Izak & Slater
A deck running out over flat turquoise water, and two people at the end of it. Sound on.
Out over the water.
Izak and Slater were married in the Bahamas, on a private island with a pale deck that runs straight out over the water. In the frame above they are two small figures in white at the far end of it, flat turquoise on every side, a low green cay sitting on the horizon behind them. There is no set, and nothing between them and the light.
The film runs eight minutes and forty-seven seconds. On an island this flat there is very little to put in a frame besides water, sky and the two people in it.
Notes on filming in the Bahamas.
The light here comes from two directions. The Bahama Banks are shallow, seven or eight meters on average and closer to two in places, and the floor is white carbonate sand, so a great deal of sun comes back up off the water. You get fill from underneath, which is generous on faces and unforgiving on exposure: the water clips long before skin does, so protect the highlights on the water and let the skin sit where it lands. Strong ND is not optional. The other constraint is wind. The highest ground in the country is sixty-three meters, on Cat Island, so on a low cay there is no ridge to duck behind and no windbreak anywhere on an open deck. The trades run easterly most of the year, northeasterly through the winter. Plan for wind noise and put a shield on everything.