Something I created recently in Apple Motion. These are drawings taken from the upcoming installation, “Indulge the Derivative” with friend, daniel johnson and myself at 121 Studio. This video began by scanning in some of our drawings, bringing them into a 3D space and then introducing a camera and various digital effects. Music by Alexander Rishaug - “Tatlic”
A fake commercial for the new book just out by Robert McElvaine, “Grand Theft Jesus” [ website ]
My role was simply to edit this piece and create the graphics. Original video and voice over provided by client.
Recently I was challenged with lighting a guy who was sitting in a parked car at night. He basically just turned on the overhead dome light and began drawing in his sketch book. The camera (XL2 w/ Letus 35mm DOF adapter) I used, as with many prosumer cameras, does not handle low light very well, so I had to bring in lots of light without the budget for real lights. Below was my solution that I think worked fairly well for only taking 20 minutes to set up.
First I provided moonlight with a 1K Halogen that was on a 12 ft stand about 12 ft from the subject. The light had a 1/2 blue gel on it.
Luckily, the vehicle had a moonroof, which we opened and simply placed a 25W fluorescent tube over the opening. When the subject reached up and turned on the dome light, a PA simply plugged in the tube simultaneously. Below are images.
Here are some shots taken from the raw footage:
This was from the project, “The Butterflies” - shot in early August 2008 in Oxford, MS.
Please leave questions or comments if interested.
Yet another TTOCCS REKARP video project! Unlike the bizarre and aggressive nature of the most recent TTOCCS REKARP music video, “Eutrophication” this video is calming, beautiful, and fluid……… Get ready to relax! The video should be released at the end of August online.
The video was shot mostly underwater with huge colorful lights and a home-made underwater-cam. Superimposed in post is the graceful dancing from Nicole who danced entirely while suspended from a rope in a studio. The footage is amazing and I think everyone will be mysticized!
Furthermore, TTOCCS REKARP (Daniel Guaqueta) is in Austin, TX recording and mastering his first full length album. With myself and others working collectively on this project, we hope to bring a more multimedia experience with this album rather than simply a CD to stick in your car player. The album should be released on DVD with video for every minute. Check myspace.com/ttoccsrekarp for more.
Recently I traveled north to Oxford, MS and Memphis, TN to help shoot a short film. The film is somewhat of a romantic drama for 20-somethings with a creative edge found in films such as Michel Gondry’s, “Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind” or even “Science of Sleep.” My good friend, Winsor Yuan, was the writer and director of this short, bringing in several young, talented actors, Sam Jacobs, Taylor Wood, and Caroline Turner. Overall it was a great experience with 8 days of shooting and another month of editing on the way.
For those interested, I shot with the Canon XL2 with the DOF adapter, Letus XL 35mm. It was fun to play with a DOF adapter, giving the video a very “filmy” look with very nice depth of field unachievable with raw video alone.
I cut a trailer together from the footage and should have that online tomorrow. Check it out here soon.
I also will be posting stills from the footage as it is cut here too. So look out for that. The short film will not be distributed online for the time being, however we do plan to tour the film along with Teal Optical in the winter of 2008 in 6 to 10 various cities in the East US. Please contact me if you are interested in screening the films or are interested in purchasing DVDs which should be available in late 2008.