Cole Webley

The film has been sold! Thanks everyone.

I have about 2,800 ft. of 5218 left over from a shoot. They are short ends between 200' and 240' loads. Just wrapped this week. Will sale for 10 cents / foot - total $280. Buyer will have to pay for shipping. Let me know if you have any questions! colefilms@gmail.com

I shot Super 35mm 3-Perf on the BL-4 with a set of Zeiss Standard Speed Lenses. I shot it on Kodak 5279. Good point about the spelling of the Rabbit. I think I will capitalize the "R". Thanks for the response!

Just shot another spec ad for a director friend. Shot on the HVX-200 M2 adapter and a set of Nikon lenses. Here are a few screen grabs from some of the color corrected video - this is a compressed version of the video so it might seem a bit soft - but I did push it that way a bit. Let me know if you have any questions - Usually I just flew a 12x12 w/ 1/4 stop Polysilk - then brought in some show card or bead board for fill - w/ a shiny board for a kiss of rim light. Check out the stills! Izze Spec ad stills

Shot well - art direction seemed nice. Concept was interesting - not sure if I like to see a beautiful women do that, but it was kinda funny. Keep up the good work.

This was shot last November but I recently finalized the one CG element in it and the cut - it has been sitting mostly done for quite some time but I can officially say - this is the FINAL CUT. Take a look - if you have any feedback, i'de love to hear it. I am seeking representation as a commercial director/dp so its great to hear what worked and what could have been better. http://www.j-four.com/videos/VW.mov

I just picked up a bunch of film that has been sitting in a basement (not frozen) for the better part of two years. It was purchased in the summer of 2006. The majority of the stock is 5293 EXR 200T. Then a few cans of 5229 Vision 2 Expression 500T and a re-can of 5217 Vision 2 200T. I will be sending them to the lab to get it tested but I was wondering what everyone thought... I know the EXR and 5217 have a better chance b/c of the speed - so I hope they are still good. I may be able to shoot a test too - if its too close for Kodak to call, I know they will say don't shoot it - so it may come down to shooting some tests. Anyways - any thoughts?

I shot this feature last summer, here is an un-official trailer. The title is Dragon Hunter - total genre pic - my first feature. It was a lot of fun, I didn't understand the genre at first because I'm not a dragon fantasy fan but it was interesting to say the least. Worked with a fun director, we did our best with what we had. Shot on Super 35mm - w/ SAG actors for around $70k. There is no dragon in this trailer because the composite work isn't done. Titles and sounds/music are temp., etc. At least you can get an idea of what we did. Like I said, it was a lot of fun. My first feature and hopefully more to come. Let me know what you think. Oh yeah, the footage has only seen a one-light. We are straight to DVD, so we transfered to HD Cam SR, I think the footage here was pulled from the Mini DVs they sent the director to cut from. If you have any questions about production fill free to ask. For the record, the titles are so cheesy - but the director is going to change them.... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c1XpVzoFGJc

So, the director threw up a un-official trailer for Dragon Hunter. Feel free to check it out online at: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c1XpVzoFGJc This is un-color corrected - just a one light (but I think the director did some FCP coloring for the trailer) oh, and I hope they re-do the titles, they are pretty cheesy. It was a lot of fun to shoot -- we embraced the genre. Check it out. Oh yeah, the Dragon isn't in the trailer b/c the CG hasn't been finished. So, no Dragon in this early version...but it will give you an idea of what we shot w/ our limited budget. Enjoy.

"Assassination of a High School President" I was working for Fuse TV during the Sundace Festival last week and we interviewed Brett Simon, Mischa Barton and Reece Thompson. I was operating a camera for them during the interviews and I was thrilled to hear Brett, Mischa and Reece talk about the film. It was great to hear first hand about the film, as well as through your journals throughout production. Congratulations for your success with the film, David. I look forward to seeing it.

I am getting rid of 550 feet of 7205 - left over of professional shoot last Friday. One re-can and one short-end. Will sale for $100 plus shipping. Brand new. Will ship w/in U.S. Email if interested: colefilms@gmail.com Thanks!

I think if i were lighting this gentleman I would have wrapped the backlight around the front of his face a bit more (making it a key light) and then left the fill where you have it. Just a suggestion. BG looks good - always important to through some light back there (in most cases) to seperate your layers, and actor from other elements. Good luck.

Thanks Rodrigo. I lived in the Dominican Republic for a couple of years - spent some time in Azua, Los Alcarrizos near Santo Domingo, Los Arroyos (in the capital), and San Juan. I loved it. I hope to go back to visit. Great country.

I forgot to mention that I lit this scene with a 4' 4-Bank Kino Flo Tungsten tubes with 2 on. They were right below frame, with the grid on. I wanted this light to be harder and a touch stylized, I think it turned out nice. The rest of the pics were lit with 1ks bouncing off of a 4x4 bead board - pretty simple.

So, I just shot a :30 sec spec ad for an old professor of mine from BYU. He is an Art Center grad and teaches in the Communications department. He teaches the commercial class over there as well. We shot this spec at the BYU's Museum of Art. The concept begins with a bunch of "high society", "posh" patrons standing around waiting for an exhibit of 1920's memorabilia to open. The curator realizes at the last moment that he is missing the last exhibit and he searches franticaly to find something to replace is missing art. He sees a "punk" kid pushing a broom. We see the boy leaving the museum with a wad' of cash and no shoes. The curator smiles over his last exhibit of a pair of Chuck Taylor Converse...Converse Since 1928. I wanted the characters to be lit from below, as if the lighting was similar to an art exhibit which at times is either lit from above top lit, or from below. I lit the characters from below using 1k's shooting into bounce boards. This style of lighting was very flattering - it gave the characters a polished, glamour-like look which seemed to work well with the concept. For one character, the boy who loses his shoes for a few bucks, I left the lighting hard and didn't fill in any of the shadows. I wanted his lighting to be less flattering and to imply his social status in the given situation. By doing so, we were able to excentuate our message of Converse's ability to transcend social status and time. Not only was the common man a believer, but the high society patrons held the shoes as art symbol. I shot 5218, rated at 400 ASA with no filters. I will be transfering at R!OT. The camera was the old Mitchell Mark II with a set of Canon Primes - which all opened to a T 1.4 I shot most of the spot at a T 2 / T 2.8. I edited these photos a bit in iPhoto and Photoshop to try and figure out which way we want to take it in telecine, I won't be able to make the transfer so the director and I were playing with some ideas. Here are some stills from the shoot. The Patrons. The Curator. The curator touching up the exhibits... The Boy.