One of the main problems I faced while shooting Bracero was the fact that a large majority of it was required to be shot at night with very low lighting. This meant that I had to find a way for the camera to pick up the characters in the scene without having to flood light everything. I solved this problems in two ways. Firstly I increased the cameras ISO. The ISO affects how sensitive the camera lens is to light and by increasing it it meant the lens took in as much light as I wanted. I also used flashlights to light some of the scenes. This gave a feeling that the characters were hiding from people searching for illegal immigrants and added tension to my film.
Another problem I faced was the terrain I was shooting on. As I was using high tech equipment I did not want to damage it and so had to find a way to prevent mod and or rocks from scratching or dirtying the technology. I added a lot of handheld shots to the scenes over the most difficult terrain. This meant the camera did not have to be on or near the ground and could always be protected by the camera man. I also decided to use a much more sturdy camera stand so that it was less likely to fall over.
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