He'd put a sandbag on his knee and sit the camera there. It was an incredibly small package and it just seemed to get lighter and lighter. In this case, it's four people working in downtown Calgary who've made a bet to see who can stay indoors the longest. He and his small crew could walk everywhere, wheeling around the equipment on carts and setting up quickly, mostly using available light. This was the first time I've had a lot of fun on the shoot.
Video cameras think.
I don't rehearse, so I used to always use the time it takes to set up for rehearsals. That could really fuck up the actors because it's a dialogue-heavy movie. So you'd have a big dialogue scene, then you'd be ready to go with the next big dialogue scene. All four filmmakers are understandably pleased with their results, but they're still aware of DV's disadvantages. If there are any pretty shots in the movie, that's accidental.