WHERE THE HEART LIES ... Johnson, Hyten, Golden & Bullis

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IndiSlider

Brandon Rice said:
How'd that Indieslider work for you guys? I won one in hallowfest, haven't used it yet, but it seems like it'd work real well.
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To be honest, the first time I saw a picture of the IndiSlider I was skeptical. However, Steve Dempsey had just gotten his when we were up in Washington shooting the Vienna Teng video and I was knocked out by how much it added. Steven recently sent us a link to some shots he grabbed around his home last week that really show off the capabilities of the IndySliderPro: http://www.pinelakefilms.com/snowmotion.html

Matty G. agreed to go in on one with us so we got it just in time for this shoot and Geoff really put it to work.
 
Mark, thanks for passing on those thoughts and wishes to Dennis and Suzanne.

I often reflect on the many great experiences I had in CA with you and our visits with D&S rank up there among some of the best. Really... incredible people!

Your shoot looks like a blast, Mark. I must say that I am absolutely jonesing here!!!

Can't wait for your flick!

-Ted
 
Thanks Ted. It's hard to believe it was just a year ago that we were all bunking in Palos Verdes and shooting each day at Cable. In truth, I think a big reason that Dennis and Suzanne were willing to put up with a shoot at the house was due to the positive vibes and good energy of the crew during TTN. We are going to go over and have Bullis cook a meal this week and we'll share your wishes with them.

Ok, now I gotta go run buy a new terrabyte drive at Costco for this footage! I got one for less than $299 the last time I was there (thanks to a tip from Blaine).
 
The following shots are at "Lisa's" office.

Here's Geoff on the floor "framing" up a shot of Ana:
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Ever the perfectionist, Tim moves a figurine an eight of an inch forward:
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Mark (with the ever present adult beverage) and Ana going over her "e-mail":
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After dinner the first day...
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...we headed to the second location. It was as cold as a well digger's ass in the Yukon. Ted, we didn't have a ladder so we had to resort to a crane:
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Well... every now and then, a crane does come in handy!

Mark... too funny!

And Blaine... you want to talk about COLD??? Come visit me... it is freakin' freezing up here!!! (and I am sure that Geoff hasn't forgotten what it was like to live in Chicago!)

But I am not complaining.... I made my bed, I will freeze in it!
 
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Brandon Rice said:
How'd that Indieslider work for you guys? I won one in hallowfest, haven't used it yet, but it seems like it'd work real well.
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You can do some nice shots with it and it's perfect for ultra slow, short movements. Leveling it can take a little time but it's definitely faster than trying to level an 8-foot section of track...

The only thing that bugged me a little was being limited to using the attached bogen head which didn't allow for really smooth pan/tilt in my opinion. A CAM was setup with a cartoni plate/head whereas B CAM was setup with a bogen plate/head (another set of sticks and the indi slider). It worked for this production since we had access to 2 cams but on a single cam shoot, it'd be best to have the same heads operating on both the slider and sticks. I think there is an bogen adapter plate you can hook up to the slider which allows you to use any ball fluid head.
 
Ted Arabian said:
Well... every now and then, a crane does come in handy!

Mark... too funny!

And Blaine... you want to talk about COLD??? Come visit me... it is freakin' freezing up here!!! (and I am sure that Geoff hasn't forgotten what it was like to live in Chicago!)

But I am not complaining.... I made my bed, I will freeze in it!
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Haha, yea...I can't complain out here even when it's 20 or 30 degrees. I've gripped a few times in Chicago when the temperature dropped below 0. At least here I can feel my hands and face while working.
 
Geoff_R said:
Haha, yea...I can't complain out here even when it's 20 or 30 degrees. I've gripped a few times in Chicago when the temperature dropped below 0. At least here I can feel my hands and face while working.
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The longer you live out here, the colder that 20 or 30 degrees gets. :Drogar-BigGrin(DBG)
 
Hey Geoff! I will admit that when I was out there last year, I got a little cold.

The first time it was "cold," everyone was wearing coats, parkas, gloves and scarves.... I was in shorts!

BUT.... after a couple of those cold nights, I was breaking out the long pants!

Glad to see you working! Can't wait to see your project.

-Ted
 
First, the BTS shots look great.

Mark Johnson said:
...However, Steve Dempsey had just gotten his when we were up in Washington shooting the Vienna Teng video and I was knocked out by how much it added...
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Second, is there a thread where you talk about shooting the Vienna Teng video, as I love her music.

Chris
 
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