Anthony DeRose

Red Pro Primes

2011-07-17T13:17:00.000-07:00

Shot a short at the end of June for director Vincent Cross. Fun little project and visually it was real nice to get out of NYC and shoot outside of the city. We shot at a motel in NJ but the inside of it looked like something out of a road motel in 1950 middle america. I forgot the name of the movie but a film with Ellien Page and Cilian Murphy was shot at this same location a year or two back.

We shot with the RED MX and used the Red Pro Primes. I had heard mixed reviews about the glass but I will have to say I am very impressed with the look esp when combined with shooting 4.5K which is what we used. They all open to a T1.9 and are extremely sharp, now some people have gripes with that but in my personal taste I like a sharp lens.

Lighting in the motel was a bit of a challenge esp with the package we had. Basically the 1.2k HMI Fresnel was my best friend and I always had 2 4x4's on standby to fill in here or there. I wish we had a 575 HMI for me to play with inside as a light for highlights. Instead I had to make the poor mans HMI a 1k with full CTB.

F3 Feature

2011-07-06T18:02:00.000-07:00

Worked as first assistant on a feature film with the Sony F3 for five days back in late June. This was my second time working with the camera. We had the F3 pretty much in a cinema mode with 19mm rods, studio FF, MB-18, a set of Cooke Primes, and a kipro mini recorder. Production wanted to record to the highest resolution possible and out of the box the camera can only record 4:2:0 8 bit to SXS cards. With the kipro you are able to record 10bit 4:2:2 to compact flash cards. During the time I was on the new S-Log hadn't been released yet.

The F3 is a awesome camera. Super user friendly, if you've used the Ex-1 the F3 is pretty much the same except with a 35mm sensor, PL mount and a high sensitivity. After the Alexa its probably the best low light camera on the market and maybe even the best when S-Log comes out and boosts the native sensitivity to around 1000-1600. Plus a cooke lens on the F3 or any camera for that matter makes a very pretty image.

The kipro was a pain. It reminded me a lot like the RED in terms of problems that you can run into with it. First it gets really hot which leads it to overheat and drop frames. Second its takes a long time for it to boot up, prob about 45 seconds - 1 minute but when compared to the F3 which powers up in 5 seconds this is a big difference. Also when formatting it takes a while for the card to be completely formatted. Other problems were quirky idiosyncrasies with the interface. For instance if you have the option "custom take on" for naming clips it will overwrite existing files. Luckily we figured this out on our test and before shooting. Also there were times when the kipro would only record for 5 seconds of a take. When we checked the SXS card the whole take was there but not on the kipro. Another problem was if we played back through the F3 it could overwrite a file on the kipro so we always had to playback from the kipro. Needless to say I was not a fan of the system.

Apathy

2011-06-30T08:42:00.000-07:00

I got some updates but just haven't had the time to type them up yet. A real quick one though the video I shot for the rap artist Apathy in CT back in Feb came out yesterday. Getting a lot of coverage which is awesome not to mention Mike Shinoda of Linkin Park gave it a shout out on his twitter along with B-Real of Cypress Hill. Here is the video which made it onto XXL.com's video bangers.

http://www.xxlmag.com/bangers/2011/06/apathy-check-to-check-video/

2011-06-27T13:39:00.001-07:00

Twitchfilm :)

2011-05-22T21:29:00.000-07:00

I have been going on twitchfilm since I stared film school, they always cover the awesome crazy movies that are coming out that you wouldn't get information on anywhere else. Its pretty cool that they posted a trailer for a great short film I shot last summer.

http://twitchfilm.com/news/2011/05/check-out-the-trailer-for-the-time-bending-short-frankie.php

Def looking forward to seeing the finished product of the movie it is a really awesome little piece.

Haven't Updated In Awhile

2011-05-16T23:11:00.000-07:00

Been real busy on Criminal Intent and haven't really updated this thing. Mr. Dream video I shot did very well and got on rollingstone, mtvhive, and the fader.com. First time a music video of mine has gotten on some of the bigger sites now the next goal is to get a video to play on one of the mtvs.

