 Okay, um, make sure I'm in focus in my yeah, I'm in focus and Yeah, let's do this. Okay, so yeah, I haven't done this in such a long time. I don't know how it's even got to look If I'm gonna like this or not, but yeah It's good to see your smiling faces again. Hopefully you haven't missed me so much But I have missed you guys and it's good to be back I think I've been forgotten how to do this thing but I'm happy to record a video today and just to share with you What I've been up to and also to tell you my experience about how it was being on a big Set for the first time as a solo shooter. So I haven't recorded a vlog in weeks Frankly, I haven't even turned on my camera in that long and it's because well, I've been traveling in and out Working on two documentaries for a client. I worked on a video for last year who happened to like it very much Invited me over to do two more films. So it's been good And I think the universe was just conspiring to do things in my favorite this way But some things have to be sacrificed. Maybe that's why I've not done a vlog in such a long time So I have been going in and out of Gita meet me there So I'm working on two documentaries for the dream big Diana foundation and It's been wonderful I really really enjoyed my stay at Gita this time because I got to explore other parts of the town In telling these two stories. Hopefully I can share them with you as soon as it's done and approved and the client also thinks It's okay for me to share them with you. Hopefully I can do that Yeah, I'm focused hopefully I can do that. So that's what I've been up to in and out of Gita and experiencing the whole town and the people and Telling the stories and do what I love as well as getting the chance to record an audio book for the first time I also can't mention the clients and what this is about because of course, they're you know NDA's and all those things that apply here. So hopefully that also will be shared with you in due time But today today, I just wanted to record a video and tell you my experience about what it was like to go behind the scenes of a Big set and this was an invitation from a friend of mine who is a cinematographer a really really good Photographer with a production company at Pag Studios. So he had his gig to work with an agency to do a Ganyan ad You know what we see these ads on TV, you know, just 60 seconds. We like it. You know, it's humorous or is this or is that For a solo shooter never seen first-hand how big sets look like I mean I had worked in TV For a short stint. So I'm kind of know a little bit about you know working on sets But this was a whole different ballgame and that's what I'm going to share with you right now. So Going on sets for the first time Like immediately when I arrived there, I mean a lot of people obviously so now that took me By surprise that I didn't think there were that many people I didn't think there was gonna be that many people On sets but then also I also remember that of course it's filmmaking and there's a lot of Departments that have to work together to bring that you know one vision to life. So there's the cameras There's a sound there's the light and there are all those assistants and directors and you know producers who have to make sure that Things come together in a very, you know cohesive and harmonious manner So yeah, I got to experience that and For me it was such an eye-opener because I love shooting natural light for example And I got to see that well you can still get natural looking or natural light looking shots And still be able to light your subject in daylight and make them stand out out to your background and you know Get the most or the richest looking Videos as much as possible and the camera that was being used was the black magic cinema pocket or pocket cinema camera 6k pro with Telephoto lens I think was on eighty five I think we were switching between yeah, but mostly using eighty five Yeah, and there was a director and you would think actually that you know Things are faster than you know What you see as a finished product, but there was so many takes For 60 seconds and you would think also that 60 second videos don't take that long And you know you can just quickly just put it together You know just a few shots very deliberate shots and just put it together But no a lot of options have to happen a lot of takes have to happen for it to be you know Selected and going through the process of editing before you can get those 60 seconds So there was a lot of people running around there's a lot of more than one person shooting behind the scenes I was there to shoot a video to use as I was invited by my friend He literally said you can come by check out check out how it goes and make a video from it if you want And that's like last month. So this is how busy I've been working on client projects and doing other things. So Experiencing that for myself seeing sound being recorded in Two ways because you want to make sure that you're safe So there's the lav mic that has been you know mounted on the subject as well as booming above the subject and recording all of that happens on set and The departments work together making sure that it's safe first of all to be on set things look the way They're supposed to look Cinematography looks really good directing It's all cohesive and everybody knows what we're supposed to achieve at the end of the day for a solo shooter This was really really good for me to see because I think I mean of course I hope to evolve my career or craft to that point where part of a bigger crew or working on projects that demand such big crews and I need to know what goes where When and how and it was such a fun experience So I'll be sharing the bureau on the screen as I as I talk with the different departments with Lights with the camera with direction. We people just shooting, you know behind the scenes with sound and You know large Modifiers that were being mounted to you know create the soft lights even outside the lights that were used Being bounced here and there and all those things. I'm gonna be sharing them as you know I speak on your screen and basically that's what I've been up to This is what happens behind the scenes of a commercial a big budget commercial and I say big budgets here because relatively to me I've never been on any sets bigger than that so that's big budget to me especially as a solo film shooter and I think that if you're a filmmaker as well who Solo most of the time like myself and you have friends who happen to have some of these gigs It would be nice to shadow tell them you want to shadow and show up and learn and be on set as well Because this was such a huge eye-opener and I really enjoyed myself being on set that day And I hope you can see the amount of work that goes on When these things are being shot I'm gonna end the video here today at least I've showed up and I'm happy about it So I'm going to be back next week. See I've got some how to do this thing Make sure you click the like button Subscribe if you already haven't if you are returning subscriber I'm happy to see you again, and hopefully I don't vanish for that long a time again And I'm still wanting to shoot a lot more documentaries So if you want to collaborate on passion projects short documentaries kindly let me know and also support The endeavor of shooting more documentaries I'll let you know about more about that in my subsequent videos about how you can help support me to make more films In the coming months So in the meantime, I hope you enjoyed this video and it's peace for now a lot of noise I'm done