tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-45572881582508547712024-03-05T08:14:34.085-08:00Korea In 3DA Cinematographers journey in 3D to Seoul Korea....Shooting my first ever 3D movie... in Seoul Korea!MADDOXDPhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02155104445684411260noreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4557288158250854771.post-14738759215610770302010-10-03T12:53:00.001-07:002010-10-03T17:38:53.565-07:00Special Team players in 3D<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjO1ygFnWt-Ttaw2r3OX2rplviruHrQ1ZAszRahRTMYqWRZGCIwdGuCAiTGv44yg7-Urb-iiC_TvFq0FvBMR3AEg5KZIIAOUl4TJ80iPhzud4YH0OI6kNWDfR2zTqR-AXDAMoFjxhqLnnk/s1600/Dong1.JPG"><img style="float: right; margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; cursor: pointer; width: 134px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjO1ygFnWt-Ttaw2r3OX2rplviruHrQ1ZAszRahRTMYqWRZGCIwdGuCAiTGv44yg7-Urb-iiC_TvFq0FvBMR3AEg5KZIIAOUl4TJ80iPhzud4YH0OI6kNWDfR2zTqR-AXDAMoFjxhqLnnk/s200/Dong1.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5523926485882133522" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Sometimes on production there are people that are truly never heard from but their work is integral to production itself. I guess that could be said for many folks but sometimes, I feel, there are some people that can be special. Considering once upon a time I was a production assistant that picked trash up and held down sidewalks at 4am with no one in sight, I think I am a good judge for such people. On this production it would have to be my 3D prep tech, Dong.<br />Dong from what I can tell is usually a camera assistant in Seoul, who seems very competent in the ins and outs of the camera. Yet on this film he was hired for the 3D dept. because he speaks English and has been in camera for a bit. I have to admit though, I was not involved in the hiring of this movie at all, I came into this project partially into pre-production. W<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyzuCz6vnVMR9lfmjmoLG90W1Je1DPjNazb7EpOkVuANWwpAN2OgY-O1ci_NeHnq8u_avPvORs_mjv6Z1pLLd6bJzlyv8mTDQhq3DldYppfzqRwiuK0PUWOPhRsxSQIcfXbaXol0S00vY/s1600/Dong.JPG"><img style="float: right; margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 134px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyzuCz6vnVMR9lfmjmoLG90W1Je1DPjNazb7EpOkVuANWwpAN2OgY-O1ci_NeHnq8u_avPvORs_mjv6Z1pLLd6bJzlyv8mTDQhq3DldYppfzqRwiuK0PUWOPhRsxSQIcfXbaXol0S00vY/s200/Dong.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5523927514642474946" border="0" /></a>ith the hiring of Dong into our stereo dept.,, which is German based, that posed a problem that no one truly for saw; that of Germans who speak fairly good English but with thick German accents trying to be understood by Koreans who barely speak English.<br />Dong speaks enough English but through the accents things become lost in translation. This is where I saw Dong shine as a great team player. Mind you things became intense with the demand on our 3D crew and seeing that Dong was at the bottom of the pecking order, he had the all the crap that rolled down hill. What can you ask of a person that can barely speak the <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWMzIply49KdG5H-1iB4C2ril1QAinD6kIu0_hk5FdI9y8LVkcPPEoYCjxt1-Z04u6v2CbgqvvgG5McTudkc1a8KbQ0DrJP8Ej_itYzoevBo-k8hhsY1-BtGaPu8FWeRWvmhJdTkJIb2A/s1600/Dong.JPG"><img style="float: right; margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; cursor: pointer; width: 134px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWMzIply49KdG5H-1iB4C2ril1QAinD6kIu0_hk5FdI9y8LVkcPPEoYCjxt1-Z04u6v2CbgqvvgG5McTudkc1a8KbQ0DrJP8Ej_itYzoevBo-k8hhsY1-BtGaPu8FWeRWvmhJdTkJIb2A/s200/Dong.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5523925984269946690" border="0" /></a>language and then has to understand it coming from non native speakers!<br />Secondly Dong was put into a situation with brand new technology. Just because you have worked in the camera dept. for 15 to 20 years does not mean in any way shape or form that you know how to A)Set up a 3D rig, be it side by side or Top and bottom, nor B)operate a 3D rig to make it functional for the stereo dept. to do their job, this is all fairly new technology for anyone that is a crew person in film no matter how many years of experience. Dong had a few double if not triple whammies on a daily basis for our 64 day shoot. It was quit a show to see him sweat everyday due to the fact of what was constant pressure on such a shoot.