The Rain has made us late and there is a Big Push to Finish this JAIL scene in Quicktime so we got an early start for tomorrows distant location

Now ,,,, This Jail set was originally designed as a two part sequence by Robert ,,,,, combining two 360* tracking shots ,,,,,, One exterior underneath the Bridge and the other a Jail set on stage ,,,,, David Chapman and worked hard designing set pieces that flew up like theatre walls and I had worked out a lighting gig to make it look interesting ,,,, it was never going to be easy but I think we were all looking forwad to the challenge ,,,,,,

Without Robert at the helm ,,, The sequence was little understood and was put in the to hard basket ,,, So it just became a normal Jail set ,,,,,,,,,,

I had not seen this simplified set and we had arrived late from our very wet exterior ,,,,,, With a lot of Push Push to complete quickly .

Into this Mix came a Direct Lighting request from the Director to Light the scene with hard light & Bar shadows over the actors Positions ,,,,,,,,,,,, My first feeling was ,,,, So now I am not going to have the challenging of 360* lighting set and it is going to be replaced by a lighting style i went through when i was 12 years old ,,,,,,,,,

But all good Cinematographers must consider Direct Lighting requests from your Director ,,, So I looked at the situation ,,, The set design was not built to even use a large hard light as would be required ,,, So It would have to have some changes ,,,,,, It was not impossible but would take time and in my opinion it would not look as good as what I had planed ,,,,, and the Close up work on Tom would not look as good with a hard light with bar shadows ,,,,,,, So it was an easy decision really ....... After all my name was up on the sheet and I had the responsibility of the Look and lighting ,,,,, It would also take more time for me to fuss with that hard light ,,,

The Light was a little harder close to the bars on the reverse side due to a practicle light being used ,,,