W.A.I.S.T.D.

We shot a music video for Nickelus F this weekend. Just finished editing it a few hours ago and it is now in the hands of a few. Great feedback so far so be sure to check this out in like, three months. HA!


Shout out to David Beckham for the cameo. Get well soon buddy! More pics over at theworsteyes.

Battle of Hotlanta.

My friends and I were sent to Atlanta a few weekends ago to work on a Civil War film for Richmond local Kevin Herschberger of LionHeart Filmworks. 10 hours to and from in the car with your best friends is always fun. It included all of the regular road trip activities. Massive iTunes playlists, playing football at gas stations at 3 in the morning and farting in the car...


We stopped at a lot of food places local to the area that we've never been to. Trying to get with the workers at Krystal, getting lost and owning shirts in Varsity and traveling to various Cook-Outs to try to find one that sells shirts.


But when we were working, we were working. I was shooting amongst the Confederate soldiers. Musket, musket, DSLR. Hanging out with the re-enactors helped give me a better understanding for there Southern pride. A Confederate flag means much more then any negative connotations associated with it. Plus they're a lot more interesting then dem Yankees.

Check out more pictures at theworsteyes.

A Little Past A Little Closer.

Last weekend we wrapped on the production of A Little Closer. A group of NYU Graduates and other New York City dwellers came down to Richmond, the directors Matthew Petock's hometown, and began shooting his first feature length film.


The final scene was shot at a county fair.Where we spotted a few celebrities including Turtle Kid amongst many others. See if you can spot them all! It feels great to get back in touch with my Southern Roots. Check out more pictures at theworsteyes.

48.

So I haven't posted in forever because I don't like you guys. I don't like what you stand for and how you live. Anyways! This last weekend I was an assistant camera on the 48 Hour Film Project in Richmond. It was really fun and I got to work with a lot of cool people and equipment. It was shot on the RED One and a Panasonic Varicam. Here are some stills from our DP/Camera Operator's Johnny St. Ours blog.










The film was directed by Lucas Krost and will be screening at the Byrd Theatre in Richmond this Saturday July 25th starting at 4.

Game Over.

After days of hard, stressful work, Steam Heat has wrapped and is awaiting its trip to the lab for development and color grading. This was the fifth and final summer production apart of VCU Cinema and was shot once again in 35mm with an Arriflex BL3. Check out more pictures at theworsteyes and peep the documentary of the production below or here in HD.

J&J.

Our second summer production, Jackson and Joseph ended last Saturday at Hampton Beach on time. It'll be exciting to see the end product with the final 15 minute long take. See more pictures over at theworsteyes.

Peebles.

This is a little montage from one of the days on the set of Flicker. We had over seventy extras with dead zombie make-up on even though we couldn't even see it in the final shot.

Watch it here in HD.

Great Wraps.

Flicker, this Summer's first production, wrapped on-time yesterday after a week and a half of shooting. We've shot in two different houses, an abandoned Save-A-Lot with hospital zombies, and a concrete cemetery with over 70 dead bodies. We'll continue to trudge on with shooting Jackson and Joseph, and pull focus over 20 foot drops on a ladder, play on car rigs, and shoot some horses. With cameras as well as guns.

In the meantime check out some photos from Flickr over at theworstkids.

Flix.

Summer productions began weeks ago and I tagged along on the shoot of Flicker. We shot inside an actual house. Our actor Ken Peebles' stare pierced through my lens and into my fragile little soul. I've never been more scared. I still don't know if he hates us all or just stays in character. Making him walk through a bunch of dead bodies in a hot concrete field didn't help either. More on that later... Check out day 1 and 2 photos at theworstkids.

Done Shootin'.

We wrapped up shooting for Klepto this weekend and will probably be screening it next semester. Check out the photos at theworsteyes for Cafe and 8 Ball.

Much Ado About Pie.

This weekend we had production again. We had finished building the set just a few hours before at 4AM. This will be the third sequence apart of "Klepto". More pictures at theworsteyes .

Ghosting.

If you did not know, a few weeks ago I was in a production as the 2nd AC to the first ever 35mm production VCU has had. And if you remembered, I already wrote about this here.

Anyways, this was apart of an impromptu behind the scenes documentary type thing I did when shooting The Persistence of Everything. I shot it all using my D90 with a 50mm and 10.5mm Nikon primes. And when I wasn't behind the camera, either Caleb, Danny, Ian, Forrest, or Gerry was filming.

Feel free to watch it in HD here.

Persistence of Everything.

So for the past two weeks I have been busy working on production with VCU Cinema's Persistence of Everything as the 2nd AC. Written and directed by Michael Bryant after receiving a research grant, we started production on Saturday at 5:15AM and wrapped on Tuesday at around 4:30PM. Aside from having our teacher Rob Tregenza there, we also had LA cinematographer, Andrew Gianetta come out and help us. Andrew was Rob's former student and has worked on many films. Charlie Harris also joined us helping with the crane and ATV shots. HE's worked on films such as Dumb and Dumber and Final Destination 3D.

Set in 90s Bosnia, The Persistence of Everything is a Post Modern film about a boy who is able to see into the afterlife. Shot with an Arriflex BL3 30mm camera, this has been VCU's biggest production to date. It was a great experience for everyone involved and taught us more than a classroom ever could. For four long days, we all felt what it's like to really be filmmakers.

More photos at theworsteyes.

GoGo.

Today I was on the set of a GoGo based music group video shoot in Richmond, Virginia. They had motor bicycles. It was cool. I then got kicked off the set after I put my hands in the air and waved them like I just don't care.