...but you can't take 'em out.
13/07/11 19:05 Filed in: Production | Shooting in Detroit
Today we shot Gretchen’s interview for acts 2 and 3 at a house in Grosse Pointe, I think, Farms. The last time we shot Gretchen was at the Cadieux Stage in Detroit, and she was uncomfortable there, so we moved her to this house she owns and uses as a guesthouse and shot there.
This time no space suits were needed. Now, when we go into a place we move and rearrange things to suit us and that's what we did here. Kevin did a great job lighting the scene and the interview was going well. The way things were set, Gretchen and the camera were in one corner of the living room with the rest of the room as a backdrop. I was setup on a kitchen counter with the monitor and a list of questions.
The area consisted of just counter space and the stove. And the way things ended up, me and the monitor were on the stove. Now, the stove was one of those flat electric stoves with no burners... you see where this is going. So, halfway through the interview something happened, and I bumped one of the switches on the stove to high. And just like something out of Abbott and Costello, Martin and Lewis, Laurel and Hardy, Turner & Hooch, the stove started to heat up. And boy was that a surprise. Luckily there was no fire. The moral of the story is, you can dress them up, but you can't take 'em out.
This time no space suits were needed. Now, when we go into a place we move and rearrange things to suit us and that's what we did here. Kevin did a great job lighting the scene and the interview was going well. The way things were set, Gretchen and the camera were in one corner of the living room with the rest of the room as a backdrop. I was setup on a kitchen counter with the monitor and a list of questions.
The area consisted of just counter space and the stove. And the way things ended up, me and the monitor were on the stove. Now, the stove was one of those flat electric stoves with no burners... you see where this is going. So, halfway through the interview something happened, and I bumped one of the switches on the stove to high. And just like something out of Abbott and Costello, Martin and Lewis, Laurel and Hardy, Turner & Hooch, the stove started to heat up. And boy was that a surprise. Luckily there was no fire. The moral of the story is, you can dress them up, but you can't take 'em out.