<br />Even though tensions between the departments, camera and stereo aka 3D, could run high, Dong never gave anything less than a smile and laugh and I let him know his hard work did not go un-noticed nor unappreciated by his Director Of Photography.<object id="BLOG_video-FAILED" class="BLOG_video_class" contentid="FAILED" height="266" width="320"></object>MADDOXDPhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02155104445684411260noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4557288158250854771.post-52440373075302543282010-08-27T04:16:00.000-07:002010-08-31T09:24:34.816-07:00Week8<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNXQmmH3HRvX9QkwmUPhm2Od8DifkoSGHfGyJ-S4Nz5t6GuiCSAT37fDwhwgpfmNZhtpkkkQ7CNYU-8OHg0BI0k4SFhVY3CxLxaW4KGojFw-uM8uteoVoMy6WJMnj9QUD9ImLZz13QE6s/s1600/100_2562.JPG"><img style="float: right; margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNXQmmH3HRvX9QkwmUPhm2Od8DifkoSGHfGyJ-S4Nz5t6GuiCSAT37fDwhwgpfmNZhtpkkkQ7CNYU-8OHg0BI0k4SFhVY3CxLxaW4KGojFw-uM8uteoVoMy6WJMnj9QUD9ImLZz13QE6s/s200/100_2562.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5511606864948482546" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-family:arial;"> Here is week 8 of the shoot and we are into the final stretch of the film. One thing that I’ve come to understand a lot better is the role of the Stereographer. The stereographer is the person who is controlling the 3D as we shoot. The terms to understand about 3D are screen distance and depth, these things reflect the 3D look during and after shooting. Our senior stereographer Florian Maier, of Stereotec a German based company (http://stereotec.com/), has been going at it and studying 3D for about 10 to 12 years now. He has two other junior stereographer s that have taken over for hi</span><span style="font-family:arial;">m in a few capacities, namely Sarah, and also Marcus.<br />Now mind you they are all n</span><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='232' height='202' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dxZB6ufh3LAdGP8ewpFKNpeqpwSGmmxiJazNdVNjoYQN1BZx3jJpNIKg9peVEPXm7H9cG27nJKkSe4yK83Gcw' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe><span style="font-family:arial;">ew additions to </span><span style="font-family:arial;">the Cam</span><span style="font-family:arial;">era d</span><span style="font-family:arial;">ept. because of their role witihin the dept. </span> <span style="font-family:arial;"> Because of the pecking order of a film set things run a certain way, with the Director being in charge a long with the 1st AD then myself as the Cinematographer coming into play, we as the main point people onset try keeps things moving with a devised plan. So how does this change if at all with 3D in the daily running of the show and planning. Its almost like a necessary evil at times, due to the fact that 3D is an immediate VFX that is seen onset, by many people watching the monitor with the shutter glasses( a pain in the rear versus the passive glasses). So the stereographer has a certain level of say due to a few variables that could make things unwatchable or painful if not approached in the righ</span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhBN-A68845UNlsvYUJbtist3-ur-NTFOQEedkWxLGEsn7-iuzY3qUtIgGfcjKd6bTT8G53_q-zfiIXJpiBZTAxcXTXMp1XEr9Aqy4LqV1FV9FtJ3-uTiY0m6bumlmyQMPZdPY4GVC7qw/s1600/100_2686.JPG"><img style="float: right; margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; cursor: pointer; width: 168px; height: 126px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhBN-A68845UNlsvYUJbtist3-ur-NTFOQEedkWxLGEsn7-iuzY3qUtIgGfcjKd6bTT8G53_q-zfiIXJpiBZTAxcXTXMp1XEr9Aqy4LqV1FV9FtJ3-uTiY0m6bumlmyQMPZdPY4GVC7qw/s200/100_2686.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5511607049230322386" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:arial;">t manner. Its a funny line they walk because they are as necessary as my Gaffer (head of lighting) or my key grip (head rigger and crane operator) but the only thing is if they, the Gaffer or Key Grip, make a mistake or cut a corner you, as the </span><span style="font-family:arial;">audience, will not necessarily be hurting. So the question is do they have more creative input than most keys in a dept., I dare say that they do not because as a dept. they still work for the DP within the camera dept. The </span><span style="font-family:arial;">Stereogrpahic hardware for 3D is attached to the camera bodies and the dolly/crane mounts in order to usually work. </span> <span style="font-family:arial;"> As a the DP I have</span><span style="font-family:arial;"> to be the one to set the tone for this new position, which I have found to be a tricky ordeal at times due to two factors. 