TCIE Videography pt. 1

'The site was dusty, gritty, muddy, rocky and provided various obstacles that hindered shot composition. '

photos are taken with my K800i camera phone for archiving & training purposes.




What was meant to be a simple Videography session left us weary and exhausted by the end of the day. The Videography session for Tan Chong Industrial Equipment (TCIE) started mid morning but I was up at the crack of dawn to avoid the traffic congestion and to get some paperwork done before heading off to TCIE HQ in Gombak.

Our first scene was of an express bus ferrying tourists to an exotic locale. After an enjoyable breakfast with our client, we were told that the bus (huge by my standards) was meant to remain in the workshop for additional service so we headed off instead to a cement processing plant owned by YTL Group.




The site was dusty, gritty, muddy, rocky and provided various obstacles that hindered shot composition. As our subject was the cement mixers trundling in and out of the plant, we were exposed to the hot weather bordered by the colossal structure and cement mixers. The almost stark blue sky wasn't kind to offer enough clouds.




Back at TCIE HQ, we set up for the express bus scene. By this time, it was close to noon and the sun was relentless in searing us with its heat rays. While the Batu Caves (huge limestone caves) provided a photogenic setting, we had too much outdoor light and too little indoor (inside the bus) illumination to correctly expose the bus driver. No amount of redheads (800W lights) could compete with the sun and properly light the driver through the bus' tinted windscreen and compete so we opted to use our mobile video lights inside the bus.

Next in the agenda was a well deserved breather for all of us- lunch break!

To be continued...