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Director Mark Pellington gets reckless on his first HD DSLR feature, I Melt with You

For many, HD DSLRs have brought freedom in producing quality, cinematic images without the need for a massive crew or an inflated budget. They have opened a gateway, allowing almost anyone with a vision to enter the production world without compromising quality. Director/producer Mark Pellington already had an impressive track record before he came into contact with the HD DSLR, including The Mothman Prophecies(2002) and Arlington Road (1999). He also had a slew of award-winning music videos for bands like Pearl Jam, Alice In Chains, Nine Inch Nails and, of course, U2. What Pellington didn’t have was access to a technology that offered the speed and agility required for his style of production, which he de-scribes as both “reckless” and “chaotic.” 

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There are two comments on Clint Milbys great article that I hear variations on a lot...

BRANDON: Nice work, but seriously, your budget is still near a million bucks? Dang, if I had a million bucks, I'd make a ton of films. Granted they wouldn't have Rob Lowe or Thomas Jane. Jan 11, 2011

Trudy: Wow what's the point of rigging it up so it ways a ton like traditional film cameras? They need to invent a better dolly too for this type of camera. LOL. -Jan 24, 2011

As the article states there are times when the camera was just literally a camera and a lens. Generally speaking the importance of using a CINE rig with a 1st ac 2nd ac x 2 cameras has to do with production values.

Since it's a feature film that's going to be Blown up the importance of having the shot done properly is essential. That means the shot is in focus, the scene is covered properly, you get all the dialogue .

This rigging and team effort also bodes to FATIGUE. It's one thing to go in for a day and shoot handheld and get something that  works. It's another thing to go in and shoot for 30 days consistently.

I shot BTS Behind The Scenes on this project mostly HH Hand Holding a 7D for several days right next to these guys and I was shooting say 20% of what they where shooting and it was exhausting. -David Kamatoy

The answer is ultimately you are both right. You could make a few more films for a million and YES the production values would be different. Besides a Rob Lowe or Jeremy Piven you also would not have all the crew experience etc.

Yes they do have other options to DOLLY but ultimately the other DOLLY  is trying to emulate the Dolly you see here in Matt Roe's BTS shot.

Mark Pellington and Eric Schmidt DP ultimately used the palate of both a traditional and non-traditional DSLR techniques on this film to do ultimately what all of strive to do...

TELL A STORY.

David Kamatoy

ps More BTS coming your way soon. STAY TUNED....

THANKS CLINT MILBY for  great article and VON WARE my DSLR buddy who sent the link.

Carleton Overstreet Jr. Drummer, Sales, Film and TV Guy (Bio Video)

San Diego,CA-Carleton Overstreet Jr. is a drummer, salesman, film and tv guy. Carl first played drums for me when he was 13 in an orchestra pit for "Ramona Quimby" that I was scored, we still play that tune.  It's great to see his development and that were all still working together in various modalities. 

This was shot at Jimmy Loves in San Diego,CA with the band Masterpiece.

Carleton Overstreet Jr. is a contributing member of the Kamatoy Media Group. We look forward to more collaborations in the near future. With the recent resurgence back to our Film & TV background it seems appropriate that we would shoot this. 

Carleton Overstreet Jr., Drummer, Sales, Film & TV Guy from David Kamatoy on Vimeo.

 

 

Help us out we are about to switch some software up that will help the look of this type of footage. I am posting this as it is on youtube and Vimeo. Which looks better at the HD level? That is the question.

T

Mark Christopher Lawrence and Friends “Bring the Funny” to Cygnet Theatre

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San Diego, CA - Mark Christopher Lawrence, Big Mike on NBC’s Chuck, hosts a night of comedy on Tuesday, September 21, at the Cygnet Theatre in Old Town. Headlining the event will be ventriloquist Kevin Johnson, who has appeared with his “friends” on America’s Got Talent and The Late Show with David Letterman. Also in the lineup are Frances Dilorinzo from Last Comic Standing and comic juggler David Kamatoy.

“We’re gonna bring the Funny. Bring yourself.”

Mark Christopher Lawrence

Kevin Johnson is a self-taught ventriloquist who has been entertaining family, friends, and fans since he was 9 years old. After honing his skills at the San Diego Zoo and Legoland, Kevin hit it big on America’s Got Talent in 2006, and achieved a life-long goal when he appeared on The Late Show with David Letterman. As Simon Cowell told him, “America loves you.”

