Hole in the Wall
My
niece is a soon-to-be-famous film maker. She recently
won a grant from the IFP Minnesota Center for Media
Arts that enabled her to film and produce her
original screenplay called "Hole in the Wall". It is
a short film about intergenerational tension between
a father and a son.
I had the privilege of shooting still set photography
on the movie set. Exteriors were shot the first day
and interiors were shot the second day. The interiors
were in a totally dilapidated house in Minneapolis
with extremely small rooms. I shot with an extremely
wide lens and mostly from the hip to try and capture
the tightness of the set and also to minimize camera
intrusion.
It was a fascinating and tedious process. Everything
was captured with real film, which is in itself a
true challenge. A single overhead jetliner can ruin a
shot. And you never know if there was a light leak
with the film until after it is processed.
My
niece Mandy is on the left of the top photo and she
is reviewing a shot set-up. The bottom photo is the
primary room in which the father confronts the son.
