Jensen Ackles & the push-in shot
From Jensen’s podcast interview on Inside of You with Michael Rosenbaum – MR mentions a complicated scene he shot with the camera “on sticks” (fixed on a tripod), and that reminds Jensen of a Supernatural shoot and this story (slightly paraphrased for brevity) –
JA: We’re shooting down on a beach, it was at night, a boat comes in, and it goes up onto the beach, and the camera’s on sticks on the beach, and basically the waves are kind of crashing against our ankles, and we’re having this conversation. The tide is starting to come in, and we’re not getting the shot, and they keep having to pick up the camera on the tripod and bring it back.
Eventually it gets to a point where it’s like the end of the scene and we get it, but the director yells out from his tent, “Give me a push in!” For the audience, that’s where the camera slowly moves in to the actor, and it adds a little dramatic flair.
Well, they’re running out of beach, and the water’s really getting high, and there’s no time to lay track. The camera guys are like, “We don’t have any track, we can’t lay track! We’re running out of time, water’s coming up!” And I’m like, “I got it! ROLL!” And we roll, and I’m not kidding, I just do this–
MR: You moved up! You literally bent into the picture!
JA: I spread my legs out, and I just slowly moved while looking at the other actor, and just slowly went straight towards camera.
MR: You created a push in! And when they said Cut did they applaud you?
JA: The crew did. The director was like, [barking] THANK YOU.
MR: Dude, that’s genius! Do you have that? You had to get that piece of film.
JA: Oh yeah, no, they used it. And now we’ll just do it all the time, and the director’s like [to the camera crew], “What are you doing, why’re you pushing in, I didn’t ask for the push in!” The camera guys are like, “We’re on sticks! That’s the actors being assholes!”
[Laughter]
Gifs from SPN 8.05 Blood Brother, directed by Guy Bee
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