RCR x Meet The Gaffer- BTS
One evening I was watching an episode with Luke Seerveld meet the gaffer. I enjoy them in my pass time to learn more about the lighting and different setups on sets. One of the videos at the end featured a small Toronto shout out for grip and other individuals willing to help out with the capture of this video. I reached out to Ivan and asked if he is happy to get a grip on to a set of the studio portion of this video, rest is history. We had a challenge to light up two vehicles one was an 80’s T3 bus the other was a vw beetle. The space we were capturing in was Pie Studios. We did not use any drop lighting at all but with such space we had a large drop butterfly system that was used for bounce lighting. The floor was painted black and backdrop was thrown in to black drapes to have the infinity look. The color of the cars stood out very well. To get a soft lighting on the side we used white boards and another cloth drop on the right side of the frame. The interior takes were lit by lite tiles and lite mat where we could dial in intensity and defuse the lighting to have it just the right. Each frame had minor adjustments for the lighting position and times using hand held positioning of the light has resulted in specific areas to be lit at all times. Ronin system with a jib, has helped out allot to get the smooth takes, with up and down movement and push in takes. Special thank you to everyone for including me on this wonderful project.
Ivan Verlaan // Director/ Co-DOP //
Julian // Co-DOP //
Joffrey Saintrapt // Gaffer / Grip //
Alfred Lanin // BTS video //
Sam Kilpatrick // Camera PA
