Golden hour is generous for exactly forty minutes. For the Fable Coffee film we had one evening on the Algarve coast and no budget for a second.
Plan backwards from the sun
We built the shot list from sunset backwards: wide establishing shots in the hardest light, close-ups as it softened, silhouettes in the final six minutes. Every set-up was rehearsed at noon.
Small crew, fast moves
Five people, one gimbal, no lighting truck. A small crew can follow the light instead of fighting it — and the talent relaxes when there are fewer people watching.
The final film is sixty seconds long and 92% of viewers watch it to the end. The sun did most of the work.
Written by
Tomás Reis
Head of Motion
Moziro’s journal is written by the people doing the work — no ghostwriters, no filler.
