Monday, August 31

Eating with the Chef.

Rae-17 by you.

Raekwon the Chef visited Richmond last week to promote his new album, Only Built 4 Cuban Linx II. I got a chance to hang out with the man himself. Extremely kind and respectful of all his fans, big or little, he took time out to do a small interview with Brice of WVCW Radio that you can check out at the following links.

Part I
Part II
Part III

Tuesday, August 18

Today.


I know... YouTube? What is a YouTube video doing on here? Well, while YouTube encodes videos at a lower quality, it does allow for HD embedding without forcing it's members to pay for a pro account. And also Vimeo did not have the extended version of this video. Anyways, this is what I did today. Today was a good day...

Friday, August 14

Friday's Vimeo Video: Let Yourself Feel.


Sometimes, this is how I feel. Like an Adobe Creative Suite. Enjoy!

Monday, August 10

Mutiny Bikes.


This is a new video from Mutiny Bikes that will be out this September in Blu-Ray and DVD. Knowing everything about bikes, I like High Definition... So watch it in HD here.

Thursday, August 6

Friday's Vimeo Video: Standard Definition

vimeo by you.

Here is another timely installment of Friday's Vimeo Video. Or shall I say Videos for this occasion. As you may have noticed, there are several videos this week, all in Standard Definition. As you may have also noticed, it is not Friday and I have also not done a FVV in about two months now. Anyways, this weeks edition is meant to show those young and naive filmmakers out there that not everything has to be in Hi-Def. Don't get caught up in upgrading your equipment when you have a perfectly fine tool if you know how to use it. The bad part is, most of you noobs don't. Hopefully these videos will help you get to that point.


I give you D90! Yeah, the D90 can shoot in HD. It can do a many great things as I have experienced first hand, but it can also do great in SD. Check out this video by Matt Vella. Who needs a narrative right?



Umm, this one has naked chicks in Standard Def.



You can also go towards the animated route. Who cares if it's in Hi-Def? They're just lines right?!


This one is my personally favorite. It was shot by the father of one of those boys in the film, Jarbas Agnelli. Who says you need Hi-Def to tell a good story? Hell, who needs words, unless of course you have the voice of Jose Gonzalez. I say, all you need is a Super-8 camera, a slo-mo sequence and a made in 1974 sticker on you, for vintage purposes.

OK, so maybe this SD=HD reasoning is a little flawed. All of these films could have looked better in Hi-Def! But then how else would I have showed you four videos in one blog post? Huh?! Anyways, DSLR HD, lesbians in HD, animations in HD, Super-8 HD, everything is better in HD! Get used to it or get left behind ya nubs.

Wednesday, August 5

And the Winner Is...


So the 48 Hour Film Festival is over now, and the results are in. Our team, The Detroit Athletic League Golf Tournament aka The Martin Agency's film Neighborhood Watch won the title of Best Film, as well as Best Costumes and Best Directing along with the Audience Choice Award in Group C. Props to my actual favorite movie of the festival, Taking Stock by the Plaid Connection.

These guys are a group mainly comprised of current and graduate VCU Photo/Film students. It looked beautiful and was wonderfully lit by their DP, Kuni Ohi who won for Best Cinematography. Past winners of the festival, you can check out some of their stuff on their Vimeo site. You can also check out Neighborhood Watch here and see some production stills below taken by Vinnie Gonzalez.