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management were the biggest challenges initially,” Brown explains. “That being said, we figured out a system where Moses would run back into town at night to charge batteries and dump footage, leaving me with enough batteries and media to continue shooting.” However, the biggest challenge came when Brown and his team discovered that almost everyone involved in the story expressed fear or discomfort in wearing lavalier microphones. “While being filmed visually didn’t bother our collaborators, all of them early on expressed a fear over what happened to their voices or words when the microphone captured them,” Brown remarks. “Despite trying to explain the microphone, we noticed how our subjects
In the middle of the day, when things were on the move, I used Canon’s L-series lenses – the 18-35mm, 24-70mm or 70- 200mm. At night, I would typically shoot on a Canon CN-E 35mm T1.5.” With gear decided on, the team then had to negotiate the constant movement in and around the shooting location. “Because it was important that we limited the amount of times we came in and out of the village, batteries and media “It challenged us not to rest on our laurels – but really tell a visual story”
locked up and became paralysed by fear whenever they were wearing a lav mic.” Having prioritised the collaborators’ comfort over the convenience afforded by lav mics, Brown made the call early that he would only use the Sennheiser MKH 8060 shotgun microphone. “That obviously dictated how close I needed to be throughout much of the filming – but it ended up creating a more immersive story in the end,” he adds. “It challenged us not to rest on our laurels – simply grabbing perfect soundbites layered with B roll to create the film – but instead really having to tell a visual story.” Between the Rains weaves a fascinating narrative, and is a wake-up call that the time to rally is now. Simply placing hope in the hands of leaders is futile. For some, the hourglass of fate has already run dry. Between the Rains will be at festivals this year, with distribution slated for 2024
TAKE THE SHOT Foregoing lavalier mics forced Brown to be nearer to the action while filming, and allowed the storytelling to become more dynamic
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