Shot a short film this weekend with director John Lopez. Story and visual style was greatly influenced by the work of Darren Aranofsky. Shot on the RED MX and really put the camera to test. It was a two day shoot one day in a apartment and one day on the R subway line. Mostly natural light and had the camera rated anywhere from 800-2000 ISO. Have to say I was very impressed that I could light a scene at times with 150 watt practical as key and another 100 watt practical just giving a little extra to the frame. With that said my bulbs blew but for the subject matter it worked and with the new REDGAMMA2 I am able to get some more info out of my lamp shades.

Right now I just am hoping to get a film project soon, last time I worked with celluloid was on a spec commercial in November as a loader. I just want to shoot something, digital is getting better but its still not film.

Mr. Dream Trash Hit

2011-04-21T14:57:00.000-07:00

Haven't updated in awhile. Mr. Dream's music video Trash Hit premiered on rollingstone.com and mtvhive.com

http://www.rollingstone.com/culture/blogs/rolling-stone-video-blog/video-mr-dream-turn-garbage-into-art-in-trash-hit-20110419

Video is a interesting piece we were going for something high quality but not pretty if that makes sense. Shot on the RED MX with a 15mm nikon. Anthony Sylvester did a great job with directing on this one.

PMW-F3 Test

2011-03-13T20:07:00.000-07:00

This Saturday I firsted on a test/short film with the new Sony PMW-F3. It was a two camera test the other body being the Sony SRW9000 PL which is a cross between being a digital cinema camera and ENG.

The PMW-F3 is a beauty. I am a sony guy and have always loved there gear, the only problem has been Sony can look too video. Thats kind of a idiot statement since it is video and not film but digital cameras from companies like Panasonic and RED tend to look a little more filmic in terms of how there sensors produce images. I love the EX-1 but with the work I have done with it has always been with a 35mm Adaptor.

Well now we can bypass the adaptor since the F3 is a super 35mm sensor that can take PL mounted lens and also still lens (I think adaptors are coming out in the future to allow for Nikon, Canon, etc). On this shoot we were working with a set of old Arri Variable primes and the 3 sony lens kit (35mm, 50mm and 85mm) that comes with the F3 if you buy the more expensive package.

The menu system is exactly the same as the EX-1 for the most part, takes SxS cards, shoots 1920x1080 and slow motion still has to be done at 720p. Changes are of course the sensor and ability to attach cinema lens. Also the camera is like most of the new digital cameras coming on very good at low light levels. We didn't do any night stuff but the DP was telling me he tested at 6400 and was amazed by how clean it was at that level. As of now the camera has been said to be rated natively at a 800.

For this shoot we had a pretty ridiculous rig that was a pain in the ass. We were going to a nano flash in order to record to 4:2:2 and at 220 mbs with that we had to set up this crazy zacuto rig with the arri variable prime (which is basically a zoom lens) it was almost like setting up a 12-120 zoom on a 35mm camera system. Actually a 35mm camera system in that set up is much more friendly than what we had with the PMW. Without a external recorder it records at 35mbs (RED's highest is 42) 4:2:0 and 8 bit. But with a new sony recorder coming out you will be able to record in Log, 10 bit and 4:2:2.

We also got to use those new lens that sony include with the more expensive F3 package. They are really nice. There big barrel, light, and open to a 2 almost like a Cooke (though not as nice of glass of course). It was a pretty fun shoot and nice to get to know the camera a bit I'd love to get a day with it to test out its ISO's more and possible shoot with a very high quality piece of glass.

Def. a camera I hope to shoot with.

RED MX & Law and Order CI

2011-03-02T17:36:00.001-08:00

Finished a real fun video for the rock group Mr. Dream this weekend. Really great song and a great conceptual video from Anthony Sylvester. Also this marked my first time using the MX sensor on the RED. It took a few shoots to finally get to use it but it def makes the RED a beast.

Everyone has seen the tests and know that the MX has improved noise and DR. Though a lot of people recommend shooting at a 800 ISO which is pretty high for a bright day exterior and did leave me a little worried about IR pollution because of stacking ND's (and I didn't know if we would be able to get a Hot Mirror Filter or IRND combo).