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David Kamatoy is the #1 Filipino-American comic juggler, quite possibly the only one, and has been entertaining crowds for years in front of the reflecting pond in Balboa Park. He will bring his mix of humor and juggling as the opener for the evening.

Featured comic Frances Dilorinzo’s career began, interestingly enough, in a required college speech class where she was encouraged to include humor in her presentations. She moved from there to the speech team and eventually to the comedy clubs of Los Angeles. She has appeared on Last Comic Standing, the Comics Unleashed, and Comedy Central, among other venues. She is currently working on the reality show Real Housewives of Orange County where she plays “the one with the real personality, sarcastic mouth, and smallest boobs.”

Be sure to come out for what Mark Christopher Lawrence guarantees will be “a rib rock roaring show.” Cygnet Theatre is located in San Diego’s Old Town, at 4040 Twiggs Street. For more information, contact the theater at 619-337-1525.

 

On the set of "I Melt with you" The Movie

Monterey, CA- I spent this week shooting BTS Behind The Scenes footage for the independent feature "I Melt with You", a low budget independant feature directed by Mark Pellington, written by Glenn Porter.

 

 

I Melt With You from Pellington Films on Vimeo.

This preview was shot on a 7D with a Lens Baby by Matt Roe to help get the ball rolling.

 

There are several factors that make this project extremely unique.

1. The cast is made up of several notable TV and Film Stars including Rob Lowe, Jeremy Piven, Christian McKay and Thomas Jane.

These gentlemen made a decision to do a relationship based independant low budget feature strongly because of the script and Mark Pellington the director.

2. The show is being shot on HDSLR's specifically Canon's 5DMII and the 7D along with a few GoPros.

My job was to cover this unique process that is embracing the new world of being able to shoot fast and light using HDSLR's and how it effects the entire workflow of the set.

I just finished shooting days of footage and my job in the next week is to figure out what I have. Decide with the producers and Thomas Jane what we can and can't release currently.

Once I review the footage I will be catching up with the Cast and Crew in LA to cover the last days of principal photography.

There so many thoughts and angles on this thing. I just sort of want to post this as a warning...lol.

In this new generation of HDSLR's we have seen some amazing things coming from the prosumer community. So what happens when the people that grew up in the industry also embrace the new technology...

I Melt With You

A character driven project that big names attach themselves that allow them to flex some acting muscle. A group of artists and technicians attacking an incredible story...

More later...Need to go shoot a few more things before I take off.

Mark Christopher Lawrence Takes the ACTIVIA 14 Day Challenge...

Mark Christopher Lawrence who plays "BIG MIKE" on NBC's Hit Comedy Chuck decided to take the Activia 14-Day Challenge.

ACTIVIA by Dannon is a yogurt product that has a healthy dose of FIBER and what they call Bifidus Regularis™ in it has posted a 14 day challenge. The goal is to help you get regular.

 

Mark called me and told me had an idea. So we stuck this into the shooting schedule. We had a blast putting this together. We made a noted choice to make it look as credible as possible before launching into the insanity..

Produced and Directed by Mark Christopher Lawrence, David Kamatoy & Jason Banks.

Entering the world of DSLR's

We've been shooting Standard Definition and HDV for the last year. It's funny for a guy who used to shoot on small form cameras because it was what we could shoot on at the time (Hi8, Super 8, etc.) to be shooting on a small form camera and it's what people are now shooting on.

If you want to know more about how to use different cameras for shooting and production, check out www.onlineuniversities.net for some photography and film production classes.

We used to make fun of all these production pictures of us with big crews and small cameras. Suddenly were back to small form cameras.

The thought that Technicolor used to be running three strips of film at the same time for Red, Blue and Green compared to the CMOS technology thats in a 7D or the Micro Thirds technology where the Lense is bigger than the body it's an interesting time. 

After years of sporadically being in production it's interesting now being in production for the last year just doing ENG stuff how much much were moving back into production. 

Very similar to my injury 10 years ago where I realized Wow! if I dont get physically active again its going to get harder to come back. I realize that's the case now with shooting and production. 

We're entering a very productive time for us. The only thing holding us back from publishing a TO OF CONTENT is the editing.

That being said I am going to back to editing after a short writing break...

FINAL THOUGHTS: My buddy Von Ware and I have discussed this often but HDSLR's will definitely be a game changer for us. Just watch...

We will be publishing a lot of the old stuff and the new stuff side by side so just keep that in mind...