Lucky Life

Just finished production sound work for the feature film "Lucky Life." The film is being produced by Lee Isaac Chung and Sam Anderson of Almond Tree Films. The shoot lasted a month and involved shooting 2 1/2 weeks of location work in Kitty Hawk, NC and then the rest of the time in New York.



So what's it like shooting on and near the ocean? Really difficult.

When we arrived, the weather was intense. The wind was huge, the waves were bigger, there was some coastal flooding from the rain and ocean water coming over the sand barriers. It was quite a sight.

Shooting outside was a challenge, mostly due to the wind...and the sand...and the fear of a transmitter or two going into the ocean.

One flip side to this is that I was also able to get some really interesting SFX recordings. Wind, of many things, can change the sonic environment you are in quite dynamically. Plants, fences, windscreens, just barely open windows...all these things create unique sounds.





A Ninja in the field, boom op Mike Juarez













Some cast and crew during a camera re-load













Long live the plant mic...

If a shot doesn't allow us to get good sound from overhead (say, due to a wide angle lens) then sometimes I hide them within the shot.




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Shooting outside a local restaurant.

















On a ferry ride from Ocracoke Island back to Kitty Hawk.

North Carolina is pretty darn cool. I plan on going back again. Outside of some crazy weather during the first part of our stay, it was great spending so much time on the beaches. The Brew Thru drive thru beer stores are awesome. Why aren't those all over the place? Lucky Life should begin post production early next year.