LA in 50 words

A acrostic poem, by Chris Liotta   Lifelong impressions O so many celebrities around So many dogs in offices   Awesome burger and taco joints Never ending night life Grumpy drivers stuck in traffic Everlasting smog line Loud and crazy neighbors Even carmageddon can’t hold this city down Say what you want, these memories will [...]

A Chance at TV

Last week, Taylor and I had a knock on our door.  It was two people from Jay Leno saying they were going to be shooting music video parodies in our area the following week and wanted to know if we were interested.  Obviously, we said yes, and had our hopes up for the following week.  [...]

False Moon (Freestyle)

I really wanted to work with some low light situations in this project.  I wanted to do incorporate shooting at night and using a flashlight as the only source of light.  The latter half was more difficult to accomplish, but I managed to pull off the shoot with only one extra light used per frame.  [...]

July 4th the Best Way

Recipe for the most epic 4th of July one can possibly have: Fireworks: The city of Los Angeles has us covered on that to say the least.  I’m looking forward to what sounds like is going to be one of the best looking fireworks shows I’ve seen over the years. Food: A good old fashioned [...]

Rolling With the Punches

At the start of this program I had two internships, now I have one.  I was interning with the production company Film 44 until last week.  They called me to say that they were, unfortunately, ending their summer intern program and letting all six interns go.  All of our duties would be assigned to production [...]

The Benefits of Location Scouting

The one thing I’ve come to learn from our first project is location scouting is a pain.  Everyone wants money for it.  One guy told me that I could have their spot for sixteen thousand, basically half a semester’s worth of money. When prepping for the project, my partner, Greg Gentile, and I went quickly [...]

Slideshow

A little over a week ago our group was brought to a tiny spot under the Hollywood sign.  The general idea was to snap pictures in a rushed time frame and get quality images.  Unfortunately for me, minor mishaps with gravel caused several of my pictures to turn blurry as I slipped on it.  I [...]