Ed Parsons- Dominos Collaboration

So today I teamed with Ed Parsons, and Mark Manzi to create another video: the idea is based around that people use different ways to combat stress and Ed particuarly liked the idea that people liked to touch grass to de-stress themselves. Therefore Ed got the idea that someone in a really stressful workplace, in his example an office, would keep a patch of grass in their desk drawer to keep them calm in their very stressful workplace. I was there to help with capturing the sound for various events in the video, create the lighting, help creative input in realising the final product and general odds and ends with operating the camera, helping set up and even helping changing the light-bulbs of the lights. The day was a long one (around seven hours in total for filming!) but it was a good productive one, we got all the shots we wanted and it seemed to go well. Now we just have to wait for Ed to finish the post-production and I can post a video up of it!

Construction of the desk: Ed got wood sized to the table and we attached it with two sides of double sticky tape.

The finished "desk"- gaps were left for electrical wires to run through

Basic set up of the office with novelty old computer, keyboard and phone

Ed making final touches

The drawers were placed underneath the table to make it seem like it was part of the "desk"

Ed's Storyboard

Ed with Tom; we wanted him to look sweaty/clammy so we used a sponge of water to dab onto him.

Tom's close up

First clapper!

Fun on set with Tom, James and Ed.

Top down shot of the typing keyboard

Shot of the keyboard

The highest amount of takes we had that day!

Me operating the boom mic to capture sounds of files and typing

The shot that took 15 takes

Fishing line was attached to the papers to pull them down so they fall off

The fishing line

The whole desk

The shot

The grass was placed in the drawer with double sided sticky tape

Fake grass!

Mark directing Tom on the final scene

Ed took a cameo role in the short to interrupt Tom's calm time.

Mark and Ed finalising some shots

All the notes of the recordings for the day since I couldn't delete on the recorder- hopefully will be easier come post production!

Video up soon!