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I'm actually very happy to work on XR stages at this time in my career. I've lost my taste for driving unpaid hours a day to location, shlepping around in the blazing heat or punishing cold, chasing the sun as it goes in and out of clouds and across the sky, then racing against it when it drops...

It gets complicated if one starts thinking of "soft" and "hard" as referring to a quality of light. They each have their purpose and one is not necessarily better or worse than the other. Fresnels deliver clean, crisp shadows, where open face units by the nature of the reflector usually have...

Ok, understood. That wording from Arri is pretty bizarre, they should know better. As far as "softbank kit", that refers to a different configuration that includes a softbox, aka Chimera. This iteration is called the Arri 300/650 Fresnel Combo Kit and does not include a softbox.

I'm starting to feel like you are trolling with this. You agreed that Fresnels are not a soft light, and then you continued on to describe it multiple times as such. Fresnels categorically produce hard light, the shadows are crisp and well defined and the light can be cleanly cut via gobos...

The kit speaks for itself, and there is a resurgence of popularity in using tungsten lighting particularly on faces. However, this statement doesn't check out. The only way a fresnel unit will deliver soft light is if it is modified with diffusion i.e. in a Chimera, or used as a bounce, where an...

The extra mm at the wide end was indeed great and yes of course, makes much more of a difference there than telephoto. In fact if Canon had found a way to put a mechanical limiter on the telephoto end that would prevent it from zooming into the ramping section unless on demand (similar to the...

You are so right Sam! I've built so many things over the years that ultimately I end up handing off to other people. I put in a lot of thought on how to streamline the build and breakdown process to make things efficient. I should have taken pics of how these carts pack into standard Home Depot...

What killed the 17-120 for me as a narrative lens was the iris ramp that occurs around 90mm or so. It aways seemed to easy to end up zooming into that zone without realizing it with the exposure changing, which in a controlled situation is a huge issue. Too easy for an operator to punch in past...

Ahh cool. If they need any help, have them reach out! There are some other specifics and variations I didn't go into here, such as the two 10" monitors we use for small spaces and traveling rigs, like the rolling carts the puppeteers use for walking shots. And i've also rigged 7" wireless...

I've seen pictures of the OG setups with small CRT monitors in wooden rolling stands that had a pivot built in for tilt. Not nearly as much flexibility!

Back in 2019 I shot the reboot of the Comedy Central series "Crank Yankers", my first foray into the world of puppets. When I started my prep, the line producer told me that they had a massive line item for an extended rental of twelve 24" broadcast monitors as requested by the puppeteers, and...

This is how we handled issues with gear heads on shows: "let's get a different head from the rental house". Actually there was one adjustment we did in the field to the Panahead, something to do with belt tension (it's been too long for me to remember). I know little about the actual mechanics...

Good idea with the Tango! You might even try connecting with Joe Dunton on Facebook--he is elderly and I'm not sure if he'll respond, but he has been posting a bit in recent years. He probably has the most knowledge about all things Moy. Good luck with the setup! Your head looks to be in great...

Probably not the worst idea to try what Paul suggests. Bear in mind that wheels for geared heads are designed to be balanced in any position, so you need to offset the pin that you hold to operate the wheel with the appropriate amount of counterweight, otherwise, it will be "bottom heavy". Some...

I've my two Fujinon Cabrios up for sale for well over a year with no real offers on them. At this point looks like they may just stay with me. They are still better lenses than the newer offerings with wider range, the Fuji rep said that those are really broadcast lenses and mine are designed...

There's also the V/O mention of buffalo wings being an anachronism, the drop into the colloquialisms when the gumshoe appears in his own imagined flashback "wassup?" "I'm not here, do your thing", and a few more subtle modern references. All of it in service to the individual jokes. As I learned...

I used to manage it back in my 20's (all three, along with producer) and had the ability to multi-task greater and had more energy. Not interested in that now. I recognized a while back that the more ways you split yourself on the day, the less attention you can give to any one task. On this I...

Thanks, drboffa! Rob, no worries, I'm just appreciating any and all who watched and commented! It's fun to hear everyone's responses. And I'd be just as interested to hear criticisms as well! Just got into our second festival, it will be screening at the TCL Chinese Theatre next month with the...

Okay okay--oy, what have I started! haha. My honest observation is that there is more sensitivity to people stepping out of lane and overal "protecting one's fiefdom" on indie sets, largely because of insecurity and inexperience. It's people play-acting at how they think things go on the big...

Great story Paul, and amazing that you are responsible for a line in that legendary film! I shot a series of little shorts called "TV juniors" to promote Seinfeld's "Bee Movie" in 2007. After his doc film "Comedian", Jerry liked the immediacy of shooting with camcorders so we were on HVX200's...