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I’m glad you asked for my second! cause my favorite shot has a huge spoiler.  But this shot is my favorite shot… 

This is a very important scene and in my head, it was written as a slow zoom to turn into a close-up.  If you’ve seen “There will be blood” it was gonna be like the scene where daniel day lewis is talking to his “brother” at the campfire.  Anyway we decided to get a dolly sweep for an establishing shot and it came out perfect.  The way the actors moved, the way dusk light the scene and the movement of the camera all came out so great that it added a lot more depth into the characters to what could have been just an establishing shot. Sometimes the littlest actions that the characters make can be so crucial to the story.  A happy surprise!

My first question!  because snaps is awesome! i just gave her that nickname lol 

The hardest thing from a technical standpoint was the store we filmed in.  There are a couple of scenes in a store where the characters can still find food.  But the store was tiny so it was hard to find angles.  It was basically everyone who needed to be there and the actors. The rest of the crew had to be outside!  Also the store never closed (the owner thought we were just gonna film for like ten minutes) so while we were filming people where coming in and buying stuff.  The owner was super cool but it was really weird.  If you listen to the original audio for those scenes, you can hear a couple fighting about what kind of beer they want to buy! haha See how fun this was! you can have this much fun if you also ask a question!