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Dec 2nd

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focus your gatdam camras already

‘The Captain’s Daughter’ (working title, desperately need to come up with a real one) took a brief hiatus while I spent some time working on ‘Bloodstain’, my EFP project. Gonna polish it up a bit then have a viewing at my place in a week or two. Well received in class, fun little thing, but back to business. Ungraded still, Cano T2i, 50mm 1.8 On another note,...

Nov 15th

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forest shoot this sunday should go well. too tired to think. haven’t even made a call sheet yet. too much work. turning into a zombie.

Sep 20th

Watch

How to Shoot for Maximum Dynamic Range on the 7D/T2i Handy little video. Also, I think I’m gonna buy a T2i! Bothering people to shoot my scenes for me is good in that it lets me work with other talent, but when the footage isn’t mine I’m not building my portfolio as a DP, which I like to think is my shit. So, hello darling. HD 1080 24p video

Sep 15th

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Subway shoot - Forest shoot updates

Shot a little in the subway this morning with the dynamic Ludwig Black (no relation) behind the camera. Two shots, simple stuff, just needed to snag a shot of the train as it went into a tunnel. We got it just in time to get to class. After speaking with Ryerson about endorsement for renting weapons (in order to rent from M.A.G. you need corporate endorsement and insurance), I discovered that it...

Sep 13th

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Sep 9th

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Sep 9th

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renting weapons

is proving to be a nuisance wanted some of these guys but the only ones they have fire blanks, which would necessitate a gun handler (can’t afford) gonna go with some C7s, an AK, and a sterling SMG, if i can figure out all this company/insurance/permit nonsense

Sep 2nd

iMovie to Revolutionize Cinema - Scorsese

Link to Article Here

Sep 1st

gettin' ready....

The next major shoot (i use major as a relative term, meaning some of them are little things that’ll take an hour) approaches. Really excited for this one. Dig: FOREST COMBAT. i) forest is beautiful ii) all my costumes are (nearly) in order, gonna rent some deactivated assault rifles once i sort insurance out (the only thing keeping me from scheduling right now), soldiers are going to be...

Sep 1st

Aug 30th

“”For me a work of fiction exists only insofar as it affords me what i shall bluntly call aesthetic bliss, that is a sense of being somehow, somewhere, connected with other states of being where art (curiosity, tenderness, kindness, ecstasy) is the norm.” -Vladmir Nabakov

Aug 30th

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Aug 30th

b.h. shoot overview

highlights as i think of them i) day went by without anything significantly going wrong! this is a pretty big deal unto itself. i could get hung up on the little things if i wanted to (inaccurate white balance, people sleeping in, rain), but the footage looks great. taking the time to plan every shot really helped, and there’s a few i’m fairly proud of. ii) the talent was great....

Aug 23rd

shoot approaches

spent today in oakville. i) ez lent me his sunshine uv happy light, which is a great soft box. not the right colour temp for the sun apparently, but i’ve got a 1/2CTB in a friend’s trunk that should fix that. ii) picked up a whole wack of gear from davey setton. i’ve been a jerk about getting it and he’s been a real dude. now have a tripod, camera, boom pole, and 4...

Aug 19th

Making a Short - Production Journal

I’m going to put updates on what I’m working on here, because my girlfriend’s tired of hearing about it. I’ve spent a good deal of the Summer planning a short film, and thanks to the kindness of many people already, the first shoot is this Saturday at the Black Hoof. Thanks to Grant, Jen and the rest of the team for letting me pursue my silly little projects in their...

Aug 18th