This short film from 2012 is the first "real" production I worked on.
Croquembouche tells a post-WWII story of two former lovers who reconnect during a dinner date with their husbands. It was filmed as an AFI grad thesis project, shot on the campus sound stage. My friend Nacia Schreiner was working as an art director for the short and invited me to help her on set for a couple days during my LA visit in 2011. My job was cleaning the dishware and refilling glasses between takes during the dinner scene. Real filmmaking shit.
Being involved with the beehive of activity on set was eye-opening. At the time it was a little awkward, but never overwhelming – my job was so small that I spent most of the time trying to avoid getting in the way of people actually working. But even with little to do, it felt good to be there. Watching the cast and crew do their thing gave me that weird "I can do this!" feeling. Everyone's jobs were small but all the work combined to the footage you see in the video. Even outside of filmmaking, I'm drawn to work that contributes to the bigger picture. I like being a small part of something big. Someday I want to be a big part of something huge.
-The lead husband and wife had a big difference in height during shooting. The woman towered nearly 12 inches over the man, who had to stand on apple boxes when they were on screen together. It looks like they forgot the box in a couple of the shots.
-One of the big ideas for the visuals was to create a black-and-white film shooting color footage. The set design had a fully-B&W color scheme, with the actors being the only source of color (until the final exterior shot). I don't think it really worked, but it was a cool idea.
-Filmed on a Panavision Genesis camera, one of the first digital film cameras used on big productions.
-Looking at the film's IMDb page, it appears the only crew member who has had any substantial work is the cinematographer Robert Arnold, who has credits doing camera op work on a bunch of TV shows and Furious 7. However, the rest of the crew may have had steady work in commercial shoots or other video work that doesn't typically get IMDb listings. I wish there was a website for smaller stuff like that.
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