Shooting & Color Correcting Aufgang’s ‘Dulceria,’ Part I. 

A screengrab from the video.


One of the first projects shot with the Endless Picnic camera package was a video for the song ‘Dulceria’ by the French electronic group Aufgang.

The one day doc-style shoot, directed by Delphine Dhilly and shot by Endless Picnic’s own resident cameraman Dave Cavallo (hey, that’s me!) centered around a trio of kids’ hijinks on a hot summer day in the suburbs.

The crew was kept to a minimum–producer Mike Fox, director Dhilly, cinematographer Cavallo & ace AC Andrew Baxter–with the emphasis on traveling light and capturing as much of the young actors’ explosive natural energy as possible. (Or: “Dave! Run fast after the kids!”) Most of the shots were handheld (Baxter pulled focus admirably, given the constraints of the day) and aside from the occasional ‘courtesy’ on the monitor, little or no light modification took place. (Of course we did have some pretty heavy ND going most of the time, to keep the stops at a pleasing f4 and below.)

The major challenge, as is often the case on lower budget video shoots with lots of day exteriors (More …)