FAT MONSTER FILMS presents "O2" ... Every. Breath. Counts.

Yeah, what Mark said... Looks great in the grabs!

Wish I was out there. I'd love to come on as your Art Director.

Keep busy, Man. You guys are cranking along!
 
Hey Mark .. saw a few posts back that you guys were in Santa Cruz. What were you doing over there? I was born in Santa Cruz ... I get over that way, and down to Monterey, every chance I get. I love the coast.
 
Mark Johnson said:
Well, my sandwich had tofu in it and we ran out of red vines .... so, I'm not sure about "great." Next time let's see if he can run the camera or something.
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Lol,
In all seriousness, Matty G rocked the house and he is well on his way to being the best damn light-slinger on the WC.
 
Larry R said:
Hey Mark .. saw a few posts back that you guys were in Santa Cruz. What were you doing over there? I was born in Santa Cruz ... I get over that way, and down to Monterey, every chance I get. I love the coast.
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Yeah, Larry, Santa Cruz is one of my favorite places too. Bullis and I were down shooting footage for a settlement documentary. We have started doing a lot of these of late. These are typically six to ten minute "sixty-minutes" styled presentations that dramatically presents a particular legal case. The resulting DVD is usually played at a mediation hearing or is delivered to the opposition counsel or insuance carrier as a tool to try and settle a given case. We've found them to be great tools to sharpen our skills because each little documentary requires 1) copy writing; 2) camera work; 3) editing; and usually 4) motion graphics and some score.

Anyway, Bullis and I were shooting a very interesting case involving a lone fisherman run down in the fog by a giant freighter off of Point Reyes. The coast guard mistakenly called the search off and left him alone in the water to freeze to death. Lots of drama and we were able to get transmissions from the coast guard, the freighter and other fishermen as well as poingnant telephone messages the deceased left on his wife's voice mail as well as some friends just hours before the incident.

We spent the night in Capitola and had a wild night down at the Paradise Grill there on the beach. Good times indeed.
 
Ted Arabian said:
Dude, your work involves from pretty heavy sh*t. I will NEVER get some of those images out of my head!
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Indeed Ted. Alas, my 14 years as a catastrophic injury attorney sort of have given me immunity from taking these cases too closely on an emotional basis. Some pretty intense stuff as you know.
 
Larry R said:
Crazy stuff ... but sounds like a pretty cool gig to have.

I love that whole stretch from Santa Cruz down to Monterey/Carmel.
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You're just getting started when you get to Carmel. My favorite is to stop at the Highlands Inn for a martini in front of their huge glass window over the cliffs and then drive down to Big Sur.
 
Mark Johnson said:
You're just getting started when you get to Carmel. My favorite is to stop at the Highlands Inn for a martini in front of their huge glass window over the cliffs and then drive down to Big Sur.
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there's a festival of shorts held in Big Sur at the henry miller library that i'm hoping to get IFHY into. you guys should hurry up and enter WTHL and 6"45RPMEP. they screen in an outdoor amphitheater. would be fun if we all went there with our films. submission is free.

http://henrymiller.org/shorts.html#Call
 
One of the best road trips I have taken was LA to Seattle on PCH. Just me and an old 35 SLR. Maybe I'll scan a few of the shots in since they aren't digital and post them. Big Sur is incredible.
 
After severely abrading the band's corneas, I Hate Kate forced the entire crew in front of the wind machine. Fortunately, they weren't as good at throwing debris into the blades as we were. .... CLICK BELOW

 
Thanks Matty. That is an interesting light. Seems like it would make the subject look flat... what was your experience with it?

Pretty decent prices for Vahe. (hey Mark... I see a Taco Cart! :grin: )

45 mph... pretty stiff wind from a fan. Pretty damn cool!

Thanks for the info!
 
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