A Man of Limited Emotional Means

[Christopher Barrett]

This is a little short that we shot last month in Shreveport, Louisiana for the LA Film Prize Competition. This shoot was an absolute blast! We had an amazing cast and crew and I think we're going to have something really solid out of this. Unfortunately I can't show the full thing until we've run the festival circuit.

Here's a little teaser. Go here for FullScreen HD.

Frame Grabs:

And a bit of BTS, just for yucks...

Mind you I'm just an architectural photographer from Chicago out playing filmmaker, but I'm having a really wonderful time doing it.



CB

 

[Stephen Mick]

Mind you I'm just an architectural photographer from Chicago out playing filmmaker, but I'm having a really wonderful time doing it.



CB

Those grabs look fantastic, CB. And honestly, even if they didn't, enjoying the process is just as important as the final product. Cheers!

 

[Christopher Barrett]

and... we just heard tonight that our little film has been selected as a finalist for the Louisiana Film Prize, which I first heard about right here on RedUser.

PSYCHED!

 

[Stephen Mick]

What lenses did you use on this, Christopher?

And congrats on making the finals!

 

[Steve Sherrick]

What lenses did you use on this, Christopher?

And congrats on making the finals!

Probably his Cooke Pancros.

 

[Christopher Barrett]

Probably his Cooke Pancros.

You know it Steve! And some Leica R's on a few scenes.

 

[Steve Sherrick]

You know it Steve! And some Leica R's on a few scenes.

Looks really great! Hope I get a chance to see this.

 

[Peter Dmitriyev]

CB this looks awesome. Every frame is very cinematic. One thing I noticed is in BTS all the setups (porch, overhead on kid outdoor, etc) are in daylight but the pics/footage it seems to be dusk. Did you guys just setup in the day and wait til night to shoot all that? Or was it shot during dusk but you really darkened it in post to make it look like dusk?

 

[Mark Toia]

Looking good Christopher.

 

[Christopher Barrett]

Thanks guys! Peter, we set up those shots in the afternoon (while we could see) and started shooting at dusk. They're basically all night shots.

 

[Nathan Pizar]

After having been on a couple other shorts for the same competition, it was a joy to work with a DP who invested the proper time into lighting and composition the way it deserves. One director I was gaffing for after your film actually told me, "We don't have time to worry about lighting. We'll fix it in post." Thanks for giving us such a great set experience. I'd rather shoot with this humble architecture photographer over most of the "real" DPs I've been under.