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Monthly Archives: July 2008

Noisy Restaurants at Night, and Accents

Sunday, July 20, 2008

So, partially to try something completely different with our new sound kit, this past evening I and my conspirator in crime Jay Mitra shot an interview with a local musician. (Well, I say local because she is, but she’s originally from California, misspelled below for artistic effect.) This was a strange thing for me because [...]

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Bastard Ending – a short film shoot

Friday, July 11, 2008

Last Sunday was our first day shooting with the new kit. After ascertaining who was going to be free that day, I sat down and penned a short based entirely on whoever-the-hell-could-make-it. So, probably not exactly an award-winning screenplay (or even an internally consistent one) but then for a test short, it worked fine. It [...]

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Portable Movie Studio

Wednesday, July 2, 2008

Back in the ’70s, Francis Ford Coppola once said that he dreamed of a day when an independent film crew could put an entire filmmaking kit into a van and drive around the country, free to film as they please. Similar to that, I’ve always wanted to be able to shoot using nothing but batteries. [...]

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Sound Toys – Edirol R-44 and Azden 320 Lavalier System

Tuesday, July 1, 2008

In the bad old days of my first few short films, sound was captured by waking up whichever friend was least hung over from the night before and getting him to lock his arms in an upright position while vaguely waving a shotgun microphone toward the actors. From the boom mic straight down to the [...]

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