Cinematographer Notes

Todd Giglio the director of Drawing With Chalk has finished the first trailer for the film.  You can see it on the films website here:
I’m thrilled with the final film.  I’ve shot 11 features but this is the first one in HD with film lenses that really looks and feels like a traditional Hollywood movie.   […]

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26 Days later vs 28 Weeks later.   It’s a mystery why Danny Boyle chose to shoot 28 days later on MiniDV with a tiny crew untill you watch the big budget sequel shot on 35mm and you’re hit with the realization that a cleaner format does not make for a better film.  He may have […]

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First, Panasonic has announced a new small handycam with a focus ring.  Full HD but in that bizarre AVCHD format.  But hey, it’s a step in the right direction.  Nikon also announced the D90 a while ago which is a digital SLR that shoots 720p HD at 24p.  I think you get up to 5min […]

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I found this group UFA through Meetup.com.  The organizer Phil Brandt invited me out to their pitch session last night.  It was a great time.  I met some very interesting people involved in production.   Heard some cool pitches and made my first “pitch” to a room full of strangers.  I was worried when I walked […]

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After getting a round of criticism on the script I’ve gone back and tweaked.  I’m happy that I got such good feedback.  It was mostly directed at getting specific and individual voices out of the characters.  That’s often hard to get across in a script as it’s mostly the job of the actors but anything […]

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Savages was a great flick.  I’m a big fan of both Laura Linney and Philip Seymour Hoffman.  This was a good character sketch.  It was almost entirely handheld but I didn’t notice it so kudos to Mott Hupfel for making it invisible.  A difficult task.
After The Wedding was incredible.  I had heard a lot about […]

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First draft is done.  I’m getting feedback from some trusted sources and I’ll absorb all the criticism and go back and change whatever is confusing or doesn’t work.  It’s silly to think that a first draft is really shootable.  I’m sure there are problems with it but I need outside opinions at this point.
I’m still […]

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I’m 20 pages from the finish line and I’ve got the remaining story elements worked out.  Just a matter of writing the scenes.  I’ve registered both the script and a domain name for the film.  My first feature film as director is called Find-Replace.   It doesn’t really need an explanation but in case you’re older […]

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