Broken Bubbles

I wasn’t looking forward to the final and third production, “Broken Bubbles. I had just come back from Edinburgh International Film Festival and I was weary and tired from the non-stop weeks before. After reading the script alarm bells went off in my head, “SIX INCH… FAIRY,” Wow (it’s not what your thinking). This means green screen and because we have limited budget and not many of us have used green screen, I immediately thought cheap, nasty, and impossible. Again I didn’t have to worry about these problems.

I was the camera operator on Broken Bubbles I wasn’t looking forward to it at ALL. But as soon as I stepped on set there was an excitement that came over me. I looked at the set and it looked professionally crafted, it was a whole different world. The first lighting set up was done the Red camera was on and after a few adjustments I decided that this film was going to look phenomenal. After the first day we were behind schedule, there were heck loads of shots but I was determined, everyone was. The 2nd day was even better out on location the sunset, natural lighting, the Pride and Prejudice silhouettes it was terrific and overwhelming. In my opinion this film looked and felt more special than the other two, possibly because I had a higher responsibility than my previous two jobs. The 3rd day was even better the performance was stunning. We were filming the film’s climax. I was hand held on the Red and was physically shattered but the moment the scene was finished I fully understood why I love filmmaking. I looked at the playback I thought it was beautiful, I’m not boasting even though I loved my camera work, I loved the lighting, the set, the performance, the blocking, absolutely brilliant. You could see that everyone on set was passionate about making this film. Everyone did extremely well.

I have never enjoyed myself in a production this much, I really enjoyed it, it was magical and it was a good story. I still have doubts on the green screen so I hope that in the editing of the film there will be the same magic that was on set. I’m really looking forward to seeing the end product.