2011 Xfinity High School Football for Nashville Video Productions
PlayOn! Sports brought me back to shoot the 2011 high school
football season.Mike Murrian the
owner of Nashville Video Productions provides the equipment and directs the
show from...
Key PA "Broken"
In August I went to Nashville to work on the feature film Broken. As Key PA I was able to
pass on the lessons I have learned and trained up a great squad of production
assistants. Every day on this show
was a great adventure. We only
shot indoors the first two days and the rest...
PA/Grip for HGTV Web Videos
Red Arrow Industries brought me in again for an HGTV
shoot.In search of Entertaining
Kitchens and Man Bathrooms we visited some more really nice houses around
Knoxville.We used a ladder dolly
and 5D to capture TVs behind mirrors, kitchens you could host a whole party in
and an in home urinal.We used
Smoky Mountain Grip and Lighting's newest truck packed with all kinds of cool
stuff like Lite Panels on booms, a ladder dolly, Rosco Scrims and ND frames.I was familiar with most of the
work involved and our gaffer Steve Spallone was more than happy to explain
anything new.It is great to find
good mentors who understand I want to know the best way to do everything.In just three days with Red Arrow
Industries I have doubled my value as a grip.HGTV will use the final videos for their website.
Production
Assistant on Laughing at The Moon
For most of
May and June 2011 I worked as a Production Assistant on the film Laughing at
The Moon.This was an amazing
experience.I had some film set
experience from doing behind the scenes for That Evening Sun but this was...
PA/Grip for House Hunters Promos
While locking up a set for the movie Laughing at The Moon I stopped a
gentleman who turned out to be a local DP.That week he got me hired by Red Arrow
Industries to work on some promos for HGTV's House Hunters.The shoot was done with a Canon 5D at
three locations in Knoxville, including Villa Collina.I spent the day working with shiny
boards and a diffusion flag on a boom known as a sun swatter.The houses we visited are amazing and
this shoot was a great opportunity.I look forward to working with Red Arrow Industries in the future.
Geocaching Video for Sevier County News
Geocaching is a fun outdoor hobby. Someone hides a container in an
outdoor spot and posts the GPS coordinates on a number of websites.
Treasure hunters use a GPS device to pinpoint the location of the cache.
We used a free Iphone app to track down a few of them in Sevier
County. There are several traditional...
HappyDagger.net Video
I shot a green screen video for Brad Carpenter's blog HappyDagger.net.
He wrote a hilarious script and put on a great performance. I stretched
out the backdrop in the music room at his parents house. I brought in
my XHA1 all my audio gear and all my lights. It was a great day. Between
shots we played with the dogs, ate pepper turkey sandwiches and
generally had a great time. Brad has excellent taste in movies, he is
mostly a writer but he has also made a few short films. He will be
editing the footage so I am eager to see how it turns out. Before I left
we were able to make sure the green screen worked and it keyed right
out.