I shot at a 640 ISO and either had a HM filter with a .9 or a HM combo + 1.2 since both days were sunny. Inside I shot at a 800 ISO and switched to 1,000 for some high speed scenes. At 1,000 the sensor is incredibly clean. Latitude is also greatly improved, I could see right off the bat that more information could be captured in the highlights as well as the shadows. Is it comparable to film? I still would say no, but the MX is def in the top 2 of digital cinema cameras in my opinion.

Thanks to my great crew for helping out.

Last Friday I camera PA'd on Law and Order Criminal Intent. Its fun to get on union shoots as a camera pa. You get to learn and experience what it is like to work on a union crew for a big job and you make union contacts. Its def helpful with preparing for the union test. CI shoots with the Alexa but its Panavised. I haven't been a a Panavision shoot so it was really cool to finally get on one and see how there gear works. This was my second time on a job with the Alexa and it is a amazing f'ing camera.

Waffle In SXSW

2011-02-16T11:28:00.001-08:00

Waffle a short horror film I shot directed by Rafael De Leon has be accepted into this years SXSW film festival in Austin Texas. Over 3,000 films were submitted and only 150 were chosen to play. Congrats to the whole crew who worked on the project.

February Happenings

2011-02-12T20:10:00.000-08:00

Just wrapped day 1 on a music video for Tierney Boisvert directed by John Lopez. Great song with a nice story element treatment. We shot it in black and white noir style with the 7D and as set of Compact Primes (28mm, 35mm, 50mm and 85mm). I loved the CP2s, the big barrel, good markings and the ease for the assistant to pull focus is just such a nice luxury as opposed to using still photo lens that are not made for cinema use. Really glad how the footage came out looking for today. Tomorrow were just picking up some broll shots as 95% of the video is done.

Thanks to my first Chris Cafaro and my gaffer Matt Pecca.

This past Saturday I directed and DP'd a music video for one of my favorite hip hop artists Apathy. I've been working on doing something for him since I was a sophomore at SVA and after 2 and half years of keeping in touch we finally got to work with each other on a project. The track is amazing, one of the best hip hop songs I have heard in a long time. We shot with 2 7d's Anthony Sylvester was on B camera getting some awesome slow motion footage and I was on A camera getting the performance and story elements of the video. Was a pleasure to work with Apathy super nice guy and very professional. Thanks to everyone who helped out on that - Ap, Ben, Open Mic, Janina, and Tony Sly. The video so far is coming out awesome and hope to have it done by the end of the month.

AF100

2011-02-04T17:12:00.000-08:00

Shot a small comedy sketch today for Landline Tv. The job was on the new panasonic AF100.

My thoughts - panasonic really has fallen behind. the HVX200 was a huge camera in the digital age. it allowed a small budget to capture 720p quality video at a affordable price plus with the use of a 35mm adaptor you could get a pretty image. Now with the canon dslrs, RED, and the PMW F3 I don't know where this camera stands. Bigger budgets will be F3, RED MX or ALEXA (if celluloid is not chosen) though I don't think the AF100 was looking at this market as the F3 which is the cheapest will be around 12k (without a lens). Where it competes is with the DSLR market. And truthfully it doesn't look as good as footage from 1, 5 or 7D.

For starters it is 4/3 cropped, the 7D cropping has always bothered me well the 4/3 is worse. Example to get the same field of view as a 50mm lens on 35mm film you need a 35mm lens on the AF100. ABEL has a great calculator that compares all the formats. AF100 doesn't look much different than HVX images a old school REDROCK or Letus 35mm adaptor looks more filmic.

Now I will say we shot in 720p and the glass was a Olympus zoom so I was not working in the highest resolution or with the best glass. I would like to try a nice Nikon prime at 1080.

The plus to the camera is focus! You can actually get decent focus a issue many of us have been burned on with the dslrs. Another plus is workflow, with having to transcode through mpeg streamclip for dslrs or REDCine for RED I forgot about the beauty of log and transfer. RED can log and transfer now too but the image is imported very contrasty compared to doing a prores export through REDCine. In terms of latitude its in the middle. I shot with a 400ISO which was pretty noiseless and had decent highlight/shadow information for a prosumer camera. Is it much better than a dslr, No.

