Sunday, May 07, 2006

The miracle of framing...


















So we have to shoot a scene in a water catchment tank, which looks like this.

How do we do that without forcing the actors into raw untreated water and opening up the potential for complaints from the general public about sanitation?

We mock it up. We take a large portable swimming pool, get a Production Designer and Art Director to make it over and voila! Success! You have already seen pictures of Asraff, our Art Director. Hopefully soon I'll have pictures of Tommy, our Production Designer, for you.

So here we have what it actually looks like, with the camera set up on a crane for a lovely shot.





















Then we get our lovely actors to get into the cold water and shiver their way through the scene. In Hollywood, I'm sure they heat the water, but here, well, we're into realism, folks! And there's nothing better to help an actor along than to actually have cold water in which to shiver!

A quiet moment between Hans and Adlin before the take.



















Ass Prod

5 comments:

rosnisa said...

nasib baik tak masuk dlm tank yg bebetol....kalau tak..sure org yg tau make complaint..heehehehehe...tank ori sure tinggi you..and for sure byk nyer kumen2 kat dlm air tu..sebab still raw lagi...baik2 main air..kang demang :D

kookabooras said...

rosnisa, FYI, water reservoir yg u selalu tgk kat atas bukit, tmn2 perumahan or atas building tu sume containing air yg dah dirawat. its not raw. Its already dirawat di mane2 pusat rawatan air/loji then br die supply to water reservoir/tank. the water is supplied direct to all pipe near it. But, if u say water tank for 'bomba' usage, yes, its contain air yg belum dirawat.

mamasan said...

thanks kooka for setting it straight. I guess then we would have to worry about consumers complaining about "actor" flavour in their water...

elisataufik said...

cool! that's really smart.
I remember when I visited Universal Studios in LA and they showed this huge man-made lake with a wall on one side and the wall was painted with clouds. Nampak macam laut betul, siut...
kena tipu habis habis..

.ace said...

ic... so that's how it's done... mocking things up. sure it's attention to details not to have the reflection of the camera or any other side of the production when playing with water...
awsome~! learn something new todei, em, tonite~! eheheh