New Project on the Horizon

So for the past couple of months me and my freind Sean have been talking about me directing and editing the new music video for his band Tsavo.  We aren’t sure what song it is going to be, but its going to be a larger scale production than what I am used to.

I’m not gonna lie… I am freakin’ excited.   The video is going to be shot in a desert setting, so there is gonna be some traveling involved, as well as some intense days.  We are going to be shooting (more-than-likely) on a Panasonic HVX-500 P2 camera.  I was thinking of doing it to HDV, for the easiness of switching out tapes, but I can’t find a small enough camera that can shoot in 720P on HDV tape that would fit onto the steadycam and jib that we are building.  So I think we are going to have to go with the P2 camera.  Which is an awesome camera, except for the fact that it only hold 2, 16 GB cards  which equals out to around a half hour of footage.  So I am hoping that my work will let me borrow the 4 P2 cards that we have and the HD unit.  Oy… freakin confusing.

But yeah I mentioned that we were building a jib as well as a steadycam… if you are thinking of doing the same I suggest that you check out these resources here:

STEADYCAM

http://www.vimeo.com/1394069
http://videopia.org/content/view/202/229/

JIB ARM
http://video.thedvshow.com/video/Weekend-Extra-DIY-Jib-Arm-Cam
http://www.indymogul.com/post/3874/

I am going to making some modifications to the Jib Arm so that we will be able to control TILT up/down as well as linking into an external monitor so that the cameraman can see whats going on.

Anyways… not much else is happening in the meantime… except for me getting laid off for a few months at Emerald Downs while the season is taking Winter Break.  I’ll be back there in about 4 months but in the meantime I have to find a placeholder job, or possibly a full time BETTER job.  Either or, I’ll be working somewhere new in about a month… preferably in the industry.  Let me know if you have any leads.

Ummmm my newest haunt has been the new Videocopilot.net Forum so if you wanna check that out I hit up the After Effects subforum about 13 times a day

A Couple Of New Videos…

I know that I haven’t really been too busy on this blog as of late, but seeing as I have been so busy with work and gearing up for the Longacres Mile which took place YESTERDAY (by the way my horse, won… WASSERMAN… in hindsight I really should have bet that $14 ticket I had… would made like $186). But now that thats over… all the hype is going downhill… and we are just waiting for the season to end. Which means, I might have to be looking for new work. I shouldn’t have too much of a problem… but it IS stressful. I don’t know if I am going to stay on full time in the off season… I really hope I do, because I love my job.

Oh, BTW here is the newest video I did there… I am really proud of it… its the commercial for the Longacres Mile…

Lets see… What else is new, oh yeah… the Kane Hodder Music Video Shoot… remember that? well I finally finished that as well. Well, I actually finished it a couple of months ago, but like I said its been crazy lately… so I haven’t had a chance to update any of my stuff… I like the way it turned out… Mike Silver shot all the video, but I directed the whole thing as well as edited the whole thing and did all the post production and visual effects. Check it out!