29 Days And Counting......
BY MICHAEL MONTESA, MESA, ARIZONA, USA - This weekend, Jeniece and I had an opportunity on helping out Katie and her film crew shoot a Public Service Announcement about Alzheimer's Disease. It was a great learning experience for me and Jeniece and good opportunity on meeting some new friends in the local film industry. I was there to light the set using the DP Lowel tungsten lights mimicking early morning light and also took some production stills (luckily, I brought my camera with me - I never leave home without it) .
Jeniece also had a great time learning make-up techniques for film and enjoying her time on the set. She is such a great person to work with because she is always willing to learn and always jump on the opportunity to help. I always see her taking notes and writing down individual's name just to make sure she won't forget. Unlike me, I can only remember 2-3 names a day. I need to start writing down some important notes from now on.
We also had an opportunity to see the steadicam in action. It was an amazing experience to see what it can do. Watching the playback, the shots looks smoother and flows nicer (courtesy of $8,000). It must be great to have one of this. Now I know what I want for Christmas.
We are now a month away from leaving to Zambia and all the excitement is building up. All I think about now is our adventure and the great opportunity this is for us to be able to film in Africa. Everyone is putting their best on working together and learning the tools that we will be using in the film. The Zambian project definitely made us closer like a family.