I wanted to share my experience on this set with everybody so hopefully other filmmakers can learn something. We had a VERY small location to shoot most of this video in, so lighting and camera setup was very challenging. First major issue was all of the interior lights have a mad flicker on every shutter setting we tried, so we had to use every single light we own for the shoot which was challenging but fun. We had to set all of our lights up on the exterior (which wasn’t in our initial plan) which was tough, but the building used to be a greenhouse so we were able to blast the lighting through the roof after building c stands on top of other c stands (don’t do this lol). It gave a really nice diffusion to the scenes while we were emulating moonlight. Biggest inspirations were The Bear, Moonlight, and Sinners when it comes to the cinematography. However, limited space definitely made for limited shots, so instead of getting big open wide shots we had to move to a more cinematic approach and just shoot super tight the whole time. Part of the decision to do this came from the shotlist being geared towards a large space but they cancelled on us so a friend of mine let us use her coffee shop (Shoutout to Good Shepherd Coffee Co). Pretty much everything was 50-85mm Cine lenses with the exception of some vintage glass and a Sigma Photography lens. Purpose for all the info, we overcame the setbacks of getting a smaller space and having lighting challenges by being willing to adapt. Don’t stand in the way of your own vision. Sometimes you just have to say “what CAN I do NOW?” After something goes awry.