Cinematographer Notes

The Father Tom DVD is complete.  I was a little worried about it cause I worked with 720p which wouldn’t compress to MPEG4 properly but the DVD looks perfect.  I’ll be mailing out copies this week and applying to festivals soon.  The festival applications are really just a means to get the film listed on […]

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I’m screening Father Tom at a meetup event in the city tomorrow.  It’s at Planet Hollywood at Broadway and 45th.    It’s part of a series of work being shown by members of the group United Filmmakers & Actors.   I went to an event last year and pitched my feature script and that was interesting.  Now […]

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My latest short is written and I’m casting now.  It’s called On the Couch.  I’m hoping to shoot the first week in July.  The script is barely 2 pages so it’s very short but I think it works.  I’m currently writing the fourth.  It’s called Open Mic Night.  It takes place in a cafe/bar where […]

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My latest short film is completed.  It’s called Father Tom.  It takes place inside an ambulance during a ride between a stroke patient and a priest.  Another short done with my everio Letus setup.

What surprised me this time around was how well the image held up when I actually lit everything.  I used 2 575’s […]

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What I’ve been waiting patiently for. . .

AJA has beaten cineform to the finish line with this.  This will record through HDcomponent or even HDMI into Pro Res 4:2:2 in 1080p or 720p.  Use any camera you want and bypass the various shitty codecs they come with.  AVCIntra, MPEG, even DVCProHD sucks compared to Pro-Res.
So […]

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