SeeingEyeBlog » exploration

Brick wall bounce part 2

Jason — Fri, 20 Jul 2007 10:00:31 +0000

Part 7 of 8 in the series "Broken Windows"

First and foremost, I have seen a cut of Broken Windows, and I must say, I’m excited for the film to be released. I think it was well acted and well directed. As for my own work, it was one of the most fun experiences of my life, and I took as many risks as I did shots.

When I wrote my original post on the brick wall bounce, I hadn’t seen the dailies, let alone a cut of the scene. Now that I’ve seen it, I am all the more eager to build my portable 4×4 brick wall bounce surface.

The scene is lit with a 6k HMI bounced off the architectural brick of the location we were shooting at. I was using 1/2 CTO on the light, and LLD on the camera. What I got was a really nice look that I can’t really put into words. I remember it being nice on set, but the scene rendered beautifully on film.

I really can’t wait for the online and color timing. Stills coming soon.

Planet Earth

Jason — Mon, 26 Mar 2007 19:01:51 +0000

I watched the first three episodes of Planet Earth last night on the Discovery Channel. I thought it had some of the best looking cinematography of nature I’ve ever seen. What I couldn’t stand though was Sigourney Weaver constantly reminding us in her narration that we were seeing never-before-seen footage, or the rarest of all animals, etc. It seemed like everything featured on the documentary was extremely rare or never-before-seen. I would have liked it better if Discovery didn’t find it necessary to blow its own horn every two minutes.

Shackleton pictures

Jason — Fri, 07 Jul 2006 05:57:26 +0000

Part 3 of 4 in the series "Autochrome"

In my meager research into my previous post, I stumbled upon these pictures from Shackleton’s voyage to the South Pole, also in color. This site from PBS is also interesting.