Some might consider this old news because the it’s only been around for a couple of days, but since CHUD is the only place worth going on teh Interweb, you should know that there’s an excellent fan-made trailer for the original Tron on YouTube right now. DrewboiX’s remix is exciting and epic and by the time it’s over I’m so pumped I can hardly decide between replaying it immediately or throwing in the 20th Anniversary DVD and watching the whole movie.
BIRDEMIC isn’t so bad it’s good. It’s so bad it’s amazing.
I have a feeling that Devin will probably chalk this up to the fact that since he moved to Los Angeles, I’ve probably invited him out for beers something like ten times, and I’ve never gotten a response.* I am simply – as the headline states – calling bullshit on the idea that IMAX and … Continue reading
Anyone out there interested in me continuing the CHUDindie column I was doing before? Things got pretty busy for me for awhile and i had to concede my author position to more committed individuals, but I’m interested in doing a semi-regular thing in the blogs where I cover the latest technology for indpendent filmmakers.
This week I watched, in no particular order of viewing or preference: The CrowMichael ClaytonThe Darjeeling LimitedIndiana Jones and the Temple of DoomRaiders of the Lost ArkThe ConversationAlphaville I pretty much enjoyed all of them. I also got sick, started on the SNES version of Final Fantasy III, built a little clay backpack and bicycle … Continue reading
I’m not shooting Manipede! which is a bummer, because I really did like the script (which is rare). The truth of the matter is I had to give it up in preproduction to another DP who could devote more time and effort to it. In other news, I’m slowly inching towards the conclusion of One … Continue reading
When people hear that I’m a cinematographer or that I write for a cinematography-based magazine, one of the inevitable questions is, What do you think of the RED camera? The truth is that I’ve never used it, and for the foreseeable future I don’t plan to. When Oakley founder and RED mastermind Jim … Continue reading
From my written journal, entry on 09/04/08: “MANIPEDE! My first feature since quitting iO Film. It’s a small gig but it’s a great script. Matt, the director, seems very eager and open to ideas, and so must I. My biggest problem has always been a lack of respect for the material, and now that I’ve been … Continue reading
“In everything you do, have skill.” – something my Motion Picture Language instructor Alan Campbell once told me. DISCUSS IT WITH SKILL
How to make your video look less like… video.