Final Footage

Although principal photography for Hold My Beer wrapped two months ago, we still had a little bit of camera work left to do. You may recall reading in this blog post from last month the details of when we shot some B-Roll footage in and around downtown Vancouver. One thing we had on our shot list for that day was a bird's-eye-view of the city skyline, featuring Smith Tower, the convention center, and the its-days-are-numbered (probably) I-5 bridge. Unfortunately, we couldn't access any of the taller buildings, because they were mostly all closed on Sunday.

One place that we really wanted to get into was the historic Arts Building on Main Street, which was once, about a century ago, the largest building in Clark County (Washington, not Nevada or Ohio). It was in a good position to get the shot we wanted, and there appeared to be what looked like a nice rooftop area from where to shoot. It too, however, was closed. But after a few weeks of having to do other things, we found ourselves with a day where the stars aligned: it was a weekday so the building would be open, we had a free hour, and it was nice and sunny (to match the scene, shot in June, that this footage would serve as an establishing shot for). And, as luck would have it, the stars further aligned when the property manager graciously allowed us access to what we thought was the roof but was actually a deck area adjoining her office (Her: "I can't let you on the roof, but you can use this spot." Us: "Oh, um...great!")

So we got the footage we wanted. Yatta (yay!) And that, combined with a very brief pickup shot we did a day earlier (we'll let you guess which one it is when the film comes out - we're hoping no one can tell), puts a definite bow on filming. Now, back to the edit bay!