Creative Block & Amateur Filmmaking

I went into my #LostSock project with an immeasurable amount of ambition and little experience over 2 years ago. Not really understanding the scope of my project I was determined to teach myself as I go, and that’s exactly what I did.  I could hold a camera, frame a shot, and edit it together so how hard could it be right?  I had put out a few short videos in the past that were well received, this project would just follow the same patterns and be done in short order right? No. It turns out that all those words scrolling …

Breaking Gravity – Gymnastics and Bullet Time

I’m very proud of my oldest son Alex, who was a gymnast in high school and State Champion on the still rings for several years.   Those years provided a crash course in technique and scoring which lead to my love of the sport, which still remains to this day. Breaking Gravity was produced by Marc Donahue, who also has a great video about his array of cameras.  (Note: There are several really great sequences here, specifically the fire around 1:30, his excellent mouthing of words while the array is firing and the desk shot at the end) This video combines gymnastics, cinematography and multiple video …