Director Damian John Harper and cinematographer Friede Clausz are screening their first feature film "Los Ángeles," about a young kid who tries to cross the border from Mexico in order to support his family, at this year's Los Angeles Film Festival. The duo previously collaborated on the short film "Teardrop."[Editor's Note: Indiewire reached out to filmmakers with films playing at the 20th La Film Festival (June 11-19) to ask them about how they shot their indie, and what advice they had for other filmmakers. We'll be posting their responses throughout the run of the festival. Go Here for the master list.] What camera and lens did you use? We shot "Los Ángeles" on the Arri Alexa. What was the most difficult shoot on your movie and how did you pull it off? We decided to shoot every scene in "Los Ángeles" as a plan-sequence from the shoulder. The protagonists were all non-actors with no film experience, we had children, animals, weapons, special effects, stunts,...
- 6/17/2014
- by Oliver MacMahon
- Indiewire
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