In Oxford filming the TEDGlobal Fellows

When you walk around this town you can feel the history. Amazing! This photo is from the tower at Magdalan College, one of the 38 independent colleges of Oxford. It was founded in 1458!

If you haven’t heard of TED you should check it out.

Tags: Canon 5d markII, Directed, Documentary, travel

The Smart Set “Tornados” Music Video on the Canon 5D Mark II

Last week I directed the first music video for a great new band called, The Smart Set. The song is called “Tornados” and it sounds like it is right out of an Apple ad. Super excited, the edit is just underway. The DP was my good friend Marcus Hoffman. Thanks to everyone who helped out, filmmaking is truly a collaborative process and I appreciate everyone.

We shot with the new Canon firmware on 5D Mark II with 14mm, 50mm and 85mm primes and 24-70mm and 70-200mm zooms. We brought out all the toys to give the camera a good work through. I’ve owned it for a few months but haven’t really had the time to use the video function. So I was eager to bring it out on set. We had our challenges. More on that later. Some sample footage soon to come.

Check out the band on their myspace page.

Tags: Canon 5d markII, Directed, Marcus Hoffman, music video, The Smart Set

TED2009 Fellows Documentary Finished

The TED Fellows film I produced and directed is finally finished and available on the TED website.

I shot this during TED2009 in Long Beach. I directed 31 interviews in one day. It was a new record for me. You can see 30 interview stills above, 31 doesn’t make a rectangle. Sorry.

Some of the other interviews will be used in different versions of Fellows films yet to come.

If you don’t know what TED is, you should check it out. Go to their site and watch some Ted Talks, amazing!

Tags: Directed, Panasonic HPX170, TED

The Airborne Toxic Event Official “Gasoline” Music Video Finished

Today we finished editing the video for “Gasoline”.  This is for the second single off of the band’s debut album.  I don’t think it will be released for at least a few months.  Sorry, I can’t upload the video until it is released, a screen grab will have to do.

Tags: Directed, music video, Panasonic HVX200, The Airborne Toxic Event

All Hallows’ Eve

If I only had more time I would have carved 20 pumpkins.  Can I get paid to do this?

As much as I like halloween, I really have no desire to ever make scary movies, but maybe scary documentaries.

And yes, I really carved this pumpkin.

Tags: halloween, penguins