago Craig, we rigged a common work light onto the dash of the automobile and covered it in an 80 blue gel.	James Arnett tapes down the power cord as Assistant Director Paul Adkins rigs the tow bar for photographing the process shot in Tucson traffic.

A.D. Paul Adkins rigs the tow bar to a hard point of the front bumper of the automobile.	A.D. Paul Adkins and James Arnett prep the automobile with 115VAC power.

Actor Santiago Craig climbs behind the wheel and 80 blue light of the picture vehicle.	Assistant Director Justin Mashouf climbs inside the picture vehicle to photograph Actor Santiago Craig.

A.D. Justin Mashouf finds a comfortable angle from which to photograph Actor Santiago Craig.	James Arnett and A.D. Justin Mashouf confer about available light outside on the route down Congress.

James Arnett tapes in a second layer of 80 blue gel to adjust Actor Santiago Craig's lighting.	A.D. Paul Adkins briefs everyone on the route and speeds in various sections of downtown filming.

James Arnett directing over radio calls.	Producer Gabriele Andres in the back of the process truck in motion.

A.D. Paul Adkins operating the 115VAC generator powering the photography lights inside the automobile.	James Arnett and A.D. Justin Mashouf filming in the back of the process truck in motion.

James Arnett and A.D. Justin Mashouf filming in the back of the process truck on Speedway.	Actor Santiago Craig being filmed as if he is pumping gas at the gas station that opens the scene.

Assistant Director Paul Adkins leading the Downtown Process Photography Unit.	James Arnett and A.D. Justin Mashouf reviewing footage on the trunk of the automobile.


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