Seven Days ‘Till Midnight is the first film I have been involved in from start to finish. This concept started years earlier as an idea and has morphed into the story it is now through the collaboration of friends and fellow filmmakers. I will be not only the Cinematographer, but also producing and involved in the entire post production and distribution process.
Seven Days Till Midnight – The Story
Seven Days ‘Till Midnight is the study of one mans journey not only in the wilderness but also a journey inside his mind, his emotions and his past choices. His planned escape is a chance at a much needed break from a life he has turned his back on. A life he feels was in error. A life he feels has been wasted.
That feeling of being lost and without direction is something that so many of us experience at one point or another during our lives. This story explores the root cause of those emotions and ultimately presents an interesting question, if you could, would you really go back and change the past?
With the backdrop of the wilderness and the story ultimately developing into a survival film, Seven Days ‘Till Midnight will be a beautiful, dark, deep exploratory film that excites through action and entertains through emotion as the audience quickly realizes that there is a little bit of Harmon in each and everyone of them
Seven Days Till Midnight – Cinematic Approach
Many of the shots throughout the film linger, allowing the actions to play out as if the audience is present, sitting off to the side while watching Harmon struggles. There are times throughout the film that the camera and our audience will be ahead of our characters… waiting. We watch the actors move through the scene and come to the camera.
This film is set in the mountains of North Carolina. The photography is so beautiful and some of the best looking footage I have shot to date. We had access to my full camera and G&E package on the film as well as several days of drone work. We also had four days of second unit. We scaled the crew way down to mainly myself, the director and our lead actor. This way we could move quick and hike in to some spots that were impossible to get to with the entire crew. The crew was small but we worked very efficiently. Most of the crew had work together on several other project so we didn’t have that “ramp up to speed” that you have during the first week of filming.
