Still Making News

Check it out, the Cinema Collective, SFSU Cinema, Heart of the Argos, and DTF/Quandary all wrapped up into 1 great article appeared in the SFSU X-Press, with full color picture and everything! read about it here:

http://xpress.sfsu.edu/archives/arts/008731.html

And here are some of my favorite pictures(in no particular order) from behind the scenes of Heart of the Argos:

Me as a storm trooper.




"Aren't you a little short to be a stormtrooper? ...oh, the uniform."




Charles in the hallway, one of the many long impossible jib shots that I am very proud of.




Me, the 416 and my Spectra Pro IV light meter(I'm all about the brand name)




I love this picture of Peter in the cockpit during our pre-light. I'll be very happy if the film looks anywhere close to this picture.




Sound and camera in tight quarters.




Spenser with the Arri 416.




A great pic at the warehouse we used as a soundstage. Look, you can see Andrew in the background(wearing Red), Patrick video taping behind the scenes on the right, and Brian and Erin on sound in the middle.




Phill says what!?




I'm on TV!




Andy cam(and he thought there were no pictures of him)!

PhillM tip-of-the-day:
An efficient set is a neat set. make sure that you coil your excess cables to the light(or to whatever it is running to). You always want the slack to go to whatever is more likely to move(not the generator) so for example, the extra cable from the light should be coiled neatly under the light stand, the extra 100 amp bates going fro the distro box to the lunch box should be coiled next to the lunch box, and the extra banded cable going from the generator to the distro box should be put in a figure 8 next to the distro box.