Jay: Hi.
This is Jay P. Morgan.
Today on The Slanted...
Alvaro: Cut!
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And the sun's going down so I'm feeling like we gotta hustle.
Okay, here we go.
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So hello, it's Jay P. Morgan.
Juan Pablo: Juan Pablo Di Pace here.
Ariana: Ariana Savalas.
Alvaro: Alvaro Cadierno.
Jay: I've got a great cast today.
We're gonna be out shooting here in the desert.
Little "Arabian Nights" or "Son of the Sheik," and we're doing it for?
Juan Pablo: For YouTube.
Jay: For YouTube.
Juan Pablo: For YouTube.
Jay: For YouTube.
Juan Pablo: All of YouTube.
There.
Jay: So, this is a remake of kind of the Rudolph Valentino in the desert.
Just a cool shot, "Son of the Sheik."
So, we're gonna get started, talk about shooting black and white, talk about how that relates
to the things that we're doing, how to create contrast, how to create just a fun shoot in
the desert with a horse, and a cast, and walls, and just a few simple things.
Juan Pablo: Lots of heat.
Jay: Lots of heat.
Ariana: Yeah, in the desert.
Juan Pablo: In the desert.
Ariana: It's the San Fernando Valley.
We're in the desert.
Alvaro: So hot.
Ariana: Quite literally.
Jay: It certainly is.
Ariana: Method acting.
Jay: That's right.
It's in the desert for the desert.
So, let's get started, see what we can do.
Juan Pablo: Let's do it.
Alvaro: Cut!
Juan Pablo: Action.
Jay: So, Teri from Makeup Magic did the makeup and it's fabulous.
It really is fabulous, as usual.
Teri: Thanks.
Jay: So she did a great job.
So, she's also trying to not get eaten by bugs out here, but I don't think it's working.
We have an hour and 15 minutes.
Teri: Let's do it.
Jay: Let's do it.
Juan Pablo loves Rudolph Valentino.
He's an incredible 1920s silent film star, considered...the first term for Latin lover
was applied to him.
So, pretty excited to get it all together here.
And the sun's going down, so I'm feeling like we gotta hustle.
So here comes the Mickey Mouse ears on our old Mitchell camera.
We got an old Mitchell camera from that era and we have a horse.
Brought a horse in, trying to find a place for a horse.
It's like a big prop, it's not like something you can just put in the corner.
So, trying to figure that out.
Okay, let's get our cameraman.
Alvaro: Hi.
Jay: Yep.
Let's set you in there.
Let's see you in place.
Looking fabulous.
Fabulous.
When you shoot in black and white, it's about contrast.
Because obviously, you don't have color, so you don't have color for contrast, so you
have to use light for contrast.
So right now, we're using highlights into shadows, try to put those highlights against
shadows.
Be able to give us some depth and some contrast.
I've got an actor here in the corner, he's got a white vest on, it's just blowing out.
We gotta give some contrast.
We gotta give some kinda role to it, so he does not just totally white on the corner.
So we're gonna put a black flag up here, a negative fill, take away some of the light
that's hitting him from behind, try to give us a little more contrast, and I think it'll
look a lot better.
We're set on black and white in the camera, so I can see the black and white on the JPEG,
but when you go to RAW, you have all the information.
You can do it in color if you want, but our goal is black and white, so I wanna look at
it in black and white.
Alvaro: You mean like this?
Jay: Yes.
Close as you can get it.
Alvaro: What about him?
Jay: Actually, he's out of the frame on the back side of his body.
Alvaro: So, like this?
Jay: You can get in that close.
Yep, okay.
Apatow, here we go.
Right there.
That's better.
We made some progress.
Hold on a second, I'm gonna make a quick adjustment.
Okay, here we go, and that's it.
And again.
So, they brought in a negative fill just to give us a little bit of wrapping on the back
of his white vest there.
I wish we had a darker vest to put on him, but we just don't.
We'll probably have to go into Photoshop and kind of help give us some contour on him to
make him look right.
So, when we first set this thing up, the sun was kinda rolling around that tree on the
left-hand side, and so, we rolled the camera around to where we get him against that dark
side of the tree.
And now, with the rim lights going down, and I'm gonna have that rim light till the sun
goes down, because it goes down that direction.
I'm gonna get a beautiful rim light on there, then I'll open up for the Baja here in the
front, and now, I just gotta find a place for the horse.
Can the horse stand on that pile of rocks?
I'm just kidding.
We're gonna find a place for the horse.
I hear a horse behind us.
We're gonna just shoot away until the sun goes down and take a look at some of the shots
we got, so keep those cameras rolling, keep on clicking.
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Juan Pablo: What are you waiting for?
Jay: Check out Juan Pablo at...
Juan Pablo: Juan Pablo Di Pace.
Twitter, Instagram, YouTube channel.
Jay: He's a great member of the cast of Fuller House.
And?
Ariana: @arianasavalas, I think.
I can barely turn on my computer, but find me on Instagram.
Yay.
Jay: And?
Alvaro: Cadierno on Instagram, but it's...
Ariana: Spell that.
Alvaro: C-A-D-I-R-N-O.
Cadierno.
Jay: So, check everybody out.
Great group here today, and we're gonna get started.
No, we're done.
So, and we're done.