The room that we were able to shoot in was a trauma room at memorial hospital in Hollywood, FL.
The room had an abundance of medical machines and equipment, but our 2 most important things out of everything in the room were our source of light (right) and a bed (left) for Rafa to lay on. I was worried that the source of light inside of the trauma room would not be enough light, but once we arrived and used the light we decided it was more than enough for the shot we wanted.
Our shoot started very late, 2:35 AM to be exact. Since the hospital is such a busy location, we had to get in and out quickly to not disrupt any of their work. It was a fairly easy preparation since the room was already set up. We put Rafa on the bed with a neck brace and a patients robe.
We shot this scene with the help our Rafa and I's friend Armando Padilla, and Rafa's father. Armando played the role of the visitor. It was important to have this role in the film because without him the television could not have been turned on, which would have left out a big chunk of information for the audience to understand the story. Rafa's father read part of our script throughout to the shot so that we had proper timing for our voice over.
We shot this scene using a Canon 7D Mark 2 on a DJI Ronin S for stabilization.
Overall this shoot went great. It was very late at night and we were tired, but it was all well worth the effort. One of my errors was not bringing enough people. With more people I could've had more help with the stabilization (the gimbal is very heavy) and with set design (TV turning on when Armando picks up remote). Although there were some issues that I could have used help with, I was very satisfied with the results of this shoot. We wrapped up, ate at Waffle House, and arrived back in Weston at 4:00 AM. One thing that I learned from this shoot was that production requires a lot of WAITING. However it is something that I will definitely take into consideration going into future shoots. 'til the next one
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