One Of Us Has Been Productive

As much as our overall efforts have been a little stalled of late, Pat has still managed to show me up (as if the awards and accolades aren't enough) by maintaining his own high standards of productivity and creativity. While he insists he has just been messing around, he has also posted a fun little clip over on his Blog (what I like to think of as the brother blog to this one). He has been messing around a bit with his new 7D, and yesterday he played around a bit with After Effects to produce a fun little clip called Freeze. Head on over there to check it out and make sure you tell him how awesome he is while you are over there.

http://patrickgilbert.blogspot.com/2010/06/freeze.html

It's definitely worth checking out and has me excited about our future projects (the ones in development, the ones ready to go, and especially the ones still in my head).

The Future of Film Making?

I first heard about this a little over a month ago, but last night, the season finale of House aired...and it was shot entirely on a digital SLR camera - the Canon 5D Mark II. It's almost hard to fathom, but a high profile, internationally recognized television show has actually accomplished something that would have been unimaginable even a year ago. As recently as ten years ago, digital cameras were still new and gimmicky, big clunky boxes with 0.75" view screens that would capture your memories in 1.2 megapixel glory and cost you almost $1,000 to purchase. My first digital camera was a sleek little Casio Exilim that shot at 3.2 megapixels and cost me almost $700. I am now onto my fifth consumer grade digital camera in an era where you can find a 14 megapixel camera for under $100.

The thing that excites me most about this episode of House (find more details on the equipment, lenses, memory, etc. here) is that Pat recently picked up the Canon EOS 7D, a sister camera that shares many of the same capabilities of the 5D (including stunning HD video). We are looking forward to playing around with it in the very near future and have hatched a series of shorts to play around with before we settle into our next "official" production. We are in fact, hoping to shoot something this week, so there should be something new for you to see before too long.

Anyway, it's a pretty exciting development in our world of no-budget film making, and one that I am looking forward to diving into head first in the very near future. In the meantime, here is a preview to last night's Season Six finale of House. It was a breath taking accomplishment and I found myself truly appreciating a show that I have always passively enjoyed. Well done to everyone on the House team.

Sneak Peak - House Season 6 Finale