It seems like I am bashing this camera. It was perfect for the job today and gave me a nice image. But is it the death of the DSLR? No. Just wish some film could come my way. I am getting tired of having to rely on waveforms and histograms all the time. I just want to be able to read my key light and go. No digital camera yet that I've worked with comes close to the organic feeling of film. The closest has been the Alexa and thats because of the DR it has.

Storm

2011-02-02T10:24:00.000-08:00

So this past weekend I shot my girlfriends short film "Storm." She is a advertising major and was picked for this special scholarship class called the Project Class. Its taught by Bob Giraldi who directed Michael Jackson "Beat It" and over 2,000 commercials. He has helped me with work as I have camera pa'd on a commercial of his over the summer and meant a lot of good contacts.

We shot on the RED and it was a stressful shoot. All locations were paid for and locked but the first day the super lost his mind and kicked us out only to 15mins later let us back in and shoot. But the real killer was a scene on a roof looking into another apartment. We had rented out a place across the street and a stunt man was brought in to make the actress look like she was hung.

Were about ready to roll and we get kicked off the roof. That is the most important scene of the movie and we are rescheduling that. Prob going be doing a 1D type deal with some 1x1's so we move fast and don't look like a huge production.

Thanks to my great crew Dave, Chris, Matt, Foti, Julian, Flash, Spencer and Sewarb.

Melt

2011-01-02T19:59:00.001-08:00

Finished up a industrial today for the "MeltMethod." Basically its a exercise program that works in a way like yoga. Shoot consisted of just some simple product shots + testimonials and coverage of two melt sessions that happened during the day.

Luckily the space we shot in had an array of lekos and par cans rigged from a grid above controlled by a dimmer board. So all I had to do was have the technician upstairs just dim it to the level I wanted. This was a nice surprise as I was not able to scout the location and was worried I'd be dealing with CFL's or just basic fluorescent tubes.

New Music Video

2010-12-22T12:02:00.000-08:00

I directed this bad boy :). Also shot it too. Special thanks to Neil Biagio

Shot on RED 4.5k

Arri Alexa

2010-12-14T19:03:00.001-08:00

Was a second on a shoot with the Arri Alexa. An awesome camera with a lot of latitude. Super user friendly and easy to learn. You can't shoot arriraw yet but ProRes 4444 at Log-C is pretty amazing. And unlike waiting for days to transcode 4.5k Red, Alexa records right onto SxS cards that you pop right in and are ready to edit.

Really hope to shoot with this soon. The EI ranges from 200-1600 but the sweet spot is 800. At 800 you have 7 stops over and 7 under making it 14 stops :). May seem like a pain on a bright exterior but I'd rather use a ND 1.2 and have 7 stops for my highlights then lose the 2 stops to shoot at a 200. Also the noise is super low at 800.

So seems like grab the Alexa, some good glass, ND filters + T1 (to block out infared), and a decent lighting package (camera is great but its not magic you still want to get a healthy histogram/waveform and light the blacks if you want to see detail in them).

Pee Wee PIC In Times

2010-12-03T11:54:00.000-08:00

Awhile back the NY TIMES put a article up about the Pee Wee broadway show. I guess they had photographers on the day when we shot the promo because I got my picture in the Times :) I have the physical article at home but found this on there website. Thats me in the back with the white shirt and the film tools ac pouch.

Coney Island Travels

2010-12-03T11:08:00.000-08:00

I have lived in NYC for 5 years and have never been to Coney Island until last weekend. Shot a music video for this cool artist from Budapest named Modus. He makes instrumental beats, think El-P and DJ Shadow. Anyways our shoot started at Coney Island then to Bushwick followed by Dumbo and lastly Jersey City.

I directed and shot this. When I got the song it really signaled a visual video so I figured it would be right up my ally to direct. It was a great experience and I hope to do it more.

As far as shooting goes, we shot with the RED One and Zeiss ZF (18mm, 35mm, 50mm, and 85mm). I wound up using the 18mm quite a bit as we were shooting 4.5k and I really wanted some wide Sergio Leone type landscape shots. Coney Island was a blast to shoot so many cool/visual things over there I wish I had taken advantage of it sooner.

