Open Horizon is rad
Skateboarding, Timelapse and everything in between…
Video by RussellHoughten.com
Music
Composed by RichardHoughten.com
“Open Horizon”
Performed by Richard Houghten, Nicole Calhoun(cello) and Heidi Yoo(violin)
iTunes bit.ly/L25bJKFeaturing: Dylan Rieder, John Rattray thepredatorybird.com , Shuriken Shannon, Tom Karangelov, Jordan Taylor, Arto Saari, Oscar Meza, Dominik Dietrich, Jon Goemann, Jared Huss, Sam Winter, Jake Johnson, Stefan Janoski, Ben Nordberg
My section from the Transworld video bit.ly/Kfehkw
This one has been making the rounds (First sent to us by Mr. Ben Youngerman). It’s a perfect monday inspiration, enjoy.
Do More With Your DSLR: How to create the best lighting
We give you another fabulous video from the Vimeo Video School for our DIY Fridays. Although this might be a bit basic for many shooters, it’s a great tutorial that shows you how to make the most of the lighting conditions in your shooting environment.
How to do ideal DSLR:
- Exposure
- White Balancing
- Key Lighting
- ISO
- Shooting in Low Light
You can also read a great breakdown of the video if you don’t want to watch it.
Wrapping up the @SFIntlFilmFest with the @SF_FilmSociety
The last couple of weeks have been incredible. Without a doubt, we at TeamJaded have had more fun than we could have ever imagined. Working with a fabulous team from the SF Film Society, including Ben Zweig, Linda Butler, Michael Read, Joslyn Thoresen, Joanne Parsont, and too many others to name, we created the daily videos titled “Scoop du Jour.” See a handful of the fruits of our labor below. Click the image at the bottom to view ALL the videos! All the videos were shot by Abby Berendt Lavoi, Ben Youngerman, and Jeremey Lavoi, (with a couple of shots by Deniz Demirer) and edited by Ben Zweig. Also thanks to Dalan McNabola for hooking us up.
Short doc by @ricreative – INFLUENCERS
INFLUENCERS is a short documentary that explores what it means to be an influencer and how trends and creativity become contagious today in music, fashion and entertainment.
The film attempts to understand the essence of influence, what makes a person influential without taking a statistical or metric approach.
Written and Directed by Paul Rojanathara and Davis Johnson, the film is a Polaroid snapshot of New York influential creatives (advertising, design, fashion and entertainment) who are shaping today’s pop culture.
You can watch the whole film here.
Decoding @deepakchopra with @gothamchopra
For Tuesdays with Friends we give you @DecodingDeepak. Produced and shot by Mark Rinehart, edited by Julian Robinson, and staring/ produced by Gotham Chopra, we were able to see the World Premiere at SXSW this year. It’s a fabulous film (and we’re not just saying that because we we’re friends with these guys… and that Abby used to promote Deepak’s books at HarperOne). It’s truly an in-depth look at one of the world’s most admired and respected spiritual leaders. It takes the viewer on an enlightening and humorous journey with the both of the Chopras. If you get a chance to see it, we highly recommend you take advantage.
Check out the website for Decoding Deepak for more info.
Journalist and filmmaker Gotham Chopra spends a year traveling the world decoding his father Deepak Chopra, resolving the spiritual icon he is to the world vs. the real man known to his family. What starts as an intimate biopic becomes a deeper plunge into the meaning of identity itself.Filmmaker and journalist Gotham Chopra embarks on a year long roadtrip with his father Deepak Chopra in an attempt to resolve the spiritual icon he is to the world vs. the real man known to his family. From devoted disciples that range from Lady Gaga to lost souls searching for themselves in the red rock deserts of Sedona, Gotham begins to paint a raw portrait of his dad that only a son can. The film travels across the planet chronicling colorful Deepak activities – from a traditional monk ordainment in Thailand to a literal decoding of ancient family registers in rural India. On the homefront, Gotham also takes a closer look at the expansive spiritual empire his father has built over his 25 year career that initially was conceived out of Deepak’s own deep personal and spiritual dissatisfaction, and a decidedly non-spiritual (and boozy) origin.Ultimately what emerges is a picture of a Deepak that while reminiscent of other popularized Indian gurus, is more dad than demigod. Full of flaws, foils, intelligence, and irreverence, the decoded Deepak uncovered by his son’s honest scrutiny of him is a symbol of a world searching for answers in the most unlikely places and a deeper plunge into the meaning of identity itself.
