One challenge that we faced early on in pre-production was from a request that we save some money and logistical headache on locations by filming both spots in the same location. The difficulty with that was that one of the spots was to be set in a coffee shop, while the other in a restaurant. We knew we could make it happen though. We scouted a bunch of locations looking for different looking opposing walls that would lend towards the contrast. From there we would build out the two scenes and make them look different enough through set design. In the end we were lucky to find Brewery Bhavana, a location that had recently opened and was designed into three distinct sections– bar, book store, restaurant. You can see the two different looks above.
We finished the first spot before lunch and started on the second directly following. We got lots of feedback that it was one of the smoothest, calmest days of production people had experienced in a long time. When you hear that kind of feedback in addition to the client being thrilled with the image and performances on set, it means all the hard work of pre-production paid off.
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