Driving Moon Shots

[Steve Sherrick]

Does anyone have in their stock footage arsenal shots of the moon through trees from the POV of someone watching from a moving car? Think of chasing the moon as a kid where the moon keeps dipping in and out of the trees, it's in front of you, behind you, etc. If you have something like this let me know. Ideally there would be a couple of focal lengths. A wide and then some tele shots.

Thanks!

 

[Mark Phelan]

How full of a moon do you want? Early in the evening, later? Do you want the car window/door frame to show? We have a waning moon tonight, could shoot it if need be.

 

[Steve Sherrick]

doesn't have to have window but certainly a bonus if there's a couple shots like that.

Thanks Mark!

 

[Mark Phelan]

Well I'll see what the conditions are like when the moon rises at 10:44 pm. When it's that late, it usually isn't very large in the sky, but we'll see. Right now it's semi-overcast here. What sort of FOV are you hoping for?

 

[paulherrin]

that's a cool shot...

 

[Mark Phelan]

Steve, well I did give it a shot, but it's not working out tonight. Very dark around here with scattered clouds, too dark to pick up any trees against a pitch-black sky. The moon is popping in and out from behind the cloud cover. Even drove over to the lake to see if I might get a reflection but it's not that strong of a moon, too dim.

Perhaps someone else might be able to grab something better.

 

[Zac C]

Woah.

Steve, is this for what I think it is?

 

[Steve Sherrick]

Mark, thanks for trying. It was a stormy day here in New England so didn't think it would be much of a filming night but lo and behold it cleared and I actually probably could have grabbed some shots but wasn't prepared for it. By the way, this is for a zero budget music video I started a while back for a musician friend and it has sat around for a while now. One of several projects that got put on the back burner due to scheduling conflicts. Trying to finish it up for him, but some of these shots are tough to schedule.