Partitura & FREEMOTE
For your Monday Inspiration, we give you Partitura & FREEMOTE. Sit back and be inspired, my friends.
FREEMOTE 11 is a gathering of electronic artists & a shared exposure event in a former railway warehouse in Utrecht (NUtrecht) Holland.
Partitura is a custom software built in vvvv.org to generate realtime graphics aimed at visualising sound. The term “Partitura” (score) implies a connection with music, and this metaphor is the main focus of the project.
DIY PVC Dolly
The PVC dolly is a popular DIY film tools genre. Here’s a good tutorial on how to make one from Youtube user EluraUser. Happy DIY Friday. Check out the example.
San Francisco International Film Festival
For the past week we’ve been working with the @SFIFF (that’s the San Francisco International Film Festival in case the title of this blog didn’t tip you off). We’ve been enlisted as the “Scoop DuJour” team, filming daily wraps of the festival events. If you haven’t been out to catch a few of the films showing, here’s some trailers that may get you interested. Go celebrate film! Or, as the slogan this year is: “Rediscover Cinema.”
Before you start settling in with your popcorn to watch all the fancy trailers below, check out the SFIFF promo our friend Dalan McNabola did along with Ben Zweig (who we’ve been working with all week on the Scoop vids).
Here are just some of the sampling of what you can see at the festival. Check out the schedule here.
Hollow: An interactive documentary “for the community, by the community”
For DocDay-WednesDay, we give you a film in progress by Elaine McMillion. You can help fund Hollow by donating to the Kickstarter campaign (you only have until May 13th).
Hollow is an interactive documentary and community participatory project that focuses on the lives of residents in McDowell County, West Virginia. Hollow combines personal portraits, interactive data, participatory mapping and user-generated content on an HTML5 website designed to address the issues stemming from stereotyping and population loss in rural America. Community members will take part in the filmmaking process by creating their own documentary portraits and balloon maps. Hollow strives to bring attention to issues in rural America, encourage trust among the community and become a place where users can share ideas for the future.
Background:
For years, the residents of Southern West Virginia have been portrayed the way that filmmakers, mass media and politicians believe they should be. Yet this constant flow of images depicting only poverty, drug abuse and unemployment have an effect on the way the community sees themselves and limits their capacity for action and empowerment. For the first time, the McDowell County community will have a chance to express their own ideas in a project that addresses universal issues seen across rural America. This is not our interpretation of Southern West Virginia but instead a project “for the community, by the community” and a unique chance to be part of future improvement.
BURN premieres at Tribeca
We’ve been following the progress of this amazing looking film since we worked a job with one of the producers in 2010. That is why we were delighted to read on the BURN webiste:
GREAT NEWS!
BURN has been accepted to premiere at the 2012 Tribeca Film Festival this April. It’s an incredible honor for us to premiere at this prestigious festival!
You now know as much as we do! For more information about the festival, please visit Tribeca’s Website.
Many, many thanks!
Brenna & Tom
Brenna Sanchez & Tom Putnam
Producer/directors, BURN
Congrats! Truly great news from a couple of talented filmmakers. BURN premiered at Tribeca on Sunday. You can catch it today (4/24/12) at 9:45pm at Clearview Cinemas Chelsea 8. It you’re in NYC/ at Tribeca, definitely check this one out.