All I know is that I love doing what I do. Chris Kimbell, who is a great script writer, just wrapping shooting The Hard Song. She had a tough script with a lot of emotion, and the fact that she was directing her own work to complete her vision is a heavy task. It is tough material, the stuff she wrote. It was a complex meeting between an estranged brother and sister in a park. The end result is some amazing work. I was luck enough to help with the script as well as DP/camera on this shoot. As well as shooting for Chris, I worked with Dave J, who is amazing in his own right, but he stayed in with us to do props and handy work, and will be doing the After Effects work on this baby. While your at it, you need to check out Christine Eisler, who put in a great performance.
From Dave J at Oregon Media Network:
Just finished working with Martin on Christen Kimbells “The Hard Song” twp day shoot. I’m not going to candy coat it, Martin knows what he is talking about, and will give the director the chance to plow ahead, but I didn’t see one instance when that opinion didn’t help the momentum, and keep things rolling, which is what a great DP does. I learned a lot just watching Martin work, and I look forward to the next time. Good luck on your upcoming Zombie series Martin, and once again, it was great to see you work.
In regard to filming her movie, The Hard Song:
Thanks so much for your work today, I was glad to have a good technical guy paying attention – you’re exactly what I need for this. There’s all the big moves and hugely creative stuff tomorrow, so that’s the point where I’m going to need you the most
And I know you can handle it.
It was great working with you today, Martin, and I should have known you did that Milepost 5 documentary. Great stuff. I think we were able to finish up an hour earlier than schedule because of your professional attitude and efficiency. See you tomorrow.
Hey folks. Scripting of episode 2 is complete, and the other episodes are being “fleshed out” as I type. I am really new to script writing, so everything is being combed over by the AD, Rachel Bennett.
Shooting will probably begin in mid September. I am really excited about this project going forward. Stay tuned!
Well, the 48 hour film project has come and gone as far as entries go. I, for one, am glad that is in the bag and am not really sure if I am ready to do it again.
For those that don’t know, the 48 hour film project is pretty much as the title says. The key to all of this is to know what you are doing going into it and have enough tools in the tool box to pull of what you are doing. The doesn’t mean have money, it means having talent, drive, desire, and vision. If those are missing, then it becomes a weekend warrior pet project. That isn’t a bad thing in and of itself, but you have to be prepared to understand which level you are working on when you decide to step into the ring.
For the group I was with, Stop Drop and Roll, we were given a sci-fi genre and ran with that. The end product is a little time warp bender that works pretty good. I am hopeful of a full recovery so I can do something like this again.
For over 50 million years, bats and moths have been engaged in an evolutionary arms race: bats evolving new tricks to catch moths, and moths developing counter-measures to escape bats. William Conner, a biologist at Wake Forest University, studies this interaction by filming bat attacks. He and his colleagues report on a new weapon in the moth arsenal: the tiger moth’s ability to make sounds that interfere with a bat’s ability to echolocate its prey. Video footage: Jesse Barber, Nickolay Hristov, Science, PNAS, Barber and Conner, 2007. Images: Nickolay Hristov, William Conner, Bryant Deroy.
John Dabiri, bioengineer at Caltech, has developed new techniques for studying the motion of aquatic animals. In a recent study in the journal Nature, Dabiri and colleagues explain how swimming animals mix the ocean. Ocean mixing is important for the distribution of gases and nutrients throughout the sea, and can even affect global climate. Video courtesy of Nature John Dabiri, Kakani Katija, John H. Costello and Sean P. Colin. Music by Aaron Kerr and Swallows. Produced by Flora Lichtman.
“We hired Martin as part of our video support for the Special Olympics 2009 Winter Games sponsorship coverage. He came with great recommendations, and didn’t let us down in his efforts. He was very professional while filming, and was always taking time and effort to cover the events the way Lithia Motors wished them to be covered. We also had a very hectic schedule for the duration of the games and he was efficient and flexible with his filming- as there are no “second takes” in Olympic competition. The end result was some of the best footage Lithia Motors has received for event coverage. His video is now part of our national campaign piece for Special Olympics, and we intend to use it in future sponsor projects for Lithia Motors.”
-Polly Ficek
Community Relations Coordinator
Here it is: Conceived in 5 minutes; written in two hours; scouted/props/crew/actors in less than 24 hours; filmed in about 3 hours. This is as quick and dirty as anything I could imagine and still would want people to see.
When scouting for a different project, myself and Stephanie (one of the actors) found out this location was due for demolishing any day. After we scrambled to throw something together, 3 out of the 4 buildings had been bull dozed into rubble, leaving only this one standing. Literally, this buildings last stand.
Many folks didn’t show for the shoot, equipment never made it, and we raced against the light to do this with the skeleton bunch we had. All in all, I think it turned out pretty good!
The Last Stand from Galaxy Sailor on Vimeo.
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