what i do

most of you already know what i do, and some of you are still fucking vague. its ok if you don't get, what's most important is that i get it anyway. haha. but if this turns you on as much it does to me, then lemme share with you the recent shoot in Jakarta. and for those of you who knows a little, don't give me your 2 cents worth and try educating me like you've been there done that. i take shit from the client, i dun have to take it from you. till the day you are la.

of course the client is p&c, so i can't disclose that or the intention of the TVC. but i'll be sharing with you a day on shoot. lights, camera, action! everytime i walk into a studio before the shoot, when the lights are still dim, and everyone is setting up, i feel strong and good. its my world of make belief, and for that brief moment, i get away from reality.

i arrived in Jakarta on Friday afternoon, and immediately head for a pre-production meeting with the production house. was bouncing off with the art director on the specifications of the props, cos this is a fairly large set. we actually decided to build to front deck of a cruise ship on separate plates, brought in a jeep, and shipped an actual hot air baloon basket from Bali, all by Sunday morning, cos we shoot on Monday. in lay man's terms, all that meticulously done in a day.
that's not all, we had to be precise with how many light that would do the trick. too few, and you're fucked, too many and the cost goes up. we shot the whole thing on a 16mm camera, so we had to prepare tracks, film stock, and a whole lot of other gadgets that you probably can't pronounce.

the front plate of the deck is build to actual scale over night. siap got lights that works and flashes, with lifesavers. haha. i respect their professionalism.

this is from my angle when we shoot. however, we shot on film, so you wont' be getting what you are seeing in the viewfinder. dunno why i seem to be running up and down the studio like a headless chicken the whole day. tired balls.

testing out the rotation of the basket, too slow, and you waste film, too fast and you don't have enough frames. it's a bitch when either one happens lor.

this is on shoot day with the talents in the basket. i kesian the talents lor. we worked the poor kids to the bone, takes after takes, but that's part of professionalism ain't it. as we were delayed with some technical hiccups, the female talent, shalwini, got a bit bored of waiting as her co talent, chiko is digging some really chunky gold. bet you didn't see me take that did you? haha. i see everything my dear friend. that's my job. haha.

in a shoot, it's always true with the theory, 'what can go wrong will always go wrong'. and it's certainly not easy doing what i do, plus the pay ain't all that. and that's just the shoot, we have the animation and compositing from there on. however, im excited to see the complete motion after 2 weeks. will keep you posted if you are too.

i am fortunate to do what i do. i love this more than anything else and i live to do it all over again.