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The world of film and video production is pretty much constantly changing. Ten years ago, it was almost unheard of that an independent company could make a movie without tens or even hundreds of dollars. These days, digital video is accepted at almost every film festival and has even been used to shoot some major studio features. And with the advent of high-definition digital imaging, there are those people who believe that film is dead. Even George Lucas shot Episode 2 using high-def digital cameras. By the way, if anybody wants to buy me one of these for Christmas, I wouldn't mind.
Personally, I wouldn't go so far as to say that film is dead. There are still some wonderful things that you can do with film that are difficult to do with digital imaging. The gap is narrowing, particularly since most motion pictures are digitally scanned and edited anyway, and the cost savings is tremendous. Film may not be dead, but it is becoming a quaint anachronism.
Where does the future lie? We already have the personalization of media production, where a group of folks with some lights and a DV camera can make a movie. As this becomes more and more popular and wideband internet access becomes more prevalent, we will start seeing more "homebrew" films, and the division between TV and the web will blur even more. As computer technology becomes increasingly faster, we will start to see real-time lifelike CGI on par with the work of WETA, and a fusion with videogame technology will provide a completely non-linear movie experience. Each time you watch the movie, you will be able to make choices as to where you are and what you will see.
It's gonna be great.
We're not quite at the level of high-def yet. We're still using digital video technology to produce everything from commercials to features, and can produce for the web, duplication, or DVD release.
Wanna see some productions we've done?
Although we are a production company in our own right, we've recently joined forces with Stone Soup Films, and are making some nifty little independent films.
Check out Stone Soup here.
Tough category. I could talk about the technical aspects of editing, or the stylistic decisions, or the art of the edit, but those things are all covered by masters of the art like Edward Murch. I'm still learning, and it's tremendous fun.
But another aspect bothers me. There once was a clear division between editing and producing visual effects. In the digital realm, that line gets blurred to where editing and compositing become sort of intertwined. We're no longer limited to A/B roll, we now have unlimited layers to use to throw those ideas out there.
I do photography primarily as a hobby. While I have done several commercial shoots, things like headshots and promotional shots for friends, I try to keep it as a hobby rather than making it a business. As it turns out, when I get behind the lens of the camera, everything just kind of fades away, and I become very involved in the moment. It's a wonderful way for me to escape; if it was a business, it would become drudge work, and I don't want that to happen.
See some of my photography work here. If you're interested in booking me as a photographer, drop me an e-mail.
Okay. Everybody and their brother does web design now. Tools like FrontPage and Hot Metal Pro make designing web pages easy. Designing them well is a different animal. I did these pages. which may or may not speak well of my talent and skills, but you can decide.
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