Havin' Fun on The Low Rider

If you ever wondered how they shoot inside a moving car, this is one of the ways it's done. We put the car on what is called a Low Loader, then put the camera in front of it. By manipulating the construction of the shot (i.e. what we see in the frame on screen), we see the road behind the car, but not the back of the low loader itself. Another way to do it is to attach the camera to a rig on the car itself. Yet another way is to have the car stationary and to rock it while shooting the scene, then bluescreen the outside images into the scene, or project a pre-recorded back-window view onto a screen behind the stationary car, then choreograph the actors' and car movements to fit the projected images.


















So today we had a scene where Los and Faun, together with Dick Johnson and Amran, are driving along discussing the details of the case they are all investigating together. Straight after, we used the low loader again to record Dick and Los together on Dick's Harley. Despite the fact that Stephen got his lines just before the he got on the bike, the scene was done in one take, kudos! Here we see both Hans Isaac's and Stephen's in-depth preparatory exercises.















































And here we have almost all the crew getting close and personal on the bike. As soon as I approach some people with my camera held up, wah! Berposing aje!





























Here at last is a picture of our Assistant Production Manager, Bob (right) with Lan (left).










And here, Director Afdlin and Prod Man Frank confer over the last shot.











Here, Khir Rahman (who plays Amran, left) walks to the catering tent while everyone lines up for a better view of the playback up in the truck cabin where the monitor has been rigged. At the catering tent, Adlin takes a rest from a gruelling day of waiting, shooting, waiting, shooting...




















Meanwhile, everyone takes a break and joins in a game of footie with the local kids at Sungai Penchala.







Another day of fun on the set of Los Dan Faun.

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