1) This new technology is so new that not everything is even known in order to say what are definitive answers at times to certain visual approaches and challenges that may arise, unlike in 2D the format a</span><span style="font-family:arial;">nd work environment has not changed that much in almost eighty or 100 years of filmmaking. 2) The position of the Stereographer is so new, and very relevant by the way to work with this revamped format, that their is barely a true pool of Stereographer talent pool to pull from anywhere in the world. Florian Maie</span><span style="font-family:arial;">r is a true scientist that has been working with this format for longer than most in the world right now presently. So how to find a person that truly knows their role and the craft of Interaxial movement and 3D positioning is far and few. They need to be very much a scientist as well as a great focus puller to some extent in order to successfully pull great 3D images over and over again on a long shooting schedule. If you look at the video that I am posting with this blog the stereographer is actually calculating the distance between the nodal points of the lens, middle points of the lens, that will change with the subject distance to camera , </span><span style="font-family:arial;">and the stereographer will make adjustments due to his/her findings. These adjustments will affect the size of the characters and the depth at which they are playing within and outside of the screen towards the audience.This is done on every shot of the film everyday, along with other configurations before and after rolling the camera. Pending on the experience and t</span><span style="font-family:arial;">he hardware of of everything involved these processes can vary in time onset. </span> <span style="font-family:arial;"> But as with most things onset a pattern occurs for timing the day and speed of the crew a</span><span style="font-family:arial;">nd this is something that has to be thought of a</span><span style="font-family:arial;">fter proper testing, so t</span><span style="font-family:arial;">hen it can all be calculated by the 1st AD and relayed to the Director so he and I can make plans for the day! It no matter what takes a bit of extra time in</span><span style="font-family:arial;"> the flow of things onset, make no mistake about that, its not as simple as switching a lens and one quick measurement to see an actor from A to B. At the end of the day its a fun challenge for film making that I think, because of the digital realm, is here to stay. I love celluloid film but 35mm and 3D aren’t the best of friends for great results in this expression of movie making. A BIG thanks to Stereotec (http://stereotec.com/), Florien , Sarah, Dong, and Marcus for do</span><span style="font-family:arial;">ing a great job in taking on this challenge here in Seoul with me and my Korean Camera crew. Peace TMU</span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9FSq0g83R2OWBOX8w8mly3CSOZ3W-NORBDsHUiH8CkEMZ7XJJt6eAJVAbg4z1OUEaQr5yZ5TzsGXMpvDJBtQuz8GymH1nyZKrRgseyufUpE3rFH3MV-LI3-Bk3qeVdtKapBvpzRjw0qw/s1600/IMG_5638.JPG"><img style="float: right; margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; cursor: pointer; width: 134px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9FSq0g83R2OWBOX8w8mly3CSOZ3W-NORBDsHUiH8CkEMZ7XJJt6eAJVAbg4z1OUEaQr5yZ5TzsGXMpvDJBtQuz8GymH1nyZKrRgseyufUpE3rFH3MV-LI3-Bk3qeVdtKapBvpzRjw0qw/s200/IMG_5638.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5511608601440119794" border="0" /></a><br /><br />-Me holding the mini 3D rig with Iconix cameras<br />vs. the BIG RIG, which is now an even standard rig in my eyes after almost 40days<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOJs7GPDuEfQUHu-bRVgCCFVGtQhR8kIGxHG0DKNkKMcyy1pcBdCqL0-JjclGOppp4gTdS4xMK2fE24yV6V-F4yrJn2Y2Xh1-nS0UAc7_2DPmyz1E99sVjt40ENXrb128SmyAbpyhhdEQ/s1600/IMG_5630.JPG"><img style="float: right; margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; cursor: pointer; width: 134px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOJs7GPDuEfQUHu-bRVgCCFVGtQhR8kIGxHG0DKNkKMcyy1pcBdCqL0-JjclGOppp4gTdS4xMK2fE24yV6V-F4yrJn2Y2Xh1-nS0UAc7_2DPmyz1E99sVjt40ENXrb128SmyAbpyhhdEQ/s200/IMG_5630.