Tommy Oliver

Hi, I am offloading my 7' Marshall monitor I used only for a short documentary; it's in great condition and served me quite well. The project is finished and we need to recoup as much cash as we can. If interested send me an email at Tommy@BlackSquirrelFilms.com. Thanks, Tommy

The following link is a promo trailer for a piece I DP'ed in Lyon, France for the "Our Bodies" exhibit. It was shot on an HPX-500, using a Panther Classic dolly, Panther Foxy Advanced Crane system and the Panther TR3 remote head unit. The lighting package consisted of two studio 5ks, a few 2ks and lots of inkies. The equipment and crew was out of Austria and they were phenomenal. http://blacksquirrelfilms.com/bodies/ Feedback is appreciated. -Tommy www.BlackSquirrelFilms.com

www.BlackSquirrelFilms.com/jill www.BlackSquirrelFilms.com/break

These two trailers were shot entirely with a Canon XL H1, Brevis35 and Nikon primes. "Break" was captured in 10-bit uncompressed HD using the HD-SDI out of the XL H1, a mac pro with a Black Magic card and 4 TB raid. "Jack and Jill" was captured in HDV to tape. They were both transferred to Apple ProRes HQ for editing. Feedback encouraged. www.BlackSquirrelFilms.com/jill www.BlackSquirrelFilms.com/break Thanks, Tommy www.BlackSquirrelFilms.com www.TommyOliver.com

I would like to buy the camera listed above as soon as possible. Please make a reasonable offer considering the recent price drop to below $10k. I open to units with or without glass. I can be reached at either 267.808.3046 or tommy@blacksquirrelfilms.com. Thanks, Tommy

It looks good with the exception the second tunnel shot. I like the color grading. My biggest criticism has to do with the story since after watching it, I have no idea what it's about. You should consider using either voiceover or dialogue from the movie to tie it together and give the viewer some idea of what's going on. Other than that, nice job. note: If you are the DP only and had nothing to do with cutting the trailer then ignore the story comments. --- Tommy Oliver www.TommyOliver.com www.BlackSquirrelfilms.com

I just got a clip for a project I recently DP'ed entitled "Emerald City" and I'd figure I'd share. www.TommyOliver.com/ec

Thanks - it was a video shoot but since we had our still photographer on hand we took a few fun pictures afterwards. The guy in the brown sweatshirt was the only thing we were actually shooting. I will try to post a few screen grabs from the capture and as soon as the composite is done, I'll post that as well. -tommy www.tommyoliver.com

A few days ago I shot green screen for the first time ever and I figured I'd share my experience. I read lots of stuff and talked to people who had done it before and even had the compositor there but all that is nothing compared to actually doing it, which turned out to not be that hard at all. I lit the green screen first, then turned those lights off then lit the subject separately. The space was 25 x 25 x 30 or so (should be clear from looking at the pictures) and I wound up using around 13,000 watts of lights. On the the green screen I had two 2000k Mole Richardson Super Softlites, four 1500w spacelights for both subject and greenscreen and for the subject, two Barwell & Mcalister 1000w w/ 216, a Lowel 500w w/216 Omni as a kicker and a Lowel 250w w/201 Pro light as a key. The compositor is working on the composite right now but has expressed his approval. Of course we goofed off once we were finished and had some fun at the end hence the pictures of the four of us :-)

Congrats Eric - being a cinematographer, I tend to have a very hard time watching a movie and not seeing the shots (i.e. composition, dolly/zoom/crane, under/over exposed) but in Juno I didn't have that issue one bit. Your cinematography perfectly complimented the movie which for the first time in a while allowed me to just watch a movie. Thank you and job well done.

The thing that Panasonic did best with the HVX was marketing. Before I got a chance to play around with the camera and really dig into the specs, I was intrigued and actually considered purchasing one - I mean thing does 1080p (right?) which just two years ago was the holy grail of HD. Only it doesn't really do 1080p or 720p for that matter since it has 960x540 CCDs that must uprez to produce HD output. It's not bad for what it is but 1280x1080 output from a 960x540 CCDs does not equal real 1080p. It's not a bad camera once you realize what it actually is and how to best utilize it by shooting as close as you can to the sensor size (720p) to keep your image from becoming soft or grainy. Just my $0.02.

Like new Glidecam Camcrane 200 that was used a total of three times for a feature I am now finished with. Originally $430 ~ now $300. Varizoom 16:9 7" lcd (VZTF7U) with case, battery kit and sunhood. Used with XL H1 with Brevis35 - does image flip. Originally $480 ~ now $400. Shipping charges will be determined by where you are located and how you would like your item shipped from Seattle. Local pick-up available. Please contact me by email (preferably) or phone and thanks for looking. 267.808.3046 info@tommyoliver.com www.tommyoliver.com