FLIP blog

This web-log will serve as an ongoing commentary on the trials and tribulations faced by a young filmmaker as he tries to complete a short film.

Sunday, May 14, 2006

The shooting location(s)

We will be shooting in 2 cities for FLIP. Scene 2 with Aldo in his small hotel room will be shot in San Diego at a local hotel. I picked a local hotel because it will mean one less scene I have to shoot in Vegas. I scouted the hotel a few days ago, and it looks perfect (in a depressing, gross way). Also, I want there to be an obvious difference between Aldo's small, cramped room and Jennifer's larger suite. The other scene we are doing in San Diego is a scene at a prestigious downtown hotel. The very first scene of the movie takes place in a meeting room. Since we will be blowing out the windows (exposure wise I mean, no actual explosives are used in the production) you won't be able to tell it's not Las Vegas outside. Since there are several extras, this scene will be a bit of a hassle to coordinate, but I have it planned out with a little bit of time to spare.

The shooting in Las Vegas will take place in a very nice Hotel/Casino. I'd rather not say which one until we are actualy there and settled in. But it is one of the big ones on the strip. We will have 5 shooting days in this hotel and almost all of it will take place in the room. Luckily the room is a suite, so it wont be too cramped with 4 people in it.

We have 2 exterior scenes in Vegas too. One is at night (oh no!) and the other takes place in front of the wedding chapel at dawn. I'm not looking forward to that scene.

Well, those are our locations. I hope to do them photographic justice.

3 Comments:

Blogger Carleton - Director said...

The hotel we will be using is indeed nice. Jarrod's only previous Vegas experience was waiting an interminably long time at McCarran Airport, but fortunatley that was evened out by a bump up to first class when the plane finally did arive.

8:42 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

What a great site, how do you build such a cool site, its excellent.
»

1:12 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Your website has a useful information for beginners like me.
»

1:23 PM  

Post a Comment

<< Home