Cameron Kerr

RE: https://mastodon.social/@tvaziri/115986738253088128

Here’s a frame from one of my favourite shots to work on that hits many of the reasons @tvaziri wrote about.

S02E08 of The Handmaid’s Tale.

In the story, the baby was supposed to be sick and malnourished, but the baby that was originally cast was quite jolly and looked well fed.

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Show threadCameron KerrFeb 1
Q: Why not recast the baby and reshoot?
A: Months had passed and not only was the hospital location no longer available but it was a different season outside. The swirling snow wouldn’t be there and the bare trees now have leaves.
Show threadCameron KerrFeb 1
Q: Can you adjust the original baby to make it look more sick or replace it with a CG baby?
A: The actor was holding and interacting with a moving baby of a certain size, putting a smaller baby in her arms would mean we’d need to adjust Janine’s arms & body as well. Baby and Momma digi doubles were too expensive and time consuming.
Show threadCameron KerrFeb 1
Q: What did we do?
A: Rebuilt an exact replica of the hospital set on one of the stages and put a green screen out the window. Recast a new baby and reshot those shots. I was brought onset for the reshoot because I was going to be comping the shots. A previous shot with Aunt Lydia passing in front of frame was turned into a transition shot between our original shoot and reshoot on the replica set. We had the original dailies as reference for framing & timing and Ann Dowd (Aunt Lydia) nailed it.
Show threadCameron KerrFeb 1

On set I spoke with the cinematographer for this episode, Zoe White. She mentioned how she really wanted to match as much as possible to the lighting from the original shot, particularly out the window and through the curtains. I just ended up stealing those parts of the frame from the original plate and reusing them. The camera department perfectly matched the dolly move from the original shoot which made it easy.

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Show threadLucas Janin 🇨🇦🇫🇷Feb 1
@camkerr This reminded some reshoots on my previous movies. Thanks for sharing! 🙏🏻