Lightening is integral to any movie, and Judas Kiss had a wonderful, brilliant lighting team along with Director of Photography David Berry who understands the nuances of lighting a set.
There was one part (but there was others) where lighting became essential. In the clip above, we see CW and Danny having a rendezvous in a forest area. It's hard to note (thanks to the lighting, careful camera set-ups and even editing), but the wide shots and the close-ups were filmed about 2 hours apart or so from each other -which is not untypical, but when filming outside, you are always aware of a clock ticking. It was late in the afternoon when the wide shots were filmed -them entering and Danny leaving. A lunch break took place and we returned about an hour later for the close-ups. We were also hindered by a bit of light rain then as well, as Script Supervisor Rhona Rubio protects the script.
But it grown dark by then. So the lighting team needed to bathe the area in such a way so that it would match the wide shots as much as possible. They did a great job, and while I don't think its noticeable, it's another glimpse into the magic of movies.
But rain and fading daylight were not our only issue with this location. Right next to where this scene filmed, not more than 20 yards away, was a tennis court (you can get a quick glimpse of it in the opening wide shot). While we filmed on the University of Washington before fall classes started, the College still had classes going on for foreign exchange students and a few summer courses. The production improvised signs on UDUB paper and posted them around the courts (there were other courts nearby, so we did not disrupt the activities too much). It worked, we had no one playing tennis while this scene was filmed.
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