Gaff BTS

Well friends, welcome to the wonderful world of junior project. That's right, we're finally here. So junior project is what takes up most of your time junior year in the film department. I think I'm going to go through every set I was on to give you an idea of what junior project is like. So over the course of the semester in addition to directing your own film, you have to act as grip, gaff, 1st assistant camera, cinematographer, sound mixer, and production designer. My first set was gaff, which is normally handling all the lights, but it turns out that this set was actually on a beach outside... so no lights. So my friend and I basically acted as a two-woman grip team lugging equipment like 2 miles down the beach lol. Despite all that it was actually a ton of fun! Although we did get rained out and have a bit of a crisis day 2- but oh well! I got to ride a boat at the end so it was all alright.

 

Shooting in the water

Setting up the dana dolly

On-set Couture

Jo in the make-shift gear tent