icy. freakin. water.
this was one of the crazier setups from FLEE. middle of the night. below freezing in a wetsuit. FX3 + underwater housing + sweet location. one of my favorite setups from the film.
Dir: @spensersakurai
DP: @coreyrobn ✌🏻
Talent: @joshcole96
Watching my two-year-old play and sing without societal pressure has been opening my eyes more and more to the silly restraints we tend to put on ourselves as we grow up. Started shooting a solo short film recently with no rules, no pressure, no timeline. Just learning to enjoy the process again and not stress the gear or results too much. Here are some frames from that solo project.
Frames from “FLEE”
Dir @spensersakurai
DP: ✌🏻@coreyrobn
Talent: @_clarissa_@joshcole96
Venice + Supreme Primes
Crazy to think we shot this almost a year ago. I jumped in as DP 2 days before filming started on this one. Lots of cold nights and lessons learned. If you want to see more Spenser and I did a whole breakdown of the film over on his YouTube channel.
No Gaffer? NO PROBLEM! Cinematography Breakdown for @melcousa International's 50th Anniversary commercial. Here's a breakdown of how I used the same five lights to shoot an international commercial on a budget.
The aforementioned commercial:
/watch?v=QKaH2Xf7TGE
Client: Melco International
Writer/ Director: Rahul Chakraborty @chkcinema
Production: @chakra.media + @wooley.studio
DP: Your boy
(Loads of other talented people on set)
Camera: @arri Alexa Mini (yummy sensor)
Lenses: @atlaslensco Silver Edition Anamorphic (yummy flares)
Lighting: Literally all @aputure.lighting I love you Aputure. Honorable mention to the glorious @asteraofficial Titan Tubes and the quintessential 8x8 Dif.
"Probe" Short Film
Produced by @wooley.studio
Writer/ DP/ Original Score:✌🏻
For Reese. Been asking myself a ton lately- if making money wasn’t a consideration as an artist, what kind of work would I put out? What would I want to create? How do I want my kid to remember me? This is one of those. Tapping into every discipline I’ve studied over the last couple decades. Music production, composition, sound design, writing, photography, video production, editing, color grading. Incredibly enjoyable to make!
👇🏻 Gear breakdown:
Camera: @arri Alexa Mini/ @oconnorsupport Ultimate 1040 Head/ @thedanadolly
Monitoring: @smallhd Cine 7 w/ ARRI Control
Lenses: @venuslaowa Probe 24mm ( provided by @leswooo ) @cookeoptics Mini S4/i 18mm, 32mm/ @sigmacine 70-00mm
Lighting: @aputure.lighting 600D, Nova P300c, @asteraofficial Titan Tubes
Grip: @matthewsgrip Stands/ Combos/ Flags
NLE: @davinciresolvestudios
Grade: Manual
Music Composition + Voiceover:
Microphone: @schoepsmikrofone MiniCMIT
Interface: @uaudio Apollo Twin
DAW: Studio One Professional
Keys & Stings: @feltinstruments Lekko & Blisko
Soundscapes: @spectrasonics_official Omnisphere & Trillian
Other VSTs/ AUs: Universal Audio, @soundtoys@valhalladsp
Recorded and produced over the course of four days while never leaving a 100ft radius.
All the gear used to make this is rentable over at @wooley.studio