Bill Totolo

Loved it. Reminiscent of Chris Marker's "Sans Soleil". Very exciting, I hope he continues down this path.

I happen to be watching the DVD right now, doing some research for a shoot this weekend. In the bonus section there's a clip called "Rooftop Pursuit". DIZ SHARPE is the Stuntman/JumpCam operator and he never lost the camera. As impressive is the 6 foot tall stuntman who goes flying through the 30"x48" window. I agree, looks like a 235.

Thanks for the reminder, Michael.

Maybe it's civil disobedience.

I never quite understood the mentality that looks down on education. Aren't there worse ways to invest your time?

Couldn't resist:

It's become a group project:

Did anybody catch "Tears of the Black Tiger"? Admittedly I missed it but the cinematography in the trailer stood out with all those candy colors on the screen.

Thanks Bruce, but the challenge is to get the file under 8mb at a rate around 115kbps.

Can you post a picture?

Thanks for the comment, David. I suppose a lot was created in post but it was very helpful to photograph the band in rehearsal a week before the shoot. This gave me time to go over my shot-list (so to speak), sketch a couple key images I wanted to grab, and think about the shape of the mattes that might work. Of course everything sort of morphed as I went along to accomodate the actual material that I had after the shoot. And I shot everything 4:3 to give me the most material to crop and resize during the edit. I just got back in town and tweaked the frames and made everything a little more uniform:

I'm finding that bit rates as low as 125kbps look amazingly satsifying @ 320x240 and only take up about 9mb. Thanks for the insight. Wikipedia also led me to a lot of info on all the various codecs out there, which I was sorely under informed about. Cheers.

I just compressed a 4 minute video using Apple's H.264 and got it down to 32mb. I need to upload this to a website that limits uploads to 8mb. What's the most efficient way to do this while maintaining some quality? The other videos on the sight look pretty decent. Thanks

$0.00 budget; 3 hours shooting; 6 day turnaround. Not ideal conditions but I tried to use the limitations to my advantage as best I could. Redlight Drive Thanks for looking,

Looks like a flip out LCD on the side of the cam. Could be one of Panasonic's P2 cameras. They've proven to be dependable in arctic environments.

If it doesn't kill me (sorry, edited all night and up 2 hours later for my day gig).

Just a couple more screen grabs from the 3 hour music video:

Thanks I needed that, Michael. I'm so foggy I've lost all perspective. We wrapped at 1am, fell asleep around 2:30, back up 2 hours later for you-know-who, and back to the grind. Everything pretty much hurt for 24 hours. (Remember how you felt in NY after getting off the plane and working for 2 days straight in 2006?) I'm only 1/4 the way into it. I think I'm going to get a little more traditional for the midsection and re-introduce the multi-panel thing toward the end... I think. All those video streams are taking their toll on my poor old laptop. Might be time for an upgrade.

The band rented a rehearsal studio for three hours and so I shot a music video for them in two hours and fifty nine minutes. The challenge was to create some mood and texture without cringing over every stray light. It was a challenge. I was the DP, Dir, Editor, etc, etc... Tools included (1) HVX200 (std. def) and (1) DVX100 Std. Arri tungsten kit plus mole 2k zip Approx 20 Rock n Roll pars on dimmers in the truss.

No, the only thing I use is something Panasonic calls "soft skin mode" and "cinema" mode. You probably have something similiar in yours. I also have a wide angle adapter for it and extended life battery. That's it.

I liked it, there's a lotta strong work there. It feels like you know how to tell a story with the camera. I'd just tighten it a bit by making it shorter. I liked your choice of music, btw.

Who was it that said "It's the student that makes the school, not the school that makes the student"? Very true in our industry.

I own a PV GS-120 which is an older version of the same camera. In fact I'm shooting a music video tonight and will use the camera for some quick insert shots. I love it, it's my secret weapon!

Re: Venetian blinds, here's a tip that Jack Cooperman passed onto me a few years ago: You want to use a large unit placed far away from the blinds otherwise the shadows will radiate away from each other and not emulate natural sunlight where they remain parallel to one another.

Nigel Dick/Vance Burberry = "Sweet Child O' Mine" As for long form I've always loved Sting's "Bring On the Night". But favorite? Here are a few I like: Audio Slave - "Doesn't Remind Me" - Chris Milk John Mellancamp - "Walk Tall" - Chris Milk Jewel - "Goodbye Alice in Wonderland" - Matthew Rolston. *Free Hugs Campaign feat. "Sick Puppies"* Beastie Boys - "Sabotage" - Spike The Chemical Brothers - "Star Guitar" - Gondry Cibo Matto - "Sugar Water" - Gondry A-Ha - "Take On Me" - Steve Barron