We finished filming CONTRACTS on June 23rd - a happy day of filming all night long and in to the wee hours of the morning. Tied up loose ends, hugs around, and a fantastic film is now in the can waiting on the birthing process of the edit.
CONTRACTS was shot entirely on the RED MX camera with Zeiss Super Speed lenses - mostly working at the wide open end of these vintage pieces of glass - and mostly hand held (by design - not by limitation). Lighting was mostly practicals and a little reinforcement of real locations with slightly larger sources - with a few exceptions where that just wouldn't work for the story.
I am very proud of my team and the work we all did on CONTRACTS - really looking forward to its release so I can buy my mom a ticket and go sit with her and watch it! :)
Saturday, July 2, 2011
Tuesday, March 8, 2011
Finally!
So its official - financing? Check! Stars attached? Check! Lights! Camera! WAIT!
What? No "Action"? Nope - not till later this year for "Work Release" - pre production this summer, filming in the fall. Not wanting to let time and actors' talents slip away from us, we started another project - "An All Night Affair". A lovely film about some very sordid and devastating events - and the people that live through them. See the red razor films site (www.redrazorfilms.com) and check out the frame grabs from An All Night Affair. Its pretty, but more than that, it is human and frail.
On the other side of the coin, there has been so much going on its hard to remember to keep up with the site. I need to cut new reels for all this material, need to buy new hard drives (ran out of space and had to start chucking old work to the bin - which is fine, its like spring cleaning!) Old work: its good to see how far you've come, and where you need to go, but its not so good to show!
Heading down to Georgia for most of March - filming in N. GA for a film - that came by way of New York. Funny rathole: the director asked me if I'd ever been to Georgia (I grew up in Atlanta and played all over North Georgia as a kid). It will be nice to go back with camera and lenses to film some potentially stunning footage. Very exciting!
Commercials, films, TV Shows, color grading - all else is same old same old - just a lot more and almost all working with established clients.
I need an executive producer. Any one know one with good agency connections?
~D
What? No "Action"? Nope - not till later this year for "Work Release" - pre production this summer, filming in the fall. Not wanting to let time and actors' talents slip away from us, we started another project - "An All Night Affair". A lovely film about some very sordid and devastating events - and the people that live through them. See the red razor films site (www.redrazorfilms.com) and check out the frame grabs from An All Night Affair. Its pretty, but more than that, it is human and frail.
On the other side of the coin, there has been so much going on its hard to remember to keep up with the site. I need to cut new reels for all this material, need to buy new hard drives (ran out of space and had to start chucking old work to the bin - which is fine, its like spring cleaning!) Old work: its good to see how far you've come, and where you need to go, but its not so good to show!
Heading down to Georgia for most of March - filming in N. GA for a film - that came by way of New York. Funny rathole: the director asked me if I'd ever been to Georgia (I grew up in Atlanta and played all over North Georgia as a kid). It will be nice to go back with camera and lenses to film some potentially stunning footage. Very exciting!
Commercials, films, TV Shows, color grading - all else is same old same old - just a lot more and almost all working with established clients.
I need an executive producer. Any one know one with good agency connections?
~D
Wednesday, December 8, 2010
"Contracts" wrapped ... Next up, "Work Release" ~ Feature Film
Contracts has come and gone - a truly wonderful filming experience. The footage is luscious, and the producers and director are happy.
The success of that picture has driven my continued pursuit of feature projects ... and now my writing partner and I have completed the first draft and business plan for the new film "Work Release" - a gritty Bronx story of street lord drug gangstas, crooked cops, family, love, murder, and betrayal.
The script is pretty wicked and we've got some pretty awesome stars lined up for this flick - talent you've seen before, but never like this! Shooting begins January 23rd and continues through the 13th of February in NYC. RED MX all the way, with the possibility of some super 16mm on Kodak 7222 stock with an Aaton XTR Prod - very exciting image nerdery on deck - Super 16 super speeds on this setup.
Check back for more updates as we close in on production - you WON'T be disappointed! We have a behind the scenes crew working through pre production documenting the filmmaking process, so count on some pretty in-depth stuff.
The success of that picture has driven my continued pursuit of feature projects ... and now my writing partner and I have completed the first draft and business plan for the new film "Work Release" - a gritty Bronx story of street lord drug gangstas, crooked cops, family, love, murder, and betrayal.
