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I am proud to announce that we have won the award for Best Cinematography at the Beverly Hills Film Festival.
This one came as a bit of a surprise to me as the competition was pretty damn stiff.
I was off doing a bit of shooting and arrived about 15 minutes after the award was handed out, but I'd like to thank Paul Ellington (who had a screenplay in the festival) for accepting the award for me, and also saying a few nice words. Thanks Paul!
Congratulations to the whole team. We'll certainly be doing some work together in the future.
I'd also like to thank my 1st AC Kevin Barry all the hard work. Tight shooting schedule and we needed all the hustle to get every setup in.
Production Details:
camera = Red Scarlet-X #316 "Skully"
format = REDCODE Raw 6:1 - 4K/24fps
glass = Various modified still lenses and a Duclos Cine-Modded Leica 60mm f/2.8 R.
Shooting Notes:
I self operated (I'm one of those DPs) and shot mostly between f/1.8-f2.8. Some interesting personal highlights include a 30 foot wild focus pull, riding a sled during our blue screen shoot to mimic the chaos of falling through the sky, rigging a vertical slider move to "lift off" into the clouds, and wild pulls with actors up in harnesses swinging through the air on blue screen. Towards the end of production I also created a matte painting for the hole that "Laura" decides to return to. Fun stuff.
A couple BTS shots and grabs:
Really big thanks to Jim, Jarred, Brent, Nick, and the rest of the Red Team. Thank you for making a complete digital cinema camera system and one I prefer to shoot on no less.
I'll add some shots from the festival once they get sent my way.
This one came as a bit of a surprise to me as the competition was pretty damn stiff.
I was off doing a bit of shooting and arrived about 15 minutes after the award was handed out, but I'd like to thank Paul Ellington (who had a screenplay in the festival) for accepting the award for me, and also saying a few nice words. Thanks Paul!
Congratulations to the whole team. We'll certainly be doing some work together in the future.
I'd also like to thank my 1st AC Kevin Barry all the hard work. Tight shooting schedule and we needed all the hustle to get every setup in.
Production Details:
camera = Red Scarlet-X #316 "Skully"
format = REDCODE Raw 6:1 - 4K/24fps
glass = Various modified still lenses and a Duclos Cine-Modded Leica 60mm f/2.8 R.
Shooting Notes:
I self operated (I'm one of those DPs) and shot mostly between f/1.8-f2.8. Some interesting personal highlights include a 30 foot wild focus pull, riding a sled during our blue screen shoot to mimic the chaos of falling through the sky, rigging a vertical slider move to "lift off" into the clouds, and wild pulls with actors up in harnesses swinging through the air on blue screen. Towards the end of production I also created a matte painting for the hole that "Laura" decides to return to. Fun stuff.
A couple BTS shots and grabs:
Really big thanks to Jim, Jarred, Brent, Nick, and the rest of the Red Team. Thank you for making a complete digital cinema camera system and one I prefer to shoot on no less.
I'll add some shots from the festival once they get sent my way.
This was shot about two dozen projects ago (14 months ago) and it was VFX heavy, but I'll have to dig up the storyboards/thumbnails I made prior to shooting. Some neat notes if I recall correctly. Lots of problem solving.
