Fading Flora

Fading Flora follows a girl who can't shake the sense that she's living in the wrong moment. Everyone around her seems fine, but something feels off, and that feeling slowly grows into an instinct she can't ignore. In one scene, she's cutting flowers in a garden and it feels like she's cutting away a piece of herself. The film moves between color and black and white, and the black-and-white moments are where the things she can't explain start to happen.

As a grip, I built and rigged the set: C-stands, lighting support, and keeping every piece of equipment charged and ready, so the camera and lighting teams could work without stopping. We shot over two days, with a crew of about eleven and a cast of six, a big production for a small company, across three San Diego locations: a house in North Park, a business in Del Mar, and a restaurant near downtown.

My favorite save came during an outdoor setup. We had a giant light rigged outside on a windy day, and it nearly blew over. We caught it and tied the whole rig down before it could fall, and we kept shooting. Keeping the gear standing and the set safe is a big part of the grip's job.