musings on my cinematic wanderings

Another shot of Micaela

Filed under: photography,production — Tags: , , , — Jason @ 12:42 pm March 21, 2009

Another image from the photo shoot with Micaela that turned our great. This time in the series of tubes.

 

Micaela in hat and corset combo.

Micaela in hat and corset combo.

First photos off the line

Filed under: photography,production — Tags: , , , — Jason @ 11:04 am March 20, 2009

Now that we’ve a little time to focus on post production, Stacey’s been able to get in and work on some of our recent photo excursions. Here’s the first couple of photos from the shoot on the dirty / gritty half of the set she started for Aaron and Anders last spot. We had some really great setups combining Stacey’s efforts with Allison Cohen‘s wardrobe and Jiyhun Kim‘s hair and make up. And helping out on the lighting side is Julio Duffoo as the 1st and Tim Daw as 2nd.

Two photos today featuring our wonderful models Mecaela and Anyssa who really brought game to the set and made some wonderful images. 

 

Micaela models a corset and coat combination

Micaela models a corset and coat combination

 

Anyssa featuring necklace and pearls

Anyssa featuring necklace and pearls

More to come soon …

Checking off the list

Filed under: cinematography,directing,editing,production — Tags: , , , — Jason @ 10:40 am

We’re finally getting to some of the desperately needed post production items on the list. The coloring for FIONA’S SCRIPT has gotten out the door just in time for a cast & crew screening next week and it’s first fest in LA later this month.

Next up, THE APPRAISAL is in the can and Stephanie and I have gone through the first cut. I have an email in my inbox with some more refinements after some extended online viewing, but the cut is certainly on the way.

And THEY TURNED OUR DESERT INTO FIRE is being packaged up and sent off to DER for the master … yes. Tucked in there nicely is a copy of WAR AS A SECOND LANGUAGE, Mark’s previous film that I also edited. And DESERT INTO FIRE has been selected for the Santa Cruz Film Festival in May which we’ll go down and check out.

And Monday is our final shooting day for LUCIFER’S CREWCUT. Green screen elements to assemble into the death sequences where the quartet meet their gruesome demise. Nice that it’s a lock-off shot which equals an easier day for me and we can focus on performance. I’d love to get this project in the home stretch so we can fully share this irreverent little film (be careful, you might get some on you).

Oohhh … and photos in the next post!

Fiona’s Script at Method Fest

Filed under: cinematography — Tags: , , , , — Jason @ 12:11 pm March 15, 2009

On the heels of finishing up the color correction comes word that the feature I shot in August Fiona’s Script will be playing at Method Fest in LA on Saturday, March 28, 2009 9:00pm – 11:00 pm at the Founders Hall, Calabasas Civic Center. Triple bonus is that it will screen in HDCam which should make for a great transfer from the Red footage. The look was quite dialed in during color correction to accentuate the different story spaces in the film and highlight Fiona’s transformation of self.

If you’re in the LA area check it out. I know the director and a number of Actors will be there. Not sure if I can break away to catch it, but I’m sure it will be fun.