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I agree with your assessment of most First ADs, but i must tell you that the guy in the blue shirt is the Gaffer, Peter Clarson.
He is standing exactly where he should be, next to his boss, the Director of Photography.
As you point out, the sun is setting and they don't have a lot of time to get the shot. He appears to be looking towards the sunset to estimate how much usable daylight they have left so the production can get the setup done- a big part of a Gaffer's job when you are trying to get a magic hour shot. Back when we shot on film, magic hour was really more like magic 15 minutes.
Peter passed last year.
"Gone to work God's great arc light in the sky" as we say of our departed friends in the lighting department.
Although not known for his fashion sense (obviosly), he was one of the best film technicians that I had the honor to work with in my career in the industry. Working with Peter was like attending a daily master class in motion picture lighting.
He had a great sense of humor and would have loved your comments about his wardrobe. If he were still with us, I would have definitely sent him a link to this video.
Thank you for your compliments to the lighting & camera crew. For the scenes shot in the Carolinas and Georgia, most of the lighting crew came from Peter's adopted home of Texas. Unlike today, there wasn't much of a production crew base in that area back then. A few of the original lighting crew from those days are still working in the business. I will pass this video on to the ones that I can get in touch with.
Originally from Australia, Peter Clarson was part of the first generation of Australian film technicians to become successful in the US film market. Dean Semler and Russell Boyd are two from that group as well.
For those of you who would like to get into motion picture lighting and have a career in the industry, I highly recommend (if you can find it) Peter's book, "Film Crew 101: Tips, Tricks & Secrets for Success from Motion Picture Professionals"
-Peter Clarson-
along with the most recent edition of "The Set Lighting Technicians Handbook"
-Harry C Box-
Thanks for sharing this, I’m sorry to hear about Peter.
It’s so great to hear stories like this about crew that work in the background on these iconic films but at the end of the day have such a huge influence on what we all see
Since the First AD is the boss of the set - first AD is actually a misnomer, more like the Assistant Production Manager - he would have his nose buried in the shooting schedule or next day’s call sheet rather than staring into space. The more difficult the job, the less time to space-out. I believe the most difficult job on a movie set is the Script Supervisor, because - usually she - can’t space out for a single moment, even on a 20 hour shoot…
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thanks for sharing this, that was nice to read
Texas Switch - because it was mainly used in old westerns by Texas stunt performers. A stunty would get shot. Do a high fall and land behind an obstruction. The main actor would be hidden behind the same obstruction and get up after the fall and come towards camera for their CU of them dying ;)
Also known as the "Cowboy Switch" or "Cowboy Change Up."
In the Wizard of Oz when Dorothy first arrives in Oz the interior of the house looks black & white then she opens the door & the Oz landscape is revealed in all its radiantly colorful glory. This shot is in fact one single unprocessed take where Judy Garland's stunt double is wearing a sepia colored dress. She's holding Toto & then the camera tracks out the door. Out of frame she hands the dog to Judy wearing a bright blue & white dress & the scene continues out the door.
@@Legendary_Tales yeah ive only heard the cowboy switch, film terms are so fun
I like the fact that even the behind the scenes footage looks like it could be a genuine movie😂😂
same thing crossed my mind, especially this moment 7:09, sounded like a some great script is behind it lol
because it was shot on film!
@@BoyXx76 Yep. Lots of beautiful orange glowing halation and fantastic color and texture. Very likely Super 16.
@@truefilm6991 I want a super 16 film camera so bad lol
@@chrisw5742 Oh yes, it's fantastic. The most inexpensive way to get Super 16 (it looks professional and absolutely gorgeous with some care) is a converted Krasnogorsk-3. The next best camera, not that much better, costs 15 times as much. If you just do some short films, it's do-able without breaking the bank. Trust me. Any information you need: just ask. I have no personal or monetary interest whatsoever, except helping fellow film buffs.
I only click this fast for Lewis Potts videos
Really nice breakdown. The 35mm film stock of the era also contributed to the look of the film too. The diffusion technique on the park bench is really nice. It gives it a timeless look. It's a pity movies don't have that look much anymore, instead of hyper-realistic, darkly lit shots etc. As other have pointed out here, the behind-the-scenes footage looks beautiful in 16mm. Great work!
Lewis this video was a lot of fun to watch. More comfy bonus features commentaries please!
yess!!
lol. when Lewis is tired of the comments (including mine) saying "where did you get this BTS footage?" "how do you find this stuff?" That's what this video is and it's great. thank you, sir
This is so interesting! Would love to see more of these
I like that there isn't much contrast. Its unforunate to hear that they wouldn't do it this way anymore. Where is the link to the full 25minute video?
ruclips.net/video/0s21LSWxH9w/видео.html
Dude gave you the RUclips Channel that it's posted on. Is it really more convenient to wait for a reply with a link than to simply look up that RUclips channel?
