Hey guys, I thought I'd share my experience trying to fake shots of an actor driving a moving vehicle on a tiny budget. Have you tried this? What solutions did you find worked well?
Actors driving is a big problem. You don't want to take any chances, driving is difficult enough as it is. Combined with working with a small budget we needed a solution to help create the illusion actress Tonia Nee was driving a 1989 Jeep Cherokee.
Using the usual method of a low loader was out of the question on a budget this small.
For anyone into cinematography here's how we used a polystyrene board covered in black fabric to cut out sky reflections. This worked great for close ups. To complete the illusion of the Jeep driving we used a second reflector board covered in Rosco silver stipple to bounce sunlight into the vehicle. As the shot progressed we rotated the board back and forth to create moving reflections (think sun bouncing off a wristwatch onto a wall).
The final trick was for a couple of people to give the vehicle a big push now and then to add a few jolts. We discovered this worked best between spoken lines, but we made sure the jolts were random.
Fortunately, the scene involved the vehicle being full of bags, which we used to cover the windows.
Assembly Required is a comedy drama following the story of Theo, a modern day Viking warrior, live action role player and miniature wargamer. When his old gaming group (now criminals) spot Theo training in a field, they realise they could use his sword skills in their latest heist!
http://kck.st/2La7UCY
Actors driving is a big problem. You don't want to take any chances, driving is difficult enough as it is. Combined with working with a small budget we needed a solution to help create the illusion actress Tonia Nee was driving a 1989 Jeep Cherokee.
Using the usual method of a low loader was out of the question on a budget this small.
For anyone into cinematography here's how we used a polystyrene board covered in black fabric to cut out sky reflections. This worked great for close ups. To complete the illusion of the Jeep driving we used a second reflector board covered in Rosco silver stipple to bounce sunlight into the vehicle. As the shot progressed we rotated the board back and forth to create moving reflections (think sun bouncing off a wristwatch onto a wall).
The final trick was for a couple of people to give the vehicle a big push now and then to add a few jolts. We discovered this worked best between spoken lines, but we made sure the jolts were random.
Fortunately, the scene involved the vehicle being full of bags, which we used to cover the windows.
Assembly Required is a comedy drama following the story of Theo, a modern day Viking warrior, live action role player and miniature wargamer. When his old gaming group (now criminals) spot Theo training in a field, they realise they could use his sword skills in their latest heist!
http://kck.st/2La7UCY