Kathleen and Pyper at the premiere of A NIGHT FOR DYING TIGERS at TIFF 2010.

The seemingly endless VAMLET edit continues.

It was so great to have two cameras and have Gaelle working the second camera. She did a great job, and I am using second camera footage…however…

I’m not sure about two cameras for the future. It’s A LOT of footage to slog through, and a lot to keep in your mind while editing.

It’s much easier to edit as you shoot with one camera, and editing while I’m shooting is VERY important to me.

I would have had the entire film roughly edited on the last day of shooting had I shot with one camera.

Tough call.

Using two cameras allows you to capture great improvised moments on both sides, however, if the lighting isn’t right on the other side it’s useless AND there is just so much footage!

I had one camera for a few scenes and one camera on WHEN LIFE WAS GOOD, and there were no moments/scenes where I felt I’d sacrificed quality by having one camera.

But it was great having Gaelle on set and she framed some shots so well that I just had to use them in the film.

Tough call.

I think it depends on the film. For my next film, I’m looking at a different visual style, a very cinematic, stylized camera. I’m Probably not going handheld for a while! My shoulder is still killing me from the last shoot. Tripods and Dollies!

Is this day four?

As I’m typing this I can’t remember if I did this already.

I suspect not, but I can’t be sure.

Shot our “Nice Restaurant” scene today. It was the first scene with Tristan, and he did a fantastic job. Gaelle brought two lovely French girls, Michelle Kim and Gillian Cofsky showed up, and it looks like a restaurant where people eat. This shit is real!

We had some colour temperature issues (all will be fine) and some shadow issues with the halogen lights, but, overall, it’s going to look pretty great, I think.

The amount of footage coming in with two cameras (and no timecode) is…good, but problematic if you feel like editing as you shoot (which I love to do).

I need to make some playback stuff for tomorrow and take a look at the scenes.

Priscilla’s first day!

Editing the hours of footage from DAY ONE.

We didn’t shoot today (which was perfect because it was raining!).

I spent the day editing WAY TOO MUCH FOOTAGE for the amount of screen time it will take up, however, it’s so much better than having NO COVERAGE at all, right?

The Editor part may growl at the footage provided by the Director part of me, but The Editor will appreciate it in the end!

Options.

It will still probably take three months before I have a workable version of the scene from yesterday!