A Jeff Anderson LossFest Entry...

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Seriously Nick, get out of here...
 
Ok, actual update time!! Script is off in the hands of others for critiques and thoughts. Its finally in a place where I think its becoming a solid story. We'll see how delusional I really am... One portion in particular I'm just not sold on personally.

Looking to shoot this in mid to late January. Thats all I know / am willing to divulge for now. More to come soon.
 
Jeff Anderson said:
Ok, actual update time!! Script is off in the hands of others for critiques and thoughts. Its finally in a place where I think its becoming a solid story. We'll see how delusional I really am... One portion in particular I'm just not sold on personally.

Looking to shoot this in mid to late January. Thats all I know / am willing to divulge for now. More to come soon.
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Hey Jeff, I'm honored to be among the blue ribbon panel allowed to offer critiques of your script. I'd hoped to be back to you with my notes by now but got sidetracked with some crap. I'll definitely get them to you soon.

Tim and Luis also said to pass on greetings to our favorite Okie.
 
Hey Jeff, I'm disgusted to not be among the blue ribbon panel allowed to offer critques of your script. I would have been back to you with my notes by now but it's too late now you piece of crap. I'll definitely leave your thread soon.

Here's passing on the middle finger to my least favorite Okie.



:grin: Kidding, buddy...



...I will never leave the thread. :evil:
 
It's all good Mark - just watched a half a day go by myself - fried bowtie pasta. Good **** though. Just takes forever and a day to make a bunch. Undercook some bowties (a little less than al dente) soak in buttermilk (after cooling as to avoid curdling) toss in some italian breadcrumbs and fry in a couple inches of oil. A little salt, a little parmasean, and some green flaky things for color and you are set. Good ****.

You know Penguin... you could hang out in your own thread :)

And of course a huge holiday greetings back to the FM crew from Oklahoma!
 
And another month later! Well good news, bad news, and great news.

Bad news - no way this is going to get made in time for Loss Fest. :(
Good News - still making it!
Great News - Totally new concept and new direction (same theme), and I just feel a good 10-20x more happy and confident with this.

Right now I've got my small cast and crew assembled and we are preparing for our first official meeting. I kind of got sidetracked by the holidays and life and lost my gusto with this originally. Our own Zak Forsman's (among others) Sabi however re-ignited my desire to do this with their Sabi Fest slated with a deadline of July 4.

We're well on schedule and to get this done and well polished by then and quite looking excited about it. Meeting with soundman Josh Fisher tomorrow and will be doing a little podcast with him, sharing some of his insight and what he'll be bringing to the project.

Will also be updating the thread with the technical details of it all as well as some insights into the story. Sorry this won't be making it for Lossfest, but it will be getting done none the less.
 
Shooting on the Nikon D90 as its just an intriguing challenge and its low light abilities are really exciting. Looking forward to staying small and light with the camera as well.

Having never really shot at night I thought I'd take the old d70 out and do some tests with available light. We won't actually be shooting in these locations but ones with similar lighting. If nothing else it was a good exercise in using the existing light and making some images I'm really happy with at least.

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These are just a few of my favorites - rest are here http://www.flickr.com/photos/jeff-anderson

A few more locations I want to test but havent gotten around to. Probably will do that sometime this week. Shooting at night is perhaps the most fun I've had with a camera in a while.
 
Awesome, Jeff. I am really excited to see the D90 in action in this fest, and to see people pushing it.

Have you decided how you're stabilizing it for hand-held stuff? Or are you going all tripod?
 
Thanks guys, funny you mention handheld and the d90 - actually just started a review on Zacuto's DSLR setup that I'll be using. Will basically be a small shoulder-mount camera at the end of it all. Should be ready to post tomorrow and will of course have it up here. Will also be doing some periodic updates as to how it all works as things progress along.

Even without the Zacuto gear I think you could do it and keep it somewhat stable with locking your elbows in since its such a small camera. The follow focus and shoulder pad really help a bunch though and hopefully will keep any of the jello jiggle at bay and allow me to be a little more precise in focusing.
 
Jeff Anderson said:
Even without the Zacuto gear I think you could do it and keep it somewhat stable with locking your elbows in since its such a small camera. The follow focus and shoulder pad really help a bunch though and hopefully will keep any of the jello jiggle at bay and allow me to be a little more precise in focusing.
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Yeah, I've had good luck by putting the strap around my neck and pulling the camera tight out in front of me, using the tense strap to keep it stable.

I am loathe to put too much of a rig on the D90, because to me that kind of eliminates one of it's best selling points - it's next to invisible footprint.
 
Good point on being just about invisible. I've got at least one scene I'll be shooting "naked" as to not draw attention. For most of this short though, being inconspicuous isnt all that important, although I'm glad to not be shooting on a 3 ft long 35mm rig :)

Thanks for the neck strap idea - will have to try that out.
 
Jeff Anderson said:
Good point on being just about invisible. I've got at least one scene I'll be shooting "naked" as to not draw attention. For most of this short though, being inconspicuous isnt all that important, although I'm glad to not be shooting on a 3 ft long 35mm rig :).
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Dude, wait till your shooting with a RED and your dumb-ass director tells you he wants a lot of hand-held. That RED ONE will make you WISH you had an HVX with adapter...It's basically like shooting with a Mini-Cooper on your shoulder. Poor Mike.

Are there pics of your rig? Also, the skater-dolly and D90 are a match made in heaven, if you have access to one.
 
Whole video of the rig should be posted up tomorrow :) Actually still waiting on a d90 (need to get that tax return deposited...) - but I've got a d70 in the rig right now. So no pics of the exact rig, but damn close. Real pics will be coming up soon.

Yeah RED on my shoulder sounds like no fun... I'm all about the tiny cameras :) Scarlet has me sold on size alone.
 
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