My blog
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Today's second photo
Saturday, Mar 1, 2008 1:25AM / Standard Entry
A man displays his work on the street.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/holdtheframe
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Today's photo
Saturday, Mar 1, 2008 1:21AM / Standard Entry
My cousin's baby, Sherwood. He has hands all over him! We should all be so lucky.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/holdtheframe
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down time during a photo shoot
Wednesday, Jan 23, 2008 1:40AM / Standard Entry
We had to set up a photo shoot for a photograph that was to be a prop in the film. While we had some down time, I took some crew photos.
Renee really enjoys her McDonald's.
Dan, our gaffer, and his best friend.
Vinci, our costume designer and her weapon of choice.
Kit, our director, taking one for safety.
Gordon, our AC, doesn't realize he has a panda in his 8x10 camera.
Jane, our fabulous Make Up artist. I can't say enough good things about her.
I meter with a tuna bun.
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Finished
Wednesday, Jan 23, 2008 1:28AM / Standard Entry
Sorry it has been many moons since last I posted. I just got back from Hong Kong (after stopping off to see family in Taiwan and a short trip to Korea). HK is an amazing city and I met some great people out there who I can't wait to work with again. For those of you who haven't read Kit Hui's or Renee Chao's blogs...we just wrapped production on Kit's first feature film, FOG in Hong Kong. Congrats, Kit! It was also my first feature as a cinematographer. Despite all the production madness that goes into making a film, i can't think of a more perfect first feature experience: to be embarking on the journey with some of my closest friends. For me, there is nothing that comes close to be able to collaborating with close friends who share your aesthetic sensibilities.
What struck me most about shooting a feature was the difference in pace. When you work on short projects that are one or two weeks, it's like sprinting...you burn yourself out rushing to get everything in the can, never looking back. Shooting a feature is more like a marathon, where you pace yourself. Watching dailies, you can look back and consider what works and doesn't work and correct yourself as you go down the rest of the shoot. We shot 18 days over a month and you are really immersed in the film, thinking about it every waking moment.
The entire shoot was handheld meaning I got to have a 17 lbs camera on my shoulder for the entire shoot. Luckily, thanks to plenty of stretching and a backbrace my spine is intact.
The funniest moments on set were always when I heard that Triads may be on the way so we should hurry up the shot. I count three times where we apparently had close run-ins with triads. I can't tell if production was just screwing with us to get us to hurry up or if triads were actually on their way over to possibly extort money from the shoot (which apparently happens regularly). I like to believe that we were actually in mortal danger.
I hope Ivy Lam (our fabulous set photographer) will forgive me for sharing a photo she took of us on set but I was way too busy to get any good ones myself.
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giving credit where it's due
Friday, Oct 5, 2007 11:47PM / Standard Entry
Okay. So the idea for that Sony ad I posted yesterday was stolen from an artist named Kozyndan. Apparently the company called him up for samples of his work and never called him back.
It's hard enough being an artist and surviving but when artists rip off other artists and sell it to the industry without giving credit where it is due, that just sucks.
Read the article below.
Here's the article rom gizmodo.com: "Passion Pictures vs Kozydan" or copy the link below: http://gizmodo.com/gadgets/adwatch/sony-bastards-ripped-off-the-bunny-tsunami-ad-307398.php
"What the Hell. When I saw this morning's post on the awesome Sony Bravia Bunny Ad, featuring multi-hued rabbits climbing through a cityscape transforming into a tidalwave, I assumed it was the work of my favorite artists, the LA-based kozyndan. By my front door, I have a framed print of one of their limited edition NYC bunny panoramics, which I've put below. Aside from this, they're probably best known for reworking of Hokusai's "Great Wave off Kana gawa" with bunnies inserted in the place of the white wash, which was featured on a Giant Robot magazine cover. I was only half right about kozyndan's involvement with this Sony project, unfortunately. They were robbed: For pretty damning proof, watch the video, and read on.
Apparently, the Passion Pictures animation studio ripped off kozyndan's after requesting samples of their work and never called them back. Dan just wrote me an email about it to confirm that this is pretty much the story, at least from their side.
I hear this happens often in advertising, but that doesn't make it fucking right. I guess it's not Sony's fault, but they should at least get their money back or get Passion Pictures to give a fair chunk to the artists. I'm pissed and not sure what I, or anyone else can do about it."
