Tech Stuff
Groovaloos & a Broken Palace
Shot my 2nd piece on the 7D last week and spent this week cutting it in Florida. I am still blown away at the image quality off this little guy. Budget was too low to rent the hi-quality glass, so we shot on the stock $200 lens…. Everyone told me not to, but I will say, the thing stood up just fine…. You can definitely see a difference in the glass, but it looks great. To save on budget we used my A1 as a 2nd camera in lieu of another 7d and they cut together just fine. The project is a combination PSA & Fundraiser piece for a teenage suicide awareness non-profit My Broken Palace One of the spokespersons for the piece was Bradley from the Groovaloos (watch the video below) … Great to help support and meet people with passion for art and a desire to love the unlovable.
A week in Florida also brought me my first eyebrow waxing….. yeah, not really sure why I did that, it hurt like crazy. yeah, I’m a wimp. 
Old Year
2009 was probably one of the roughest years for me thus far. But at the same time was possibly one of the most memorable. From the economy nearly killing one of my largest clients, to identity theft, check fraud, license plate stolen and being held at gunpoint, this was definitely a rough one. So I am super stoked to see 2009 go away.
But in 2009, I also saw some significant career jumps. “Oversold” signed worldwide distribution and I finally made the leap from shorts & commercials to features – As a Director for Hire, I directed my first feature film “Filth to Ashes” which we are finishing post this week!
My oldest son also started school this year, he loves it. Will be interesting to see how long that lasts. (him loving it, not how long he’ll stay in school )
Music… I tripped up on an artist that just blew me away. I was surprised as this wouldn’t normally hit my radar at all, but PHIL WICKHAM rocks. I also fell further in love with Country Music: Brad Paisley and Zac Brown Band…. hah, never thought I would say this… but these guys definitely made my list of 09 faves.
January 8th marks 10 years of being in Los Angeles, I have lived in LA almost as long as I lived in my home town. Does this mean LA will soon be “HOME”? lol. I don’t know. It still doesn’t feel like it. I have spent the last 2 weeks with Mom and Dad in Florida… and this is definitely “home”. And the food is WAY better in the south
Back in LA January 7th… a couple infomercials on the slate and another feature.
Happy New year. Twenty Ten. Let’s rock it.
PS…. an update and footage from my 7D shoot are coming… wasn’t completely prepared for the workflow when I headed home for the holidays… (I loaded all the footage onto a USB bus powered drive…. and it needs FW800) So I will get er done when I get back to LA.
Casting Moms…. and a 7D!
Today was rad. Spent the day in a casting room, which is always fun… but what made it rad was that I used the Canon 7D to shoot it all. It was fantastic.
I used the kit lens with nothing other than the room lights.. and the stuff was great. I can’t wait till next week when we shoot with a proper DP, better glass, stage, crew, etc etc blah blah blah…
We are shooting 2 7Ds and an A1. 2 day re-enactment shoot with Moms talking about Juice and Chocolate Milk! Will post the results!
Here is a pic of my kid doing the signature sumoJACK “claw”. lol.
