Screenshots of Every Day the Same

I don’t know why I didn’t think of this myself… But a fellow filmmaker, Eric Escobar from PrepShootPost, suggested to post some screenshots of Every Day the Same, so here are some of my favorites along with some commentary.

The camera’s video mode doesn’t have any kind of auto-focus to help you, but sometimes, missing focus makes the shot look gorgeous. This was one of those shots.

I love this shot because we were asked to stop filming by one of the Starbucks employees just moments before. Nobody had a clue that I kept shooting anyway! hahaha

I love this angle. There’s a strange but beautiful voyeuristic quality about it.

I’ve never seen anyone so sad about having to go to work! Sasha is a brilliant actress, I was lucky to have been able to work with her.

Ok, THIS is what I mean about the camera’s video capabilities. This was 100% IMPOSSIBLE on my old camera. Remember the one? It was stolen last year. Good! Blessing in disguise! But just look at this shot! Only her right eye is in focus. Even her LIPS are in soft focus!

Just because I wanted to have a shot somewhere that had ridiculously shallow depth of field.

Ahhhh going home and lookin’ fabulous!

This was THE image that captivated me almost two years ago when I came up with the concept for the film. It’s good to finally see it on screen and alive.

Another place we weren’t supposed to shoot. Kohl’s. Sasha and I laid out exactly what we needed to do before going in and were fully expecting to get kicked out. We didn’t, but we were in and out within about 40 seconds. By the time anyone had a clue, we were already outside and saying goodbye. Another huge advantage to the camera. It’s small enough a video camera not to attract any attention to itself. My old one was big enough to have gotten us kicked out before hitting record.

Another “I wanna show off how cool shallow depth of field in a movie looks” shot. Although with this shot I did also want to emphasize the moment she really gets home. Like “It’s official! The keys are up, world! Leave me alone!”

Pretty. She had a real conversation with a friend.

Sasha once again flexing her acting muscles. Seriously. Not having any other actors to feed off of throughout an entire project is very, VERY difficult to do convincingly.

Posted something similar a while back on my Facebook account. I just love the way the windows’ light flared in the camera.