In case you’re wondering where I’ve been all summer, check out this teaser. At Brain Farm, we’re all buried in post getting this movie done. I did the color correction on this teaser. Look for The Art of FLIGHT on DVD, Blu-Ray and iTunes Extras download on Sept 8th. For you post production geeks, the […]
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As you probably know, I live in a very small town, with limited resources, in the middle of nowhere. When I first moved here, I could get my film processed at quite a few locations, many offering B&W and slide processing in addition to negative and all the regular services. Their prices were the same […]
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The Deadlocks are currently recording a few tracks for Matt Herriger’s upcoming film Winter’s Wind. I can say that this is my first official studio recording session on drums. I’ve recorded myself playing guitar a bunch, and the majority of my live performances and rehearsals over the years have been recorded, and I’ve even jammed […]
Read More dead, Deadlocks, drums, Grateful Dead, Jerry Garcia, recording, WavedrumIt’s been a year and I’m about to move again. I’m looking through boxes of junk trying to decide what to sell, give away or trash. I inevitably get to my boxes of DVDs and CDs, which I’ve barely opened in the last year. It’s sad how many things are still in their moving boxes […]
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The Abyss has been one of my favorite movies for a long time. I’m a huge fan of James Cameron, probably because he’s way more hands-on than most directors. He has no qualms about shooting the camera himself or spending a few days in ProTools mixing. A director doing this kind of work on a […]
Read MoreI’d like to address a few things that I think get forgotten, especially as the fog clears after NAB. Sony announced the F65, an 8k camera with a Super 35mm-sized sensor. For those keeping score, Sony has confused us even more by naming their new camera F65 because it has 65mm film equivalent resolution (but […]
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So the rumored Final Cut Pro X has been announced. Like everyone else, I have more questions than Apple gave answers. The additions are pretty slick. I personally am a huge fan of long awaited additions like a true open timeline (but this has been a “feature” since FCP4, so is it really open?) and […]
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If there is one movie that every budding filmmaker and grizzled industry vet needs to own, it’s El Mariachi. This is one of my favorite movies for a variety of reasons: 1. It’s damn funny 2. The main camera was an ARRI S 16mm with a few different lenses including a Kinoptik 5.7 – a […]
Read More Arri, Desperado, DVD Extras, film school, filmmaking, how to, Machete, Once Upon a Time in Mexico, Robert RodriguezEvery filmmaker has a list of their favorite movies. For many, these are not the same movies that a critic would have in their list. For filmmakers, it’s usually something different. It’s something specific. Maybe this particular film has great writing, or this film has one great dolly move and rest of the film is […]
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This is a question I get asked a lot. Over the past few years I’ve taught classes on filmmaking to high school and college students, and I was also in charge of hiring interns for different action sports production companies. Many want to know what I did to get into filmmaking, and what they can […]
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