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Alex Darke

Latest: Crew of Two Challenge

Hey everyone, just thought I'd share this little short that my business partner and I made. Every so often we like to do some "crew of two" challenges for ourselves - to write, produce, direct, shoot, and edit a short in 2 days with just the two of us crewing it. This is our latest attempt titled Pros and Cons - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4OlYckOHPsI We did some interesting things to speed up the workflow. I lit the whole set once, and then never touched a light again to try to speed up our shots. The whole project was handheld so I could move from set up to set up and also give it some of that dirty vibe. Secondly, I attempted to light and choose my camera settings so that I wouldn't have to do any color grading in post. So all this footage is straight out of the camera with no adjustments whatsoever. I used a combo of "steel green" gels and tungsten lighting in the office, and then tungsten and red gel lighting in the car. That really sped up the post process and allowed us to get it done in time. Your comments are appreciated!

Funmilola Dipe

awesome! so when are you shooting the show down? cant wait to see it

Alex Darke

Thanks! You know we weren't planning on shooting any more of this story, but it would be pretty interesting to do! Maybe we'll try it after all.

Funmilola Dipe

please do. that girl cant just wap a "main-man" in the face like that! its a street thing. we are talking respect here. i know its a short friction film but still the message gat to be clear..." you can do this but to get away with it...you gat to leave the country...or die and stay dead. just be invincible! else all hell gonna break lose.

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