___At the beginning of August I worked as a swing Grip/Electric on a music video for spanish guitarist Pepe Aguilar. We worked off of a 5 ton truck and were shooting with a 4 camera set up. We had 1 ALEXA as A camera, 2 Sony F3's as B and C cam and a Cannon 7D as D camera. We lit the location with an array of Leko's and Pars. We posted up 6 "trees" surrounding the set and mounted a combination of 4-6 pars and Lekos on each tree. Each light had a specific band member that it was to be focused on. We also had six 9 light fays that were positioned behind the performers to bring up the ambient level in the background as well as create a soft back light. We also brought in a few tweenies and positioned them on baby plates to create splashes of light on background walls and foreground elements.
It was great to have a 4-5 hour pre-light time to concentrate on getting everything perfect before the cameras rolled. Once we were done lighting I volunteered to dolly grip so that I could talk to the guys in the camera department about the ins and outs of the ALEXA. It was cool to talk to the lead camera operator as he was really nice and answered all the questions I had about shooting on the ALEXA. This was the first shoot I worked on that shot on it so it was great to learn so much right away. Overall it was a great shoot with a great crew and I hope I continue to work off this 5 ton truck in the near future.
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