I currently have 7 personal motion projects that i’ve Directed in post-production. I’m collaborating very closely with my Editors and Soundscape Composers. Communication is the key – I visually dialogue with an Editor, and brainstorm using sounds with a Composer. I’ve talked a bit about the Casio Exilim EX-F1. Shooting at 300fps this prosumer Hybrid Camera is poor resolution, but perfect for “sketching out” a concept. Being able to shoot, edit, and rough out a soundscape on my own allows me to communicate with a Cinematographer, an Editor, and a Soundscape Artist in a very clear and literal way. The “Motion Sketches” that I’ve mocked up on the Casio are then re-shot with a camera such as the RED ONE and a crew. I see these Motion Sketches as visual blueprints to the concept – nothing is set in stone, but a sketch is there to build off of and improve on. Here is my first Casio “Motion Sketch” that I mocked up several weeks back. The sketch was for a project titled “Swings” – that has since been shot and is in post-production presently. The sketch features my 12-year old brother Garcy – who has been my unwilling subject for years now.
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I’m really enjoying shooting with my Casio Camera. It’s poor resolution at 300fps – but great for mocking up projects and presenting a moving shot list to a Cinematographer. I have several high-speed projects in the works right now, and being able to communicate visually in slow-motion with the camera department is proving invaluable. As a Director/Photographer working with a Camera Team I want to be on the same page visually – the Casio is one more tool allowing me to do this. Here’s a quick clip from a work in progress that I’ve mocked up on the Casio at 300fps.
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This is a behind the scenes fashion video that I shot and colour-grading for Photographer Arash Moallemi and his client VDS. I really like bringing a documentary photography style to this type of work. Editing is by Kyle Wilson (kewcreative.com), and music is The White Stripes’ “Ball and Biscuit”. A much belated thank you goes out to Kar Wai Ng, my web-designer (lampshademedia.com).
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This is the first video that I ever made – I was 17 in Fall 2001. I wanted to document the process of a visual arts project that I was doing, and this is the result. If I remember correctly I made the art room uninhabitable for a few days due to the toxic fumes from all the mixed chemicals, paint, and plaster. I don’t use paint so much these days, but I have been working extensively in Photoshop and now FCP’s Color. The ability of a Colour Grade to establish a psychological and emotional impact is such a powerful tool in visual story telling, both in the still and moving image. I see “the look”, colour itself becoming a major theme in the work I create.
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