Cinematographer Notes

Just saw Secret Life of Words.  It’s a somber drama about a man in an accident on an oil rig at sea (Tim Robbins) who is visited and taken care of by a foreign nurse (Sarah Polley).  I’m a big fan of both of these actors and they gave excellent performances.  I was not however […]

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Got the first act done on the script and I’m just starting to outline the rest. It’s taken me a while cause I keep going back to the beginning and tweaking what I’ve already written but I actually don’t want to do that anymore. Just as an excercise I tried writing a scene […]

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We have 1 scene but we finished the bulk of the shoot yesterday.  It’s been a long ride but I couldn’t be happier with what we achieved.  It was a shockingly smooth shoot given the limited resources.  I’m a little sad to say goodbye to it but eager to see it play on a big […]

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I recently saw Art School Confidential.  Anybody who’s been to art school has got to see this.  It’s hilarious.   It’s biting satire and John Malkovich is stellar as the pretentiously aloof art teacher.  I recommend it highly especially for anyone who’s been to film/art school.
Just saw Prozac Nation.  I came to this film a little […]

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Everything on the Justina video came out well.  I’d been a little anxious cause I got the dreaded phone call after we wrapped that I always hate.  “We’re having trouble with our harddrive and we can’t import the footage”.    It’s so scary when that happens.  Even if it’s not my fault I hate the idea […]

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Just watched Elephant for a second time. I was sort of on the fence on this film the first time I saw it. I thought that the style was a bit much and it didn’t work for me on the first viewing. The second time though, seeing it and knowing what’s coming […]

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Tomorrow I shoot a music video for JustinA.  An R&B hip hop singer/songwriter.  We’ll be shooting on a greenscreen studio in Brooklyn.  I usually prefer location work to greenscreen studio stuff only cause the days seem longer when shooting greenscreen.  Mostly cause there’s not that much to do once the lights are up.  Camera […]

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Time for another screening. It’s Me Matthew was a short film I shot October of last year. There’s a screening for the cast and crew and friends on Thursday June 5th @ 1-2-3 ‘burgers shots beer’ 738 10th ave. I may attend if I’m not shooting anything. The film […]

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I’ve got a new reel posted on my website on the demo page. It’s a Flash file so I hope nobody has any trouble with it.  No tool bar yet.  I can always send a DVD if necessary. It seems like ages since I’ve actually had to mail out a DVD reel. […]

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I’ve cut a clip of footage from Drawing With Chalk. I had a hard time deciding what to keep so I unfortunately have a really long clip. This required me to cut a flash file which I’m still new to so I haven’t quite figured out the player. There is a way […]

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