Monday, April 11, 2011
Expanding my Horizons (literally)
In an effort to expand my mental libraries of artistic and cultural imagery and at the same time broaden my indie film making tastes and emotional tools, and oh yeah, have a vacation, Amy and I are going to France and Italy... tomorrow. So for the next few weeks my blogs will be filled with photography of locations between Paris and the Amalfi Coast which among other things will satisfy my old dream of becoming a location scout. My paintbrush is coming with us too. Here's a couple shots of the Amalfi coast courtesy of Google...
Friday, April 8, 2011
LIGHTING MYSELF in the Comedy SQUATTERS in NYC
Last year I was Director of Photography for a very funny Indie Web Series by Brendan Bradley called "Squatters." We shot in both LA and NYC since the show was set in NYC. Squatters is the award-winning online series about two best friends who make a bet to see who can last in New York City the longest without paying rent. The show was picked up as DailyMotion’s first original comedy series and is now the site’s most watched original series.
Here is their site in case you want to check it out....Not necessarily "kid" friendly so parents beware.:}
http://squatterstheseries.com/
So when we shot in NYC, I got a great and quick tour of the amazing metropolis. Running from location to location (including the subways at 2am) we shot in lots of very cool Manhattan spots. One of my favorites was Lucky Jack's Bar which is featured well in Episode 2 (check that link I just put up there). In one of these bar scenes I was Lucky enough to play a whisky drinking, deep voiced biker with an expensive leather vest. The trick here was to light the scene for both me and the 2 stars of the show simultaneously with 2 lights. Somehow I managed to do it. In between takes I guess I felt the need to lighten the loafers of my character and give him a faux British Accent... So Brendan (Hank/Director) let me take that new persona to a full scene and improv a bit.... Here is that version.
feel free to compare and contrast with the one in the actual series.
Here is their site in case you want to check it out....Not necessarily "kid" friendly so parents beware.:}
http://squatterstheseries.com/
So when we shot in NYC, I got a great and quick tour of the amazing metropolis. Running from location to location (including the subways at 2am) we shot in lots of very cool Manhattan spots. One of my favorites was Lucky Jack's Bar which is featured well in Episode 2 (check that link I just put up there). In one of these bar scenes I was Lucky enough to play a whisky drinking, deep voiced biker with an expensive leather vest. The trick here was to light the scene for both me and the 2 stars of the show simultaneously with 2 lights. Somehow I managed to do it. In between takes I guess I felt the need to lighten the loafers of my character and give him a faux British Accent... So Brendan (Hank/Director) let me take that new persona to a full scene and improv a bit.... Here is that version.
feel free to compare and contrast with the one in the actual series.
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