camerawork

The Zen of Focusing Written by Jack Anderson On the surface focusing seems simple enough. During a blocking rehearsal, marks are laid (that’s the job of the second) to indicate the places on the set where the actors will be stopping and standing during a scene. The first assistant measures the...

A High Fall and a Helicopter Written by Todd Grossman It was 5AM when I got the call that by some miracle the helicopter was a go. I looked at my watch and thought, ‘The stunt men have a call time of 6AM. I guess I’ll have to re-write the shot list on the way to set.’ When I was graduating...