Its crazy to think that while filming this the studio wanted to stop the filming because it was already soo over budget and some problems… but they all wanted to finish it and convinced them to continue, even with lying. But it was all worth it.
And then it won 6 Oscars, including best picture. Studio Execs simply never knew WHEN to shut up.
Incredible 1st AD drip
The comment about the urgency in his voice to go again immediately. Classic. Especially when the director is breathing down your neck and for some reason only when you are losing the sun do some people want to start having a conversation between takes, thinking it's down time.
You have the blacks and whites in your room with out a bounce and black setup automatically sitting beside the window
The RUclips channel Cinematographers on cinematography has a ton of stuff like the Forrest Gump BTS, if anybody wants to see more like this.
Did not have much to comment except thanks for the videos! Its been a joy again.
It's interesting that the texas switch in this instance wasn't necessarily used for a complex stunt (I'm assuming Tom Hanks is able to swim) but because it works better for pacing. The stunt performer only makes it to the ladder when he's already basically at the top so without it there would have been about 10 extra seconds of nothing really happening and Forrest not even being in frame.
Perhaps also because if Tom would have swam that vigorously and then immediately climbed the ladder he would probably have been a little short of breath and with an elevated pulse?
#TomCantSwim
The editing on this one was hilarious I love it
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if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved. - Romans 10:9
Now when Jesus was in Bethany, in the house of Simon the leper, There came unto him a woman having an alabaster box of very precious ointment, and poured it on his head, as he sat at meat. But when his disciples saw it, they had indignation, saying, To what purpose is this waste? For this ointment might have been sold for much, and given to the poor. When Jesus understood it, he said unto them, Why trouble ye the woman? for she hath wrought a good work upon me. For ye have the poor always with you; but me ye have not always. For in that she hath poured this ointment on my body, she did it for my burial. Verily I say unto you, Wheresoever this gospel shall be preached in the whole world, there shall also this, that this woman hath done, be told for a memorial of her. - Matthew 26:6-13
Seek ye the LORD while he may be found, call ye upon him while he is near: Let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts: and let him return unto the LORD, and he will have mercy upon him; and to our God, for he will abundantly pardon....
To anoint your self, the sick, or a building for spiritual protection:
Get a small bottle of olive oil and pour off a small amount into a smaller vessel like a vial or baby food jar. Use the rest of the bottle for cooking. Ask the Lord to bless your vial of oil in Jesus name. Anoint yourself with the oil by placing a dab of oil on tip of finger and touch it to your forehead, and ask the Lord to bless you/heal you. To anoint your home or other building: place a dab of oil on your finger and anoint the door posts and order all negativity and evil out of the house, and order that nothing negative or evil can enter into your home including piggybacking on a person entering, order it to be so in the name of Jesus. Anoint all potential entrances to your home. To anoint the sick: place oil on tip of finger and touch it to the head of the sick and say a prayer of healing over them in Jesus name. See James Chapter 5:14-15..,.,........
Amazing how this great movie at times used four cameras for medium/close scenes, while the Cohen brothers adhere to the one camera philosophy for most of their shoots. Advantages and disadvantages for each, but in the end all that matters is what the viewer sees in the final cut on screen. I know the Cohens often times like to use wide angle lenses for tight shots, dialogue/over shoulder, so using a second camera would be problematic since the wide angle has to be much closer relatively to the actors, and you don't want the other camera to be seen of course.
Cool commentary, would love to see more of that, maybe even longer videos ??
Yeah, something I rarely say on RUclips but it would be cool seeing longer vids too
Monitors in the 90's we're for exposure- they were for framing and playback. The exposure was really only known to the DP until the dailies came out
I also highly recommend you watch the "Forrest Gump" episode of the Netflix series, "The Movies That Made Us" which goes a lot into the difficulties they went through to even get this made in the first place. The series as a whole is excellent. By the same people that did "The Toys That Made Us" and Disney+ series, "Behind the Attraction", both excellent.
Lewis! your content is pure gold mate! please keep it up! Cheers from Aus
youre the only good honest film reviwer on youtube. everyone else is cringe
what lens and focal length do you use for your videos ?
Bruh how boring are you gonna make this?
Imagine making a masterpiece like this with cameras, sound and lights with half the potential we have today and yet it is a timeless classic. It just shows, a fancy camera or lights don't matter. All that matters is the vision and sync between the director and his crew, which includes the actors.
