Visual world
Gallery
Photographs from the shoot, grouped by what was happening in front of and behind the camera. Open a category to see every frame in it.
Day One
18 categories · 206 photographs
Load-In
Carts, cases, cable and tape — the hours before the first shot.
12 photographs
Building the Camera
Legs out, head on, monitor up. Assembling the A-camera.
12 photographs
Lighting the Set
Stands, tube lights, bounce cards and the grid overhead.
12 photographs
Sound
Boom poles, mixers and headphones in the dark.
10 photographs
Hair, Makeup & Wardrobe
Faces and costumes, checked one last time.
7 photographs
Slate & Script
Clapperboards, shot logs and pages marked up between takes.
12 photographs
Director's Notes
David Wódka working the scene through with his actors.
12 photographs
Waiting to Shoot
Cast on their marks, waiting for the roll.
12 photographs
At the Microphone
The spoken-word performances at the heart of the film.
12 photographs
The Scenes
Candlelight, the cafe table, and the moments being filmed.
12 photographs
Behind the Lens
Operating, framing, and watching the take run.
12 photographs
Video Village
The take as the monitors saw it.
11 photographs
Light & Shadow
Silhouettes, diffusion frames and pools of light.
12 photographs
The House
The company watching from the rows of chairs.
12 photographs
Set & Space
The stage, the cafe and the empty room around them.
12 photographs
The Company
The people who made it, at work.
12 photographs
Between Setups
Laughter, murals, and the gaps in the schedule.
10 photographs
Backstage & Breaks
Corridors, the green room and the craft table.
12 photographsDay Two
23 categories · 245 photographs
The Scenes
The sign and the first scenes, filmed at the park bandstand.
12 photographs
The Onlookers
The actor and his sign at the bandstand, and the passers-by around the unit through the day.
12 photographs
Among the Trees
The afternoon move out to the fallen logs, and the last light of the day.
12 photographs
Golden Hour
The two leads out on the fallen logs, and the unit working on into the last of the light.
12 photographs
Director's Notes
Pages, sides and blocking worked through between setups.
12 photographs
The Company
Pages, notes and the people who made it, between takes.
12 photographs
Running the Floor
Hands up and pages out — the floor run from the middle of the bandstand while the company waits on the next instruction.
8 photographs
Behind the Lens
Slate, monitor and camera — the crew making the take.
12 photographs
Slate & Camera
The A-camera and its crew, and the slate at rest between takes.
12 photographs
Bounce & Fill
Reflectors angled into the low afternoon sun.
12 photographs
Sound
Boom poles, mixer bags and headphones under the trees.
12 photographs
Video Village
The take as the monitors saw it, out at the cart.
6 photographs
On Location
The park, the prop table and the company between takes.
12 photographs
Between Setups
Pages, props and the company waiting out the turnaround.
12 photographs
Paper Flowers
Origami flowers and cranes folded at the prop table, and the one that ends up in the actor's hands.
12 photographs
The Corner
The last setup of the day, played out at the street corner across from the park.
8 photographs
Across the Park
The unit working across the open ground — the bandstand, the fence line and the bare trees the second day was shot among.
12 photographs
Out on the Path
The move out to the paved path — the big silk raised, the table dressed with the finished cranes and flowers, and the scene played beside it.
12 photographs
The Fallen Logs
The last scene of the day played out on the fallen logs, and the crew working it through the trees as the light goes.
10 photographs
Around the Bandstand
Working in and around the green ironwork — the camera up on the steps, the rig tweaked at the cart, and the leads running the scene on the ground below.
12 photographs
Waiting in the Cold
Parkas, hoods and hands in pockets, the company standing by between takes at the bandstand.
5 photographs
The Schoolyard
The move across to the school building, its red trim and chain-link fence behind every frame.
4 photographs
The Log Grove
One unbroken run through the middle of the day at the fallen logs — the blocking talked through, the reflector down on the mulch, and the leads working the scene with the sign.
12 photographs