I really like the RED + ZEISS combo, it really makes a nice image and is so much better to work with than the 5 or 7D. I like the weight, super 35mm sensor and just that its made for capturing moving images. Not a still camera with the option to shoot movies.

Anyways I hope to get a film project soon! So if you have one contact me :)

AC Work

2010-11-18T18:03:00.000-08:00

Had a busy week with some AC work. Did a day on a short film with DP Gordon Yu. Was first assistant with a 5D Zeizz ZF package. Fun shoot great crew. Only issues was the focus marking for the Redrock Follow Focus was broken so had to use some grease on the lens. Also 100mm with no focus ring and just pulling by the barrel at night wide open is a pain in the ass.

Finished up today on a spec commercial for NYU graduate student. I was the 2nd/Loader, was working with the Arricam ST and grands. NYU has a sweet deal they give there graduate students 2,000 feet of 35 to shoot a spec commercial with and rent out a whole ST package from CSC. They had a full set of MK II's, two Ultra Primes (180mm and 20mm) and a Cooke 25-250. Along with all the needed AKS.

Also learned that NYU owns a complete 435 package which can only go out to graduate students. I wish SVA did some cool things like that to get students excited about emulsion.

Late October early November

2010-11-09T13:37:00.001-08:00

Had a busy month. Finsihed up a 4 day music video shoot in BK towards the end of October. It was great to have 4 days for a music video, got to take our time and get everything the director wanted. Song was pretty cool and Moeibus (director) came up with a great little narrative story to go with the video. Shot with the RED One and Zeiss ZF primes. Now I have shot with S4's, Superspeeds, and ZF's on that camera. Of course the s4's are the nicest. I will say the ZF SLR lens is a real nice piece of glass and def. a bit sharper than the Super Speeds, though Super Speeds are older lens and ZF's are realtively recent glass. Regardless I was extremely impressed with the quality I got.

It was a great shoot, thanks to Dave my first, Tom for keeping us on time, Pinky for crazy awesome production design and Moeibus and Piper for making a great song and video.

Shot a industrial for Sloan Kettering Memorial Cancer Center. This was my first industrial and it was a great experience. Mr. Vince Cross did a great job directing the project and keeping it simple. It was fun to light for this, nice soft portrait style compared to a lot of the contrasty/dark stuff I have been doing.

October

2010-10-14T22:31:00.000-07:00

Had a real busy last few days. First had a crazy shoot following around Pee Wee Herman in NYC for his new show on Broadway. I was the second camera operator and my job was to get establishing shots and crowd reactions. It was a crazy day and at times a pain. We shot with

2 5D's, both with canon L series zoom. I was going to be with the 70-300 but with the speed we were moving at at the coverage we needed after the first location I switched back to the 24-110. Also some of the stuff was right in high noon sunlight which created a impossible contrast ratio that film would have a tough time with let alone the 5D sensor. We were not given any external lcd or sun shade so it was tough to nail exposure at times with the sun glaring into your face. Though it was a great shoot and really fun to be part of. People still love Pee Wee I was amazed at the response he got. Times Square + Pee Wee in a bike cab = crazy.

From there I was the second ac on this really cool doc about the Amazing Bongo Band. They created the song apache which is the main bboy song and one the songs that started hip hop. Great crew and very visual doc. The production was shooting on the RED MX and most of the

time the DP used his Cooke 18-100 though at times we did use some super speeds. The last day the MX was on a jimmy jib capturing a bunch of breakdancers dancing around. It looked incredible. Shooting days had some interesting interviews with QuestLove of the Roots, Melle Mel and Grand Master Kaz of the Furious Five, and the awesome Grand Wizard Theodor who invented the DJ scratch.

Lastly Cole Complex got into the Williamsburg International Film Festival :). Really happy about that. We just wanted to get into one festival. Just to say the film had a life after the dustys. Never thought we would be accepted into 3. Another film I had shot "The Slipping Stone" directed by Amira Moodie came out with a poster. Its pretty sick.

