With the end of June came another Music Video shoot. This time it was for the all female rock band Vanity Theft The song and video should hit along side their new EP this Fall. I was hired on by Director of Photography TJ Schwingle for this Omni-Fusion Media Production.
The shoot began Monday morning at the Northrup King Building, and went on 'till about 4am in the morning Tuesday, and that was only round one. Round two, started around 11am Tuesday and went on 'till a little after 4pm Tuesday, and sadly she was a wrap yet again. Shane Nelson, the Director of the production likes himself a small and tight crüe much like yours truly on shoots such as this. Someday, when the funds provide for a larger willing and talented crew, and yes cast as well, perhaps. Monday was setup as well as the day to get the bands performance shot. We began with the master shot of the band rockin' out all together, and then we walked the lens in and got close-ups of each member doing their thing using the amazing Red One camera with some buttery prime lenses.
We then did individual setups for each member to perform the song in their own way. The final setup of these was struck at about 3am on Tuesday. The awesome news was the shoot was returning here to tomorrow for the rest of the shoot, so we only had to get everything onto the taco carts and lock them in safe rooms, for the night along with the security detail at the NKB. After getting a bit of much needed shut eye, everyone returned Tuesday morning and by 11am production was in a full roll forward. We began getting all the pickups for the video. I don't want to spoil things so take what you want from the picture above. Enjoy, some little ones sure did, yummy in the tummy. All in all this was yet another awesome music video shoot, I must say it really helps when you're learning and working with some of the best. Thanks to everyone I met and got to know on the shoot.
Recently I've been reading, All Star Batman and Robin, Wolverine Old Man Logan, All Star Batman and Robin, In The Blink of an Eye: A Perspective on Film Editing, and yes I'm still rereading the American Cinematographer Manual. On the old Kinetoscope I've recently been rehooked on the theatrical shorts of Tom and Jerry by William Hanna and Joseph Barbera for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer from 1940 to 1958 a total of hundred plus shorts in all over three volumes, comic gold. Also, Flags of our Fathers, Foxy Brown, and Meet Me in St. Louis. Lastly, I just picked up the Criterion Edition Blu-ray of John Ford's Stagecoach in it's original aspect ratio of 1:37:1, also in the special features was an early Ford silent picture from 1917 Bucking Broadway staring his early muse Harry Carey. I'm one happy, boy to say the least. Big things on the way. Stay tuned, with a camera. Happy 234th Birthday America!
Nemo Saltat Sobrius
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