Lol it was still good gear.
It was shot with 35mm film. 35mm cameras are not obselete.
We still use giant hmis to mimic daylight. We still use the same type of dollies.
Sound was probably captured completely analog on magnetic tape. Which is pain in the ass to edit and sync. Like 35mm film. But fidelity is there.
Depens on how you define "potential" I mean those gianormous 12 by 12 and dollys and HMIs are the definition of big budget Hollywood, not even mentioning the cutting edge CGI and VFX work made to this movie. But yeah I guess now we have similar or more "potent" gear that is smaller and cheaper, but a lot of indie filmmakers don't get a 1/8 of the tools that they had to make this movie, I mean the budget was like 55 million dollars... So yeah...
@Renoir yup. When everything went digital it took the science out of the art.
@@cop70s There's still a shit ton of science in filmmaking. Without even arguing that computer science is still "science," lighting and lenses are obviously still analog and everything is still just "light hitting a sensor." Fighting and manipulating physics is still like 90% of cinematography
Yo do more of this videos!!
Lewis, your video's are like a box of chocolates.
And this one is another great analysis of a great movie by one of my favourite directors. Well done.
I know what you did there. 😄👍
I just shot a short film last week and 5:04 gave me so much stress. xD How are they so chill?
Dude you gotta do more videos like this
Really enjoy these dude!
I love this! Thank you
I love how the behind the scenes footage looks like a vintage style art film or something lol
yes, but perhaps "contrast" is a style and overated?
Your assessment of the lighting is mostly accurate but consider this. On modern film sets sometimes they still do use a lot of positive fill especially on light hearted movies. Negative fill frames are absolutely used for contrast and one big reason is because digital cameras don't have grain like film cameras. They don't even produce a lot of digital noise.
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Texas Switch - Because Texas used to belong to Mexico and now it switched to America
This is so usefull
Love it!
The comments about the guy’s outfit made my day 😂
Love this!
The AD comment sent me hahahah looks like one of those 90's water cups you would get.
Hahahah the monitor
4:40 thats how I dress everyday
met Gary Sinese on set once, and first thing i said was, "You got new legs".
met gary sinese on set once, and first thing i said was, "You got new legs".
Love your content Lewis. Everything you post is entertaining and useful. I'd love to see more 16mm things as well.
Would you ever consider doing a live stream where you watch a behind the scene video like this and give your first impressions as you go? Taking questions that come along the way?
Regarding the monitor looking all flickery. The video split on cameras like that is only getting light when the cameras shutter is closed. (same as the optical view finder) So when you roll they always flicker. Also this would be made worse by what im assuming is prob Betacam SP filming the BTS. And so not in sync with the CRT monitor on set.
Another great video Lewis! Really cool but what happened to New Zealand video & the color grading super 16mm one! Those are great! Would love to see more 16mm stuff
Vietnam Rain = Ocean Creek Golf Course on Fripp Island near Beaufort, SC
....close to Savannah, GA.
I saw them filming the bus stop scene on Bull Street in Savannah.
It's a completely inappropriate place for a bus stop, it's almost the centre of town in a way.......if I was to place an X where the town center was before the movie, it would be around there.
Later a monument was placed there.....it's near the Savannah College of Art and Design "Preston Building".
Savannah is picturesque, with a large tourism industry and one of the largest, varied and most prestigious art colleges in the US.
Somethink about Robert Zemeckis saying "Well shit!" is quit funny!
A multi-million dollar budget to create a 120+ minute psychological experience... that people will pay for.
I used to work in a truck factory, building trucks, 12 trucks a day.. moving some gear for a movie shot by a lake with approx 30 crew is not going to take a long time unless every person is a whinging snowflake .. jussayin
I don’t think that changes with background shadows has anything to do with continuity. The greatest movie ever made (IMO) is Casablanca is riddled with continuity faux pas, sometimes intentional for reasons of composition. The reason you don’t see these continuity problems in Casablanca - unless you watch it over and over - is that it’s such a great story. There are people who appear out of nowhere when the wall was empty in the previous wider shot. There is a bad light change where Rick hits the light switch and is walking away before the juicer wakes up and switches on the duce board. Extras being herded into the police station when in the previous shot the same extras were in the crowd watching the incoming airplane. I’m of the opinion that every shot in a film should have a rubber chicken somewhere in frame, or at least its shadow. Then if you get letters about the rubber chicken being sighted, then the audience wasn’t enthralled by the story, and the writer should be fired. In theater, the actors are successful if the audience completely forget that it’s not reality, even if the background is minimalist. It’s all about the story and ability of the actors to convince you it is actually happening.
