Recent content by Gary Sconce

THE PARK Rolls On! THE PARK Rolls On! We are almost done with production. We have two more days of production left out of a total of 32. Director Matt Sconce is actually doing post and is ONE HOUR AND 14 MINUTES into the rough cut already. We had issues with one of the stars having his...

Here are some BTS pics of the MAGIC teaser trailer shoot. Matt and the crew unload all the stuff at the Oakhurst Cemetery. I built the Hypercrane. Matt is here with grip Jimmy Nelson. HannaH Eisenmann is so cute! HannaH, her brother Stone, her mom Zadrina and her dad Al Eisenmann were...

We have just confirmed STRICKEN lead actor, DAVID FINE as our heavy Earl in MAGIC. David Fine was such a joy to work with in STRICKEN, and is such a work ethic professional, plus has a great look for the role. We are pleased and honored to again work with him. Yep, he is the bad in...

:Drogar-Vampire(DBG) Bluh, bluh, bluh! I laughed so hard last night when we were making this commercial. Thanks to Matt, Troy and especially the "Vampire in shining armor," accomplished actor and musician JAKE NEWTON! We used crane, Hypercam and tripod mounted shots with the GH13. We used...

I was cleaning up the storage where we had a lot of props and found the original police report of the murder at Whispering Pines... If you have seen STRICKEN, this report was actually on Detective Rich's (Master Dave Johnson's) clipboard in the Police Station scene. It brings back good...

Yay Matt and Heather! Congratulations on baby Kaden Matthew Sconce!

Here are Matt and Troy in the Editing Chamber of Glory. Here you can see them working on greenscreen footage. They started editing at 10am and have just finished at 11pm... 13 hours with small breaks for food. The test is: We are still laughing at the footage after all of this work. Well...

Kerner Group Trip Continued... Kerner Group Trip Continued... Matt and Dean Yurke (ILM) talked for a long time. Dean has written a screenplay called GOLDEN and will be directing the feature in 3D at Kerner. Dean (Avatar) is such a cool guy! He is talented (beyond normal human-ness) and is just...

Aftershock visit to Kerner Group for 3D Seminar Aftershock visit to Kerner Group for 3D Seminar We left for Troy Ruff's house. We got Troy and then headed over to the San Francisco area from Yosemite. It is always fun to be together. We can do a lot of brainstorming in the car when we all are...

In our next feature THE PARK, we will be wanting a lot of camera movement on numerous shots. The solution? A simple camera crane that to be mounted on any sturdy tripod that will later be put on a ride-on dolly on tracks. Goals: Easy to build Lightweight Simple but smooth function Easy...

I am almost done with our slider for the next feature we will be shooting in the Spring and Summer of 2011. I needed it easily transportable, quick to assemble, solid, durable and versatile. I needed a solid stucture to span the 8' and give a realistic 7' of slide to the camera. I wanted it...

We needed a shouldermount for Matt Sconce's new GH1 camera. I looked around for 15mm steel rail tubing to save money and found 15mm strong tubing from McMaster-Carr (item 50295K33, two meters of 15mm tube for $18.35 each plus shipping) at http://www.mcmaster.com I was able to build this...

HVX200 or HVX200A BROKEN camera wanted. I know, this is a shot in dark, but if your camera is a complete doorstop, sell it to me. For upper parts repair of a friend's HVX200. I know of the Panasonic site to buy the parts, but am trying this avenue too. PM me if you have a complete...

Matt Sconce and I have a 'just out of warranty' HV30 and when taking a tape out and reloading it today the tape just went in and the deck stopped. It wouldn't go down and would not release the tape. I gently tripped the release lever on the back side and got out the tape, but the unit is just...

I finished my bodycam. My digital camera broke and I was unable to shoot pics of the construction but I will post a video here for you to see. The Bodycam is torso attached, well padded, uses four cinches around the abdomen and stomach for extreme tightness, but is very comfortable. It is...