Manfred Lopez

Very nice work! I especially liked the black and white one (It Had To Be You). Very good lighting and editing and camera work. I like how the detective moves in and out of the light, especially the shot where we see for the first time that there is someone else up above. I also liked the counter angle insert when the detective turns up. Great editing/camera direction right there. My only minor nitpick is that the very last shot seems to jump the 180-degree line. I say "seems" because the previous shot (the second-to-last where he turns around) was right on the line and it could have gone either way. But then the hand with the gun that comes into frame from the right (<--) pushes the detective and his gun to the left of it (-->). So in the next shot, which is not a reversal but just a move-in, the detective's gun should still be pointing from left to right (-->), but you switched directions and it therefore jumps a bit. But maybe I'm overseeing things. I still loved the short. I have a question: Did you storyboard the sequence before shooting or did you figure it out in the theater as you went along?

Thanks for the feedback. Mike, I especially liked your feedback. It's probably the most helpful one I have received so far. Sometimes it's hard to promote oneself and trying to be objective at the same time to see how one is coming across. And with this site I am introducing so many new elements at once that many details will invariably be looked over. Thanks again. And Ross, it's very encouraging that you like my photography work. It hasn't really been seen in public before so I don't know how people might react to it since a lot of it crosses into abstraction. Thanks again.

Hi I am a relatively new poster here, but have been a longtime reader. So anyway, I was wondering if anyone would be interested in giving me some feedback on my new web site, photography work and reel. They can be found here: www.manfredlopez.com Thanks.

Thanks. I will look into them. I just started to see their online catalogue (American Grip) and they are indeed a bit pricier. So with the Matthews stuff, what kind of QC problems have you encountered?

Thanks. It looks like I'll be sticking with Matthews then. I actually have a few of them. They are the only ones I have ever used, so therefore I was wondering if there was any better design out there. I am glad I made the right choice.

This is good to know. It looks like then it would be better to switch to daylight temperature lighting inside as well. So this is probably the reason HMI's are so popular.

Okay, I am about to purchase some gel rolls. Here is my question, is there any downside in doubling up gels in order to get the desired effect? More specifically, can I use CTO and ND .6 together on windows or is it better to just get a combination gel like Rosco E-Colour #208 Filter (CTO+.6 ND): http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/9062..._Filter_CT.html Another way... Can I get away with just purchasing ND.3 and ND.6 and just double these up together whenever I need ND.9?

Hi, I hope it's not too late to join the discussion. I was wondering what the best brands are for C-Stands? (can someone maybe list them in order of quality?)