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.
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...
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Now normally I would be caught dead in a movie theater after dying from the realization that I just paid for a ticket to see a horrible movie. However, because of a man named Zach Galifianakis, I could say I enjoyed The Hangover. This wasn't his best performance or anything like that, but it's Zach Glaifinakes!
Directed by the Old School dude, this was your typical bro movie. I didn't like Dude Where's My Car? but I love The Office so I loved Ed Helms so I liked the movie. And of course there was Zach Galfiniekies. Then there was the dude who got raped up the b-hole in Wet Hot American Summer. He was alright I guess. Plot was predictable but fun. Heather Graham was in it. And her boob too. So was Zach Gandolfini! And his penis...
I would say the whole movie led to the last two minutes of the film. Which happened to be during the credits. But anywho, with sequel in the works, this won't be the last time we see these dudes on the big screen. Zach's Penis...
Okay, I know. It's Saturday, I'm sorry. I'm not very good at this whole blogging thing right? I told you before that I'd never be late again and I apologize. But it's hard to be prompt when it doesn't even matter if I post something or not. Maybe if you guys would leave a comment or two every now and then, I would feel that this isn't a total waste of time. And I know I have viewers. I have ways. So this one goes out to you in Copenhagen and you in East Sussex.
Anyways, I saw this video a few minutes ago and thought to myself, "Hey, this is a pretty cool video. I think I'll post it on Friday. Oh wait."
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.
