IdentityLost

IDENTITY LOST The 30 page script was scheduled out over 12 days. Producer Shaw Mason states "We shot our last project in only six days, but 'Identity Lost' required as many as 18 locations and has scenes calling for upwards of 100 extras, some of them in period costumes. We knew we needed more time and even though it’s a short film, we wanted to do it right!" The project was originally budgeted to be shot on 16mm but Roderick was able to help them save enough money to upgrade to the bigger format with the Ultracam35.	Quaint Roanoke, Virginia recently played host to the rather ambitious short film production, ‘Identity Lost’. The film is a stylized tale of a retiring world famous artist, the subject of his farewell portrait, and the toll fame takes on the unsuspecting. Populous art shows, a mystical studio, and haunting reporters dressed in 1940's garb are some of the images brought to life in this quirky film by Darren Bousman.
	The limited budget only allowed for about 17000 ft. of short ends and re-cans, comprised of a mixture of Kodak stocks including 5279 (Vision 500T), Roderick’s favorite 5274 (Vision 200T) and the ever popular 5245 (50D). In a sudden scheduling crisis some nighttime exteriors ended up having to be shot on some of the 5274 which Roderick then confidently had push processed two stops at the lab. Roderick says. "I wasn’t too worried. 5274 is a robust, tightly grained stock and I knew, especially in 35mm transferred to video, it would hold up nicely to the limited exposure"
The biggest scene with the largest number of extras was shot in the grand, decorative lobby of The Patrick Henry Hotel in downtown, Roanoke. For that, Gaffer Sam Griffin and his crew built a 4000-watt soft-light ‘blimp’. "We wired a row of porcelain [light sockets] to a 1"x5" board and fitted them with eight - 500watt ECT bulbs, then wrapped light grid-cloth around aluminum hoops that we fastened to the board and voila! A giant china ball!"	back to top