http://mycheeselovestuesdays.net a french film with subtitles Fri, 27 Mar 2009 00:17:51 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I was thinking I might start this series of Wisdom From Laura. However, I'm fairly bad at blogging lately (you might have noticed) so who knows how many I'll do. Here's the first. We were talking about Nicolas Cage the other day and Laura mentioned about how he's gone ... http://mycheeselovestuesdays.net/?p=383 Last week I worked on a short film, Raised Alone. We were shooting on the Red One and I was the gaffer, then stepped up to DP for three days while Rob, the original DP, went to look after his wife who had a baby during the shoot. ... http://mycheeselovestuesdays.net/?p=382 Observation One: American bacon (done well) is really smokey. Smokey goodness. British bacon (done well) is salty. Salty bacony goodness. One is not necessarily better than the other. They're both good. Observation Two: A country that "buys" Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull as plausible ... http://mycheeselovestuesdays.net/?p=381 This is really simple. My focus from now on will be exclusively on creating moving pictures. That includes film development and production, all forms of digital video creation, editing, animation and compositing. It does not include film programming, film selection, teaching beyond a one-day specialized workshop or ... http://mycheeselovestuesdays.net/?p=380 So, I finally figured out, with a little help from the web and a lot of trial and error, how to get all my movies exported in a format that I can put on my new PSP. First off, you need to connect the PSP to your computer via ... http://mycheeselovestuesdays.net/?p=378 Sarcasm, mon petite dejeuners, is a way of skating a fine line between humour and passive aggressiveness. And passive aggressiveness is damaging because it's (a) not adult behaviour and (b) it leads to a lot of bottled up emotions that eventually culminate in an explosive outburst. All very ... http://mycheeselovestuesdays.net/?p=375 These are my notes from the SXSW 2007 mini meeting on editing. [Personal comments and observations are in square brackets]. ==== First off, it doesn't really matter which format you shot on. It's about story. [This comment from one of the editors on the panel]. David Lynch shot [parts of?] ... http://mycheeselovestuesdays.net/?p=374 These are my notes from the SXSW 2007 mini meeting on Casting. [Personal comments and observations are in square brackets]. ==== Working with casting directors: First, you need to have a script. Then you need finances in place (sometimes a letter of intent is enough). Casting directors work through word of ... http://mycheeselovestuesdays.net/?p=373 These are my notes from the SXSW 2007 Mini Meeting on Directing Actors. [My comments are in square brackets]. ==== Share your vision and ideas [this applies to crew too]. Make the actors feel comfortable; they must trust you and feel safe. Let them know you're a team and ... http://mycheeselovestuesdays.net/?p=372 Here's some tips I got from experienced feature Director of Photography, PJ Raval, earlier this year at SXSW. PJ consistently recommended the P2 system, even if you buy one of Panasonic's cameras that records on this system (eg. the HVX-200), it should hold much of its value for resale after the ... http://mycheeselovestuesdays.net/?p=371