I recently worked on a short film by Amy Puzia called, “The Gift”.   The shoot was actually just an editing exercise for class at De Anza College, but in order to edit something, you have to shoot something, so we ended up doing this piece.  We had a very minimal crew, and did very minimal [...]

In this previous entry, I talked about our simple lighting setup. We used Lowel Rifa lights for the actors and some fresnels for enhancing the background. Since I wrote that post, we have added locations to the show and have run into new challenges. When shooting in our original location we were challenged due to [...]

Panasonic has introduced new E-Series P2 cards. The cards are cheaper and faster than previous generations. The prices are several times lower than their equivalent A-series cards. http://www2.panasonic.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/prModelDetail?storeId=11301&catalogId=13251&itemId=342748&modelNo=Content04162009020504436&surfModel=Content04162009020504436 Maxell has also announced that it will be creating P2 cards. http://sev.prnewswire.com/computer-electronics/20090420/NY0091020042009-1.html I remember a new NAB’s ago that Hoodman also made such an announcement which never [...]

Studio Daily has a great article about different Post Workflowsfor the RED ONE digital Cinema Camera. My favorite quote from the piece is the following: “We spent many hours of trial and error working with this new Red format before we got into jobs like Eric’s, so we knew exactly what to expect and how [...]

It was late. I had just come off a 12-hour shooting day in Munich. I checked my e-mail before bed to see if there was an emergency. There wasn’t, but there was an e-mail from Sinohui. He wanted to compete in the San Francisco 48-hour film festival and wanted to know if I would be [...]