TV Series Pilot: "Love Finder"

____At the beginning of July I worked as a Key Grip on a TV series Pilot called "Love Finder." It was a 7 day shoot and we were working with a 1 ton lighting and grip package. The shoot consisted of some pretty involved night exterior set ups as well as a bunch of scenes in a night club which offered an outlet for some creative lighting techniques. I was really impressed at the area we were able to cover for night exteriors even with a small package.
The biggest light we had on the truck was a 2k Fresnel but we were still able to light every night scene properly.


One of the setups I was most proud of was a night exterior in which the main character walks down a long patio along side a house and then stops to talk with another character at the far end of the patio. (LEFT) This was one of the widest night exterior shots and one of the most complex lighting setups of the entire 7 day shoot. We used the 2K Fresnel on a high roller to illuminate the bushes and ground on the far side of the patio as well as a Daylight CFL softlight behind camera to provide a backlight as well as additional ambient "moonlight". We then strung an array of tungsten bulbs under the bushes along the bottom of the patio walk way to back up a few practical units that were in frame. We then placed 2 Kinos with tungsten bulbs and an additional tungsten softbox on the inside of the house shooting out onto the patio walkway to provide a warmer light source motivated from the house. The tungsten softbox at the far end of the house also provided the key for the second character.

One of the other locations that was pretty cool was a night club on Santa Monica called Voyer. The producers had a connection there and we were able to get the location during the day when the club was not open to the public. It's a great looking place and added a ton of production value to the film. (ABOVE) We used a fogger a lot in this location as well as a mixture of party gels on a bunch of 650w fixtures. The smoke gave the colored lights shape and created a cool atmosphere. I have heard that the pilot is being pitched to networks like SPIKE TV and Comedy Central. I hope it all comes together in the edit as we were able to capture some pretty sweet images.