A while back I made a fun little spec spot for my favorite energy drink, and while it's never been on my official demo reel I thought it would be fun to post it to YouTube. Check it out!
(Warning, the ad, like the drink, is not for everyone)
Book Report
My book is almost done. You may notice a slight remodeling of the blog to reflect this.
One of the things I've focussed on is achieving professional camera moves without big, expensive cranes and dollies. From Chapter 5:
I am mildly obsessed with small, lightweight, and above all inexpensive ways to move my DV camera smoothly and cinematically. Even as I sit in my director’s chair on a big commercial, designing a shot with a 30-foot techno crane, I can’t help but ponder how one might build such a thing out of PVC pipe and zip ties.
In addition to sharing some handy tips for creating camera movements with found and inexpensive hardware, I also include plans for building the GhettoCam. I'm really excited about the GhettoCam—my brother and I built it last month and it's been a great little camera stabilizer. And in the spirit of the $14 Steadycam, it's cheap and easy to build.
No, the picture above is not the GhettoCam—but I will be posting some more info about it soon, before the book comes out!
Concept Art
My buddy George Hull has co-authored a book on concept art, and to say that you want it is the understatement of all blogdom. Visit George's site, drool over his artwork (from films like Matrix 2 and 3 and The Island), and click on his link for more info on the book.
The Orphanage is Hiring Compositors!
If you're in the Bay Area or would like to be, know AE and have feature film work on your reel, send an email to recruiting[at]theorphanage[dot]com.
And if you've read and understood all the color mumbo jumbo on this blog, tell them you're applying for my job. :)
Toshiba HDDVD Commercial Online
The Toshiba HDDVD spot I directed for Della Famina (mentioned here) is now online, on the front page of Toshiba's HDDVD site. I hope to post more here about the making of this spot, as it was a real puzzle of previs, stock footage, a challenging one-day HD shoot, and two short weeks of post!