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5511607949567032914" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEwF7bLNvPhUF1WyRtnMFgqiCvelczD-7db26LSDezIwYo-nu6KvcQ8peOHwx5cKLIhLYJSsU9XvSgYRCx2YVT51h2DLeZelsxOhhVcfeV9VbAWPb-Wp7mCUMcQDXJHz1xap7jZSDrrq0/s1600/maddox2(2).jpg"><img style="float: right; margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; cursor: pointer; width: 133px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEwF7bLNvPhUF1WyRtnMFgqiCvelczD-7db26LSDezIwYo-nu6KvcQ8peOHwx5cKLIhLYJSsU9XvSgYRCx2YVT51h2DLeZelsxOhhVcfeV9VbAWPb-Wp7mCUMcQDXJHz1xap7jZSDrrq0/s200/maddox2(2).jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5511609909640091458" border="0" /></a>MADDOXDPhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02155104445684411260noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4557288158250854771.post-80680604558469064872010-08-05T22:20:00.001-07:002010-08-07T19:35:06.338-07:00Friends on the journey<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcA2X_8Fvhzvi1X548_sM5eFI9oZSArK0z0UAUbNOhbcEIOAz7Yf5PCpLlhIbP6NleOnkW9iHf2ENXezpjl8YLmSfdNBTQgiklxtTdiIgzGv7ViQ7sC53MRjiHkoSgFRzZ1kDiPznalgA/s1600/On+Crane.JPG"><img style="float: right; margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 134px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcA2X_8Fvhzvi1X548_sM5eFI9oZSArK0z0UAUbNOhbcEIOAz7Yf5PCpLlhIbP6NleOnkW9iHf2ENXezpjl8YLmSfdNBTQgiklxtTdiIgzGv7ViQ7sC53MRjiHkoSgFRzZ1kDiPznalgA/s200/On+Crane.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5502850732183118322" border="0" /></a><br />So here it is the third week of shooting, I believe, not quit sure because I am writing during what is actually the fifth week of shooting and a lot has happened. One thing that was exciting is that our press coverage started up on the movie. Our lead star Jay Park aka Jay Baum, a Seattle Washington Korean American, is a big time pop star here in Korea. Korean pop music is referred to as something called K-pop, un be knowns t to me J Baum is something of a pop culture phnom, being a singer/b-boy dancer. So with J’s popularity there has been some great media that I have been able to take part in. Hence the picture below from one entertainment publications here in Seoul.<br />http://jaypark.net/jaebum-interview-on-set-of-hype-nation-%E2%91%A1/<br /><br />One thing that I will be interesting to see is our visual effects and how they are handled when it comes to wire work, and background replacement because it is in 3D, I wonder just how much it will differ from regular 2D films. Since it is 3D everything to some degree is a visual effect, and I say that because of the many rules for framing and lighting that repeatedly play during shooting and the fact that 3D is simply two camera setup that is simultaneously shooting. I would say the biggest difference between my opportunity on IronMan2 as a operator and this job would be the immediacy of seeing at least one layer of visual effects from live camera work. Even after the initial 3D shooting there is a layer of depth grading or 3D layering that happens in post that we are able to move around and expand on need be. This dynamic aspect of filmmaking is cool, but as I have repeatedly heard a good 2D image is a great 3D image. One of my closest collaborators besides Yung Lee(Jason) and Christian Strickland is my award winning Gaffer Junha Shin(Jun).<br />Jun is a 27 year veteran in the film industry here in Korea, his been a Gaffer/Lighting<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhggiWY3asKLuAzgYjBkec5O2osCGKCw_DmXKJQEeaYRhbPtvB6lhj9opkHAv5EXz_UyNKfhZkGoNkhIqhwLoJpNUMgNXfxu06UutaFZVFB90EDX7Bx5IUrxjldSmdGDwlovuw8394mLr0/s1600/Jun+post+rain.JPG"><img style="float: right; margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; cursor: pointer; width: 134px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhggiWY3asKLuAzgYjBkec5O2osCGKCw_DmXKJQEeaYRhbPtvB6lhj9opkHAv5EXz_UyNKfhZkGoNkhIqhwLoJpNUMgNXfxu06UutaFZVFB90EDX7Bx5IUrxjldSmdGDwlovuw8394mLr0/s200/Jun+post+rain.