Mark Charles Davis

Locking up traffic on location, assisting with directing & managing background performers, and running paperwork, walkie batts, and food for crew & first team -- and having a great time doing all of it!

Locking up busy riverside sidewalk, coordinating traffic control with CPD, and keeping a cheery & professional presence for the curious passers-by.

Assisted the Gaffer with rigging, powering, and tweaking a mix of Jokers, Kinos, fresnels, and practical lights -- and then using standard grip equipment to shape resulting light. Only worked on the few days where an extra hand was needed, but I had a blast. As a day-player, feeling at home on a tight-knit set like this was lovely.

Day-played as B-Camera, picking off reverse shots and inserts under the guidance of DP Drew Xanthopoulos. Very organic style, shooting handheld in a party scene, a back-porch dialogue, and an intense argument in a stairwell (during which I learned that if the angle calls for it, I can indeed french-press a C100 for several takes without extreme shake). Great fun! 10/10, would crew again.

Managed file offload and backup from RED One, provided and tweaked dailies grades on location, and assisted director and DP with playback, exposure, and day-for-night tests. Also helped camera and electric with equipment rigging and transportation. And to top it all off, we made an adventure of it as we shot & lived in the film's cabin location in the Michigan woods. 10/10, would crew a sequel.

Designing & building camera rigs for situations up to and including partially-underwater jib moves (a point of both pride and amusement). Pulling focus on night exteriors at a 1.4, often over the DP's shoulder as he operated with a Ronin. (Also earned an Additional Photography credit for work photographing time-lapses and filming second-unit footage.)

Pull focus, mostly while riding on the dolly with the DP -- sometimes while we're both standing, and it's being pushed at running speed down the length of a street. (At night.) All good fun though! Many lovely 2nd ACs, dolly grips, and DITs that came out to help -- several crew-members had conflicts and so our team changed often, but I enjoyed that as a learning experience.