Recent content by mattmealer

As small farms fade from the American agricultural landscape, a California farmer contemplates his place in his family’s story and the future of their historic vineyards. This is a short doc that I shot and edited as a personal project in collaboration with director Dave Wilkins...

I directed & DP’d this short for a regional documentary film program sponsored by the Central Valley Community Foundation in Fresno, CA. This is an extended cut of the original, which was limited to 5 minutes and had a broadcast premiere on the local PBS station last week. The film tells the...

Time to update this thread with the other three episodes from our series (all 4 parts available at https://vimeo.com/showcase/7280436) These three were all shot on my FS7 with a Canon 24-105, Metabones Speed Booster, and 1/4 Black Pro Mist. Lighting instruments were a mix of Kino 4x4s...

This project wrapped up last fall, but I never got around to posting about it...this is a music video that I directed and DP'd last summer featuring a track by a local singer-songwriter who I used to work with years ago. I don't do too much music video work, so this was a fun change of pace...

Today my wife and I premiered Episode 1 in a series of four abstract mini-docs honoring the work of historically influential female chefs and food writers. We call it "Women Belong In The Kitchen". It's a passion project that began over a year ago. Episode 1 features Pamela Strobel, a...

One of my longest-running clients sadly passed away a few days ago, about three months after receiving a terminal cancer diagnosis. He owned a small ad agency in my city and hosted a locally-produced travel show that I worked on for the last three years, most recently as DP/editor. In addition...

I co-directed, shot, and edited this short architectural doc with my friend Evan Christensen for the 2019 AIA Film Challenge: https://aiafilmchallenge.org/vote/?contest=video-detail&video_id=2378 We'd appreciate your vote at the above link for the People's Choice award! Only caveat is that you...

I'm planning to shoot a short documentary project in April about the reunion of my dad's high school rock band...wondering how best to handle audio since I will be working alone and, of course, on a very tight budget. My (limited) experience with sound has been with interviews, verite-style...

I have a potential music video project for which I'm thinking about using anamorphic lenses in conjunction with my FS7. Has anyone tried this particular combination? (thinking 2x rather than 1.33x) Am I correct in thinking I can shoot in UHD, de-squeeze in post, and crop to create a true 2.39...

On my FS7, I use the Tilta FS-T01 V-mount plate in conjunction with the now-discontinued IDX Duo-C95 battery. I've owned this combo for over a year, and I've found that the IDX batteries do not attach securely to the Tilta plate. It's far too easy to accidentally knock a battery right off the...