Coolsville Daddio

A couple of pics. Hollerations:

Casting Location #1. How awesome are these posters?Producers producing as Katharine Hepburn looks on. Tory isn't impressed.When we got displaced from Location #1, this became our casting hub. Not a bad backup...

I'll have an update with some more fun stuff about the other short "Red Onion" as it progresses in the edit.

Life is good.

Here's a random screenshot from rehearsal:

Rehearsal GaloreAlso, here's me roughing out the first page of storyboarding... Weeeeeeeeee:

Ok good times. Back to work...

http://www.digidesign.com/protools

Pro Tools All Up In Yo Face!

For those of you who don't know what Pro Tools is, it's the industry standard in the audio world for recording and editing in music production, film scoring, film and television post production. Pretty much anything you've heard on the radio or in film = Pro Tools. It's like Photoshop for audio people. Ya dig?

Ok. Good stuff. I also have an update about a short film I'm directing this weekend coming around the bend.

But seriously, it's CW's highest rated show, and from everything I hear, it combines the drama-filled shenanigans of Gossip Girl with the bloodsucking, Team "Teen-heart-throb" deliciousness of Twilight (though I'm not sure they'd be the biggest fans of that generalization).

Backstage behind the madness

I recently worked on a behind-the-scenes promo with my friend George Spyros of Big City Pictures for the show. As a part of its EPK (Electronic Press Kit), we followed the lead cast members around a mall signing at a Hot Topic in NJ.

My oh my, I've never heard so many piercing shrieks, 'oh my god, i'm shaking's, and crying from pre-teen and middle aged women alike.

Take a look:

T'was crazy, but a lot of fun. Watch the finished CW video HERE.  

Apparently, not so lovely on the outside...

In any case, I just came off two days of shooting for this short film by Jane Nisselson of Virtual Beauty. This film is meant to open a symposium at the MoMa sometime in March. In the film/symposium, artists are being teamed up with fragrance specialists at IFF to explore the sense of smell in conjunction with their respective artwork. The folks behind the symposium believe that artists have worked with the visual and aural senses to a point of oversaturation, and so, "insert fragrance here." It'll be pretty interesting to see what they come up with...

Also, fun fact: The folks at IFF are responsible for fragrances such as Chanel No. 5, etc. Check out the poster of S.J.P. in their lobby to the right.

I'm not saying she's the worst looking lady in the world, but let's just say I thought it was an interesting marketing choice to use the tagline "Lovely on the Inside" for her specific fragrance.

But that is neither here nor there. I am sure she is a lovely person. and that the fragrance smells fantastic, and that she's a multi-millionaire with thousands of adoring fans.

In other news, I also worked on this Ralph Lauren shoot this past week:

Model 2

Model 1

They used this camera called the Phantom that shoots 2K resolution at 1000fps! The normal frame rate for film is 24 frames per second, so when you shoot at 1000fps and play back at 24fps, you get SUPER slow motion. If you want to get an idea of what this might look like, go to the dp's website here: http://www.maxgoldmandp.com/ and click "Work" then "Beauty." A Ralph Lauren video should pop up that was directed and dp-ed by the same two people who did this one.

What's so interesting about shooting at 1000fps, is that you need a TON of light, so they had to roll in loads of these gigantic lights called 20K's. (A frame of reference: anything I've ever shot in my life has been with lights in the 1k range -- meaning 1000 watts of light ouput. Sooo, you do the math). Pretty nutso.

Welcome to the big leagues...

Hollerations.

Looking at the image to the right, I realize now that I probably should have put the date on the image as well, since if I post it somewhere with no context, people will be like "I have the time and place, but I don't have the date. Oh no!" And then their heads would explode.

Hmm...

So, what I'm really doing here is just filling in text so that the blog post looks more aesthetically pleasing. Since the picture on the right is so long/tall, I'd like to have text all the way down to match. Unfortunately, I don't have much to say about the matter, other than the fact that I had a blast making the film, and that I'd love people to see it.

Oh I know... it's being shown at the Walter Reade Theater at the Lincoln Center, which is a BEAUTIFUL theater, which has all sorts of very cool showings/screening/etc. If you haven't been, you should go... on Feb 19.

I think that's it. I'll leave you all with these words of wisdom:

If you're in N.Y.C., make sure to come out and have a drink on me. If you're not, then you make me sadder than you can ever imagine.

The end.

Just got off working a couple of shoots and thought I'd keep this whole weekly-ish update thing going. One was an interview sesh at the D.C. Comics headquarters for the EPK kit of Smallville, another a spot for Walmart, and the last was an indie short.

Pictures ensue!!

On the Walmart shoot

1. Entering the D.C. Comics meeting room!

2. I really think Batman is favored in D.C.-land.

3. Canon is taking over the world...

4. Walmart giggity gig

5. Director directing

6. Marcus Marcus-ing... with a huge ass zoom lens

7. This is a $20,000 lens on a $2,000 camera

8. Craft services = My new year's resolution temporarily going out the window

9. Dude's tats are crazy!

10. Angel and Devil having a chat

In other news, I am going to be screening my short film at the Walter Reade theater on Feb. 19. Holllleeeeerrrrrr.

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FYI. This is straight out of the camera with just the native audio.

Enjoy. She is a wonderful woman.

 Sha-zaam!

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