The script is pretty wicked and we've got some pretty awesome stars lined up for this flick - talent you've seen before, but never like this! Shooting begins January 23rd and continues through the 13th of February in NYC. RED MX all the way, with the possibility of some super 16mm on Kodak 7222 stock with an Aaton XTR Prod - very exciting image nerdery on deck - Super 16 super speeds on this setup.
Check back for more updates as we close in on production - you WON'T be disappointed! We have a behind the scenes crew working through pre production documenting the filmmaking process, so count on some pretty in-depth stuff.
Friday, October 15, 2010
And it begins - Filming "Contracts"
I have the good fortune to know some amazing folks in New York and through one of them, I am now starting work on the feature film "Social Contract" penned by Christina AlPastore, Produced by Mikkel Kastberg, and Directed by Roni Ezra. It is being shot on the new RED MX chip recently inserted into my camera, and gives me high hopes as the cinematographer to work with such a keen bunch of folks. Oh and the cast is beautiful too!
We will be shooting mostly with Zeiss Super Speeds (after a test, I was surprised to see how much I liked them on the new MX chip - didn't like them on the old RED One Mysterium chip). Mostly long lens work, a considerable amount of hand held, and some very long nights. I need to find some LEDs to work with...
We will be shooting mostly with Zeiss Super Speeds (after a test, I was surprised to see how much I liked them on the new MX chip - didn't like them on the old RED One Mysterium chip). Mostly long lens work, a considerable amount of hand held, and some very long nights. I need to find some LEDs to work with...
Wednesday, August 11, 2010
Most interesting things...
July whizzed by - and now August is doing the same - a traditionally barren time in production in NYC has been untraditionally productive for Red Razor Films so far. An industrial piece for a major Carlyle Group cog, an award winning spec commercial, Smoke on MAC work, color grading and retouching commercials and a short film, a show opening for a new series on the cooking channel, editing a national commercial - and plenty of writing -
but the most interesting things to the visual nerdist in me - EPIC is cracking the door and rays of holy RED sunshine are gushing forth - and Scarlet is close behind. Nuke has added support for the Mysterium X and new color science, Davinci is almost here with their software only version, and things are getting interesting-er. The Foundry's Storm is on the way, Stu Maschwitz has released Colorista 2 for CS5 (Fast and very nice!), and workflows are catching up to the need for RED Speed.
I have dreamt of these moments in some distant past - when holding my old Eclair ACL or Canon XL1 - hoping to some day have tools that matched my dreams in their capabilities - and now, I have to have dreams that step up to my tools! From DSLRs up to RED - the world is a very exciting place for making motion pictures everywhere.
Now I just need a really solid storyboard artist to help me crank through all these pitches and I'm golden!
but the most interesting things to the visual nerdist in me - EPIC is cracking the door and rays of holy RED sunshine are gushing forth - and Scarlet is close behind. Nuke has added support for the Mysterium X and new color science, Davinci is almost here with their software only version, and things are getting interesting-er. The Foundry's Storm is on the way, Stu Maschwitz has released Colorista 2 for CS5 (Fast and very nice!), and workflows are catching up to the need for RED Speed.
I have dreamt of these moments in some distant past - when holding my old Eclair ACL or Canon XL1 - hoping to some day have tools that matched my dreams in their capabilities - and now, I have to have dreams that step up to my tools! From DSLRs up to RED - the world is a very exciting place for making motion pictures everywhere.
Now I just need a really solid storyboard artist to help me crank through all these pitches and I'm golden!
Wednesday, June 30, 2010
Abandoning Exposure Room for Vimeo
Well, that does it. Final nail in the coffin for Exposureroom.
Nothing worse than sending a client to a link - a dead link that was fine a few days ago - especially with a client that had every intention of funding a feature film a friend wrote. That deal just walked off the table - and I have only Exposure Room to blame. Very embarrassing! SO now, Vimeo is the only video server we will be using. I can't begin to express the level of my irritation with Exposure Room's service.
Nothing worse than sending a client to a link - a dead link that was fine a few days ago - especially with a client that had every intention of funding a feature film a friend wrote. That deal just walked off the table - and I have only Exposure Room to blame. Very embarrassing! SO now, Vimeo is the only video server we will be using. I can't begin to express the level of my irritation with Exposure Room's service.
Thursday, June 17, 2010
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