September Happenings

2010-10-03T21:50:00.000-07:00

I have not really updated this recently. September was a decent month I finished this awesome short "Frankie." The director Mike Pappa did a really awesome job with the set design and I am very happy with the footage. Shot 7D with one day of stop motion work. I never have done stop motion and didn't realize how tedious it can be. I accidently hit the camera at one point and we had to start over.

Other than that I did a lot of crew work as a electric on a few shorts. I also was the second AC on this pretty cool project "PBJ." Another job with awesome shots. That was RED One and it was the first time I've worked with that camera and Nikons. Past experiences have been with S4's, super speeds, and the RED zooms. Image looked really nice, I am hoping to test it out on a music video coming up with my Zeiss ZF kit. I saw a comparison of those vs super speeds and the ZF's held up very well.

I'm making my directing debut this month with my first official music video. It will be interesting to not be the DP but director. Looking forward to it.

Music Video

2010-09-02T20:14:00.001-07:00

Back on the music video scene. Just finished up a small project for my good friend Michael Wallach. He had this concept for a small little music video for this young artist. Feels like a long tim ago that I used a 35mm Adaptor let alone one with the HVX. But Mike felt that he wanted the softness and that "adaptor look."

It was nice to take a break from 7/5D and RED but at the same time also reminded me why those cameras are so much nicer than using a 35mm adaptor. Had simple lighting setups in a ice cream shop. Just some 2ks and 1ks coming in to act like highlights plus the beautiful natural light coming from the front shop windows. Then exteriors with some simple bounce. All in all I am pretty happy with how its looking.

Late August

2010-08-23T09:12:00.000-07:00

Nice to be busy. Did some electric work on a short film, really cool story and crew. Project had a good cast for a short; Cali Throne the lead is one of the main characters in Rescue me, Constantine from American Idol, and John Slattery from Mad Men.

Also been shooting on a short film called "Frankie." Its been going really well. Has awesome production design and a fun retro feel. Will be finishing that up at the end of August. Music video coming up this weekend. Hopefully I can keep staying busy.

August Happenings

2010-08-05T21:40:00.001-07:00

June and July were super slow. Stuff has picked up again have been crewing mostly lately. Finished up as a media transcoder on a commercial with the 7D. Basically two 7D's PL mounted with zeiss superspeeds and a canon 25-250mm. Pretty ridiculous looking once all the camera support (rods, matte, monitor) is put on that thing. Three fast days and awesome crafty :).

Did some second ac work for two days on a feature this week. Much different than the commercial, super professional to um well not so professional. Regardless was a fun two days and made some dough.

In preproduction on a short film coming up for August. Pretty excited to DP it. Great script and great vision. Laslty Cole Complex got into the Atlantic City International Film & Music Festival. Thats number two hopefully we will get in some more.

optimo 12-120 (no 25-250 pic)

my transcode setup

7D PL

SLOW SLOW AND SLOW

2010-07-13T15:10:00.000-07:00

Wow it has been a kill month in a half. I have had nothing :(. I thought I would have about 4 things lined up from mid june to now but all fell threw. Maybe some projects coming up but its really slow. On some good news;

Cole Complex was accepted to the 29th Annual NJ Film Festival

and

Salt Water was accepted to the 27th Annual Long Island Film Festival

Both films I shot and am happy they have made it to some festivals and hopefully a few more. Also the music video I did for It's Him "I'll Be Alright" has been playing on Mundos so thats pretty cool.

Keep It Movin

2010-06-24T15:44:00.000-07:00

Video came out a week ago. Shot on 7D with Sigma Fish Eye and Zeiss ZF primes (35, 50, 85). Had the redrock shoulder mount for support.

Busy

2010-05-09T10:23:00.001-07:00

Its been a busy month which is really nice. Haven't graduated yet (next Friday is the big day) and I've been fortunate enough to have a paid dp pretty much each week of the last month.

Shot two music videos. One for this rap/rock artist in Harlem Lamec. We did a lot of crazy stuff with the 7D. With its small size we were able to rig it to a monopod which we then set up to a bike to get a real cool performance shot. Also played around a lot with the Spike Lee person on dolly trick.

