Jesse Eisenhardt

Hello, I'm gaffing a short film soon in which we need to conduct an important lighting cue... we'll cut one set of lights and at the same moment, bring up another set to full power. This is easy enough on a stage or with a genny because I'd just flip the breakers of the breaker box on cue. However we are going off house power (I believe 20A circuits). Can anyone recommend a piece of equipment that can accomplish this? I suppose an inline switch would work, but it would have to work for a 20A circuit and it's got to be safe. Any ideas? Thank you. Jesse Eisenhardt Los Angeles

I'm shooting a project later this month with the Sony HVR-Z1 and like everyone else I'm unhappy with the CF24 simulation mode. I'm a huge fan of the cinematic look afforded by the DVX-100A (and please don't recommend that I shoot with this camera or the XL2... we're pretty much set on the Z1), so I'm looking to add this look with either Magic Bullet or DVFilmmaker. We are finishing on DVD (and possibly HD-DVD when it's available) so a film blow up is not necessary. Has anyone used these programs with Z1 footage? Any advice would be greatly appreciated.