“From Pocket to Projector: Discover How Jamie Grefe Filmed Two Movies on His Phone!”
Ashley
So how did you get this location? How would your producer had an in and was able to get it?
Jamie Grefe
No, this just came from one of those kind of websites where you can rent locations for productions. Yeah. I mean, that was money spent on that.
Ashley
And what was the camera you guys shot this on?
Jamie Grefe
I don’t know the actual brand, but it’s a 4k camera. Yeah. Everything was, yeah. Like the camera, like that’s the thing. So like, you know, there was a camera person, Lewis, you know, doing the camera for every shot. So actually, that was a great experience for me to work with somebody because I had talked to him on the phone a lot and he had seen the sorority girl movies and people who see those movies, they’re like, bro, this is like crazy, man. Like I can’t, then not him, but like anybody who sees them, they’re like, wow, like this is kind of erotic and uncomfortable. It’s kind of weird. Don’t really know what it is. It’s a lot of point and shoot kind of stuff. I said, yeah, it’s point and shoot. I said I’m going to, I like the camera set up out of the way. And I liked that. I liked the actors to do the movement. So I said, actually it’s really easy from a cinematography point of view, like put the camera here. They’re going to move. They’re going to do their thing. And that’s going to be the shot, you know, so I’m able to see the shot that I want. And I think that’s a good skill to have. Again, I’m learning how to direct. So, you know, maybe some director out there is going to listen to this and go, well, yes, of course that’s like one-on-one directing, you know, but it’s, it, yeah, it’s crucial. It’s vital, you know, knowing where to put the camera as David Mamet says, that’s one of the key questions is that you’ll be asked on set is, you know, where do I put the camera? And the answer is always over there out of the way. So, I stuck to that on that day. Where do I put the camera over there?
