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MSP 2011 Ski Feature – “Attack of La Niña”

The Colorado ski season is just around the corner, and I’m ready for the snow to fly after finishing color on Matchstick Productions’ “Attack of La Niña”. The feature was shot on location in Colorado, Alaska, British Columbia, Washington and California, during the 2010-2011 season, one of the snowiest in recent history. The MSP crew shot several formats, including RED, Panasonic AF100, Phantom, 16mm film and more. I cranked out the color work in a marathon two day Baselight session and delivered Apple ProRes HQ 422. The MSP edit team layed off the final master to HDCam for the movie tour. On Saturday, September 17th, the film premiered in two cities on the same night, two sold-out shows in Boulder, CO and Montreal, QC. I’ll be attending the Denver premiere tonight at The Gothic Theater. Tickets are still available, and as always, there will be plenty of ski-related giveaways. **the above trailer from MSP was cut prior to final color-grade… you’ll have to catch the movie tour to see the finished looks!

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Production with Network Affiliates

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Luke, Matt and I are on location with Network Affiliates.  We’ve taken over (and painted) the streets of a beautiful S.E. Denver neighborhood.  Jeff Feierstein is directing; and Darick D’Ercole is shooting ARRI Alexa.  The best production crew in Colorado is listed after the jump.   director | Jeff Feierstein location manager | Brooke Johnson 1st asst director | Bob King dp | Darick D’Ercole asst camera | Tod Boyle, Luke Bishop prod assts | Shawn Roberts and Nathan Chaney electrical | Chris Gerding, Steve Van Ness grip | Mattt Stelling, Tony Thomas DIT | Eric Anolin post supervisor | Matt Struck script supervisor | Megan Cull art dept | Dylan Kiszlowski, Robin Bartlett, Ann Marie Auricchio, Tom McPherson talent | Donna Baldwin makeup | Tanya Jones, Katie McMillian craft | Charlene Galway, Natalie Marsh

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Please RSVP to 30ish! Otherwise, Marj will lose it on you!

Yeah, you all know Marj. She is the gate keeper of our facility. She will be the gate keeper of 30ish as well. If you don’t RSVP, she will get all crazy and won’t let you in. Absolutely terrifying if you ask me. No need to worry though, there is a quick fix, just send a quick e-mail to info@crosspoint.com Done. You’re in and you kept Marj happy. That’s really all that matters after all.

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Go ahead. Leave it in.

You’ve got the creative juice. Put it to use making something you enjoy without doing client monkey work. That’s right. No tags. No legal. No format whatsoever. Enter your video before it goes viral in the :30ish Film Festival, brought to you by Crosspoint. This is how it works: Create a :31 to :39 movie (camera. cellphone. webcam. whatever.). Submit your video to Crosspoint by June 28 July 7*. Your film will be judged, laughed at and mercilessly scrutinized by a jury of your peers. Then join us in the Crosspoint parking lot on Thursday July 21st, from 5pm to 9pm, to witness what the best creative minds in Denver could come up with. You could end up with the $300 Grand Prize. Food will be provided by three of Denver’s hottest food trucks. If that’s not enough, FREE BEER and wine. No celebrity swag bags at this festival, just door prizes provided by the finest establishments along West Colfax. SUBMISSION GUIDELINES 1. Entries should be :31 to :39 seconds long… or :40. Whatever – as long as you don’t cut a boring :30 with 10-frame fade ins/outs. 2. Quicktime ProRes HQ or H.264 is easiest, but we’ll find a […]

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Classic Behind the Scenes Photographs

I stumbled upon this link while surfing Reddit today. It is a great collection of behind the scenes photography from iconic film shoots. Films like Metropolis, The Shining, Ghostbusters, Star Wars and Requiem for a Dream are included in the compilation. Not only do these photos show candid moments of actors out of character, but also the rigs and sets used to create such iconic pieces of popular culture. Very cool.   via (angurshamal.com) and (aintitcool.com)

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Network Affiliates – Personal Injury Testimonial

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http://vimeo.com/23273160 agency | Network Affiliates editor | Matt Struck audio engineer | Kirk Clausen Testimonials are a great way to express the personal feelings of how a product or service has impacted an individual. The benefit of this particular series of testimonials was that they were going to be used on the internet, thus not being constricted to the 30 second requirement of a typical broadcast commercial. The footage was shot in HD on a green screen background. This, along with it being finished for the web, provided the advantage of resizing the footage at each cut and compositing the subject over a faux environment with changing depth of field. In turn, this provided the power editing effect of tight shots to really express the deep emotions of the testimonial and cutting wide shots to avoid jump cuts.

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Awesome Vintage Legal Ad “The Book”

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In a perfect world, I would definitely read this book to my future children. I mean, there is no better story for bedtime than one titled “The Story of an Accident Victim.” Evidently, in 1989, fear tactics weren’t even invented. This story is so tame, that it almost could pass off as a child’s story book. Come on! Where’s the sirens, flashing lights and gratuitous flash cuts? You can’t make a dramatic spot without flash cuts. I will admit, back in 1989, this spot could have inspired the minds that animated “Waking Life” and “A Scanner Darkly.” I’m sure it also took ages to render.  

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CCT+Media Pantry for Rocky Mountain Health Plans

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A rainy and snowy Colorado day won’t stop this year’s production. We started in the knee-deep powder at Loveland Ski Resort; moved on to gorgeous interiors in rainy Idaho Springs; and now we’re dancing with a cowboy at  in the Highlands. CCT will shoot two commercials over the next two days in various front range locations for Rocky Mountain Health Plans. Theresa Wingert and Henry Lynk (Media Pantry) are shooting Canon 7D.  I’m wrangling data and auditioning color grades in Baselight for Mac. Henry’s martini… not THE martini

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