So, I have been working with a local company on a video shoot to help Omaha recruit more young professionals. Today was the first day of filming for this video. They were shooting a "West Omaha" shot. First, I was disappointed by the lack of interesting wild life - dead or alive. Yeah, there were some Canadian Snow Geese but the West Omaha I know - now has black squirrels [see previous post].
In addition, I was struck by how simple and yet complex the shoot was. When I considered the shoot, I thought the key issues would be background and light. I did not consider noise. But, the shoot was near a golf course and they were mowing the fairways and the 'Looking Glass' was flying overhead. So, the shoot was delayed while everything could grow still. It was surprising to me how much ambient noise a West Omaha neighborhood actually has - sirens and garbage trucks and snow geese and kids playing and tattooed gardeners running their trucks and so on.
When the shot actually happened, it probably took five minutes for five takes. This was not a complex shot (or so I was told). Later I was made aware that the public transportation take took a number of tries and a long time - but West Omaha doesn't have the same sort of logistics as entering an operating bus.
Anyway, overall it was both more engaging (because of all the variables) but also less so - because Pickles and I just sat and watched and discussed her various interests - school mostly. In addition, its always interesting to be around Matt Harwell. He is a funny dude. He is also the lead actor for the video.
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