In part two of our interview with brothers Michael and Shawn Rasmussen, the writers and directors of Dark Feed, they talk about the lessons learned during the production and post-production of a low-budget movie.
Filmmaker: How large was the crew for the Dark Feed shoot, and how many days of shooting were there?
Michael: There was Shawn and I, and we had two sound people – one to hold the boom and one to work the recorder – and a d.p. to also run camera. We had people come in and do other jobs like set building, but on a given day it was usually five people running around the building with the cast, and doing everything.
When we talk about the number of days, it’s hard to say when we stopped shooting because we were such a small crew we could go in and shoot a bit on any off-day. It was probably about a 30-day shoot.
Filmmaker: What were you using for lenses on the 7D?
Michael: A nice zoom, a Tamron that goes from 17 to 50mm, which is really helpful. I also have a Canon 50mm f/1.2 that you can really open wide and get a lot of low light.
Shawn: We’re not using cine lenses, we’re using the standard photographic lenses. Our philosophy really is – until we have a little bit more money to make a bigger movie – use what we have and what we can afford.
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