Melanie Adams // First Assistant Camera

Deep dive with us into two scenes in this episode, first being the moment John escapes getting suffocated and chases Viggo down to get Iosef’s safe house address. Then continuing on through the not-so-safe house shenanigans through Iosef’s death scene. We discuss camera moves and how they reflect John’s sense of control, good karma, thoughts on slo-motion choices, controlling the pace, pulling focus on a oner, and a brief lesson on lens types. Happy listening!

QUICK FACTS

John get’s Iosef’s safe house address:

START TIME: 1:12:51

END TIME: 1:14:15

Iosef’s not-so-safe house:

START TIME: 1:14:15 (continuous from previous scene)

END TIME: 1:16:52

In this episode we not only deep dive into these scenes, we also cover some interesting plot points and whether we think they work or not (bc Melanie and I are HUGE Keanu/John Wick fans, so its a real deep dive y’all!)

GUEST SPEAKER

Melanie Adams is a Los Angeles based filmmaker working as an amazing first assistant camera. She’s worked on some fantastic projects, including the infamous WAP music video. She’s incredibly talented and very down to earth, which makes for a very fun time on set when we get to work together.

SHOW HIGHLIGHTS

• how camera moves reflect John’s sense of control

• the convenience of open gates + good karma

• thoughts on slo-motion shots

• controlling the pace

• the methodical Iosef hunt

• pulling focus on a oner

• a brief lesson in lens types

HOW TO FIND MELANIE

IMDb: HERE

FB: HERE

Hire her: HERE

Thanks for listening, and let me know which part of this episode is your favorite.

Be seeing you.