Other music video was for a latin r&b kind of artist. Had a crazy 16 hour day. Shot at this real sweet balcony on 56th, than central park with steady cam, and lastly to this location in BK. Really used the source 4s for a lot of the set ups. We were creating a kind of noir/romantic feel.

Finally shot a short horror film :). I have been wanting to work on a horror project for a long time now. It was a fun shoot. Used the T2i with zeiss ZF primes which produced a very nice image. My lighting package on this was nothing pretty much had a 650 Arri Kit, a shitty lowel chimera (which I never used) and a bunch of 150watt 212 bulbs. Nonetheless we had some cool setups and the makeup is pretty sick.

Cole Complex Screening

2010-04-23T05:52:00.000-07:00

Thesis Films are screening May 2-5 and four of them I shot.

Still Point - Sunday May 2 6:35 PM

Slipping Stone - Tuesday May 4 6 PM

Cole Complex - Wednesday May 5 7:08 PM

Salt Water - Wednesday May 5 7:55 PM

I am very happy with all four projects. Cole Complex I also co-produced with the director Michael Wallach.

It's Him Music Video

2010-04-01T22:50:00.000-07:00

Wrapped up a music video this past weekend for the artist It's Him The Black Hispanic (great name). Shot on the RED with Zeiss Superspeeds at 4k HD. This is my second time working as a DP with the RED and it was a great relief from adaptors and 7D's. It was a pretty crazy day, 5 locations in 12 hours. It was my first time working with a legit steadicam and operator. I have never been a huge fan of the steadicam movement but I will say it grew on me for this video. We shot all exterior and I did have a nice 1.2k PAR HMI which worked really well. I found myself using it pretty much at every spot except the roof.

On a side note, I used to be a big fan of the Ruff Ryders. For those of you who don't know that was DMX and Swizz Beats group (consisted of The Lox, Eve). One of the Ruff Ryders "Drag-On" (also a actor in such fine films as Exit Wounds) made a cameo in on of the performances. Pretty dope.

Slipping Stone

2010-02-23T20:25:00.000-08:00

Finished up 4th thesis film "Slipping Stone." Shoot was early days with little crew and a shitty G&E package. Shot with the Letus Ultimate Zeiss Glass and the EX-1. Had problems with the adaptor, at times it wouldn't spin and other instances the edge to edge focus wasn't very good. That being said I am pretty pleased with the results of have less then a skeleton crew (most of the shoot I was my own DP, operator and AC). Luckily I had my gaffer every day except one which was a plus. I think "Cole Complex" and "Slipping Stone" (Dir. Amira Moodie) are my most visual thesis pieces.

Super 16ke

2010-02-06T21:46:00.001-08:00

Ah, Kodak came to show off the new Vision 3 250D stock. The footage was shot by Fred Murphy ASC and looked amazing. Having shot only HD this semester (RED, 5D, 7D, and EX-1 w/adaptor) I really miss film. I was looking at a project I shot last year on the SRII with 250 vision 2 and 500 vision 3 and it just has such a organic feel to it. It can handle the highlights and shadows unlike any other format out. I hope to do a little project on S16 it before I graduate.

Cole Complex

2010-01-25T22:37:00.000-08:00

Finished up thesis film "Cole Comple." Wore two hats as the DP and producer. Was my first time working with the RED and I really am happy with the results. We were able to get a set of Cooke's 16mm, 25mm, 32mm, 50mm and 75mm. Found myself using 16, 25, 32 and 50 quiet often. We shot 4K HD frame guided to 2.40. These are just some quick CC screens of what the end product will look like once we get it colored professionally.

2009-11-15T21:40:00.000-08:00

Pace Won Mr. Green

2009-10-26T10:59:00.000-07:00

Posting my first blog. Just finished up a video for Pace Won and Mr. Green. Track is "Who I Am." Kind of a experimental music video. We shot on the Canon 5D Mark II at night with the natural ambience. Pretty impressed with the camera shot at a 1250 and 1600 ISO with 1/30 of shutter. Even blown up on a 24inch IMAC 1600 doesn't look that bad.

Poison Pen later this week.