Howdy. This is J.R the lighting director giving a brief overview of the shoot and how I felt it went. After seeing the test shots on the first day I knew we had the potential to make a visually interesting film.


Howdy. This is J.R the lighting director giving a brief overview of the shoot and how I felt it went. After seeing the test shots on the first day I knew we had the potential to make a visually interesting film and then seeing the acting coming into full swing I think made us all realise that if we were able to fit all the shooting we needed into the short production time frame we had then the film would have the possibility to really stand out. After working on films with Chris at university I can say that this is the most professional and well organised shoot we have been on as a crew, whilst we have all had the opportunity to individually adapt after university and I am hoping that it will show in the final polished film. Lighting wise I was happy that I was given full control of planning the set up of lights on set, and working with Eugene our DP, and Sam (Chris’ little brother) I feel we stretched ourselves to acheive a unique feel to the look of Ante. Working with the crew has been a pleasure and I feel every member gave 110% to the production. I think thats all i’ve got to say really apart from thanks to everyone for being here and to Chris family for their amazing hospitality. Bye for now…

Below is a shot on the test shoot that allowed me to create the atmospheric lighting that Chris was looking for. Further below is what I accomplished during production with the same style (Tom played by Greg Kelly)