About HD monitors, just before I retired they started using HD cameras on multiple camera video sitcoms. I’ve never seen anything that has been called HD to have the same quality that I saw on those monitors they used. It wasn’t film, it wasn’t video, it was something completely different. They had a lot of problems with focus going soft with HD under certain lighting conditions. What those conditions were I don’t know, since even the cinematographer and gaffer didn’t know.
Concerning the approaching sunset scene, they would be putting heavier and heavier CTOs gels on the HMIs - and coal burning arcs before that - since the color temperature would be constantly dropping…
should breakdown show...Atlanta, Euphoria, ETC
That monitor is flickering because it's being filmed, you know that
movies should connect with the audience.... does that mean it should look like what the audience has seen and will see in reality or does that mean it should look like the audience expects/wants/thinks it looks like?
I love the way Zemeckis did the bench. I like that it's bright. It's like... Tom hanks' visage is the beaming sun from behind. He looks like the epic creation that he is.
I think this was Zemeckis. I'm not checking right now. Cast Away and Contact were Zemeckis and Jodie Foster was in both.
Zemeckis had to have done this movie.... this movie goes into contact and contact goes into cast away.
It's just the story of the righteous path and the hero, the oldest story there was, but I love these three movies so much. They made me who I am.
Apollo 13 was also part of the franchise but as a spinoff, not a sequel. (Like the animatrix to the rest of neo's quadrilogy.... or the fourth one to the rest of the trilogy)
The comment about the monitors made me ROFL 😂🤣
Happy I found this video 👌
Thanks for the video, but why do you sound like you are dead inside? Laughing at their outfits when it's colorful and brave and you are sitting in completely black on black outfit yourself inside dark atmosphere room - which is whiteish but dark AF, talking about using half black screen and not understanding that the total white was there to show the purity and innocence of his life story and him talking it out, pointing out craziness of the name "texas switch" instead of googling it, laughing at their monitors on set and then saying "it's funny" with nothing funny there and even you not laughing. Hope you are ok and you find some enthusiasm in life in general becausue this sounded like "allright my boss told me to record this but I would rather do anything else in the world".
"This guys a definitely a 1st AD if I ever seen one"
I'M DEAD 🤣
If I recall correctly the shot at 6:08 with the house in the background was CGI green screened...house added in later.
I wanna see how they made the scene where Forrest runs out of his braces. I slowed the video down and I can see a small pack on Forrest's side whilest he's running..
Great video. Really interesting to see the parts that went into this film we all love.
You said "check out the 25 minute video"
Which video are you referring to? Thanks
Don't the actors always have to wear lav mics? Instead of having just the boom pole/shotgun mic to pick up sound in a scene on set?
Enjoyable video i laughed a few time we noticed the same things:p
6:20 - it's just a CRT that flickers due to the difference between its own refresh rate and the framerate of the camera filming.
1:41 - That's too bad because the lighting should be story driven.
the 90's films looked better... the negative fill makes the frame look like shit. One of many trends that is making films uglier than they have ever been
for the last shot they for real uswd a jet enginge. you can hear it @7:06 which seemingly (so they say) made this shot so tricky.
peace
Great stuff! Always great respect for the way things used to be done on film.
Hi! Can you lend me some videos to use in my music video? I really can't afford to shoot one! 🙂
I am not impressed with your commentary. What is your point?
Bro yo videos are top tier 🔥🔥🔥 thanks for making content like this 👌
so what decides how much light is needed for making that shot?
no really sure what i just watched but was interesting somehow
I love your videos they are so funny and relaxing, also very interesting
Man I love this. I learned and I laughed - thank you
Yooo what happened to your color grading video??
One of best movies ever made
which light/setup are you using at your desk setup?
Intellytech mega light cloth and a falcon eyes panel in a cove position, then the widow is doing a little natural backlight
Man all the work they do for a 2 second scene 🥲
Now that's how masterpieces are made!
I can’t be the only person who hates this movie.
how did you set your face camera to look like that its so nice looking!
Love that film. Great commentary
Lewis Potts, I would love to send you my script.
I was cried with many scenes for this movie.
Ever heard of a kansas city shuffle
what happened to the 16mm New Zealand video?
i just cant get over how good this channel is
I still love this movie every time that I think about it.
Thanks for the breakdown brother !
that rain shot kind of showed me how much effort it takes to make a movie ah
I just watched this in Family Guy
Can one aquire the lut you use on your vids?
Magnificent Australian sarcasm
Love this series. This was rad. Please keep it up!
great video as always man!!!
they are using three cameras at the same time?