on 5d…had some issues which I resolved. All footage from today looks stellar. Very happy and Thanks so much to Edward Mcleod-Jones who volunteered to assist. He was brilliant. Perfect AC, great with clapperboard and a top bloke. Also top marks to my new try sound recordist Alan Hilll. Top of his game that fella. The sound was perfect. Can’t wait to sync it up with the images.

Still hate the metering on the 5d. Getting that perfect exposure is tricky. I do tend to under expose with it these days as it’s safer.

lighting this current scene with two candels. one for the actor, one in background. only on 400 iso with an 85mm zeiss f1.4

had some issues with some of the inbetween isos and noise. interesting, maybe best not to use the extended iso with video…

not got off to good start. its raining cats and dogs! i am not certain what the poems are about but in my last shoot with him it was all about his infatuation with England and it’s beauty…not so good for that today!

trying out the glidetrack compact for the first time. taken the small video head off of my new namfrotto monopod and have attached it to the glidtrack. i will mostly use it on the miller ds20 head which will take the weight of the 5d and glidetrack for some subtle moves.

none of this shoot will be handheld. there will be movement, i will also use my wally dolly, just a shame the weather isn’t there for us yet!

got Alan Hill recording sound onto his own recorder and Edward Macleod Jones as AC. more to follow…

got sound man and assistant. filming a Russian Poet. should be fun and I have license to be uber creative and really try some different ideas. going to use the glidetrack compact too hopefully. follow my tumblring tomorrow!