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Director Bill Benz on set.
story to switch mediums on a punchline or to ping-pong back and forth.
Knowing this was our approach, we lit the scenes with our gaffer, Garrett
Ian Williams and key grip, Shun Goldin, to allow us to do both by lighting
to a T2.8 at 500 ISO. When given the chance, we would sculpt the light
for the narrative camera during close-ups, and allow the documentary
lighting to be rougher and less shaped, as if we were capturing those
unintended in-between moments. "
Juxtaposing Genres
In addition to emulating the raw, frenetic visual style often associated
with music documentaries, the mockumentary elements of the production
offered the filmmakers the opportunity to comment on traditional
plot points of the genre as well. Says Clark, " First, we had to really
familiarize ourselves with the 'concert doc' form and the tropes of the
popstar behind the scenes. Those films usually play into the idea that
'I am just a normal person who happens to be a rock star, but I have
normal problems just like you.' There's usually a 'coming home' scene, a
'romance gone awry' - all these different tropes and narrative points.
We familiarized ourselves with those and made sure we hit them. "
Also integral to creating the feel of a concert film was the intercutting
between backstage and musical-performance material. The footage of
Clark's live concert had been shot in digital format by cinematographer
Tarin Anderson at the Hollywood Palladium, prior to Farthing-Kohl's
joining the project. " The constraints of the documentary concert footage
gave us a visual language to build off for the rest of the film, " Farthing-Kohl
says. " And the concert footage had this loose, marauding lens
that steered us into a more formal and singular aesthetic for the narrative
portions. "
The filmmakers' success in crafting a movie that had the spontaneous
feel of a documentary, he adds, had much to do with the close-knit camaraderie
on set. " Bill, Annie and Carrie set the tone for this incredibly
collaborative, generous and open-minded set that trickled down to the
whole crew, " Farthing-Kohl says. " It felt like a student film in the best
possible way - like making a movie with all your friends. I wish we
could do it again! "
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