Wherein a great group of people come together for a good cause
This was the first project shot for California’s No on Prop 8 campaign. In an attempt to reach out to young voters I recruited my cousin Catherine, and her best friend Austin, to record an appeal for youth to get up and vote down Prop 8. They’re both politically active and immediately said “yes” to the project.
I want applications that get out of my way and let me work. That includes lighting diagrams. This is what works for me…
I don’t have a lot of time to learn new software packages, so I tend to fall in with packages that don’t require me to read the manual. That’s why Omnigraffle works for me.
Lighting isn’t a formula--unless you find one that works. Like this one.
In a recent article I wrote about how I like to fill from the key side, and I’ve since received a couple of requests for an explanation of what I’m talking about.
My recent shoots with the HVX-200 don’t look good just because of the camera. It’s how we used it.
Today, on the CML-Basics list, someone posted that they liked the look of my recent HVX-200 projects so much that they were thinking of asking for an HVX-200 on their next low-budget feature project. This was my response:
A few weeks ago I shot a music video project with director Jono Schaferkotter. The project turned out spectacularly well in spite of working with an eager, but inexperienced, crew and an HVX-200. Between picking shots that worked within the confines of what we could achieve with the gear we had, along with some basic color correction in Final Cut Studio using Magic Bullet Looks, the project looked much better than it had any right to, considering the budget was about $200.
The second day of the hottest equipment show in LA
Cine Gear Expo on the blazing-hot Universal backlot
Day 2 of Cine Gear Expo dawned sunny and hot—our in-car temperature display registered 102 degrees Fahrenheit by 1:30pm. Despite the heat, there were plenty of things worth seeing.