The videomatic shoot didn’t go too well, but we had a laugh. As I had grown to suspect during construction of my crude miniatures, shooting 4″ action figures puppeteered via sellotaped-on bamboo skewers is fairly darn tricky. The depth of field is shallower than a hydrophobe’s bath tub, which makes focusing extremely difficult. When I get chance to review today’s footage, I need to decide whether it’s worth persevering or whether I should think about CG previs.
Still, Rob and Jen enjoyed themselves. We succumbed to a giggling fit in the afternoon, as Rob jiggled his Jif-lemon-on-a-stick (representing a robot) at Jen’s scowling-bald-man-on-a-stick (representing the leading lady). It was possibly the silliest thing I’ve ever seen.