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5502850908912094338" border="0" /></a> Director for about 20 years. I must say I was quit ignorant to Jun when we first meet I only knew that he was well regarded here in South Korea, but not to the extent that I’ve come to know, I bring him up in this blog because of the individual that he is. We , the American guys on the crew, regard him as Yoda. Jun is a very wise intuitive man especially when it comes to lighting and delegating work. He never gets loud, doesn’t use a light meter, and his body language lets you know when he is done with lighting to let me know to come and check it out. The role of the Gaffer is he sets out to accomplish the goal of the cinematographers light language in the film. We usually talk a lot in pre-production, look at examples of different types of work be they photos or films, and connect it all with the mood of the film. I have had a few interpreters onset so then Jun and I can communicate, but to think that even with them there are many a times the he and I understand through the language of light and cinema just what needs to happen.<br />Now one thing that caught me off guard was the non use of a light meter, by him as the Gaffer. I know in the states its a major NO NO , for an electric or 1st AC to have a light meter and or even a Gaffers glass, tools that are exclusively for the DP and or Gaffer onset to look at (Gaffers Glass) and measure light (light meter). But here the electrics and AC’s all have meters and will pull them out to measure things from time to time. It completely caught me off guard and I didn’t know how to<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNkTQaeRyV1sQjiIUMgdceGP4FLcJN4hWp0glXfjl8McTn1LhxdqWtTD3vuDHpZ6nzFQhJcjWeR6_ScZ1wakmprgjslLmz7qh10v0Bvnc9iuIdOl0kGUOzhW2uD25QuedO3wJQvJRI-ss/s1600/IMG_3872.JPG"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 134px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNkTQaeRyV1sQjiIUMgdceGP4FLcJN4hWp0glXfjl8McTn1LhxdqWtTD3vuDHpZ6nzFQhJcjWeR6_ScZ1wakmprgjslLmz7qh10v0Bvnc9iuIdOl0kGUOzhW2uD25QuedO3wJQvJRI-ss/s200/IMG_3872.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5502860815379020770" border="0" /></a> react. It was a cultural moment to understand that this is how they as a cre<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilqjapcBWvjC70vy2Ht33zF5pkn7MvnTwo1aiygVwBcJ2uQSVc22Z4ufh14dD61u2DER0bTpiuenZKie8TDe6gUuxXl6NV_2RyZXSej377VV9ayo9D9Hnt8dlvSgmAXrUAv7hDwkELkQE/s1600/IMG_3871.JPG"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 134px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilqjapcBWvjC70vy2Ht33zF5pkn7MvnTwo1aiygVwBcJ2uQSVc22Z4ufh14dD61u2DER0bTpiuenZKie8TDe6gUuxXl6NV_2RyZXSej377VV9ayo9D9Hnt8dlvSgmAXrUAv7hDwkELkQE/s200/IMG_3871.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5502860056729841202" border="0" /></a>w operate within their electrical/grip dept. , which by the way is the same dept. here in the sense of rigging and power. The grip team is strictly about cranes and dollies that push me around for camera movement. Jun keeps a certain tone that has a amazing flow onset, even if I decide that something needs to be changed last minute for the story.<br />One thing that I love about the relationship between he and I is when our ideas kinda have static, and if it is about major story point I usually win. If its about pure aesthetic and will not have the best lighting continuity I will give in. Its a back and forth that is amazingly easy dance, of collaboration. Jun’s ability to foresee things and to always make himself seen on set has garnished him the name Yoda, Jedi master who takes on a few of us to teach thi<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOghEN81hZF0_FGPHd5oaIbLlph-4ANFn6vgDuSwSmE5Me5k8oUBCD8xom0NJ3vA2C7vkQGBinRcnuQ3Q0rHsjDSXMHXMQIYlbo5nYd6LKASF9ilsNWQiyGzueSgXXf7aA0V6O8BUO6e4/s1600/Jun+and+I.JPG"><img style="float: right; margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 134px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOghEN81hZF0_FGPHd5oaIbLlph-4ANFn6vgDuSwSmE5Me5k8oUBCD8xom0NJ3vA2C7vkQGBinRcnuQ3Q0rHsjDSXMHXMQIYlbo5nYd6LKASF9ilsNWQiyGzueSgXXf7aA0V6O8BUO6e4/s200/Jun+and+I.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5502852658365875762" border="0" /></a>ngs to once in a while. Jun never truly raises his voice, nor gets too excited about things, he stays truly even. A great lesson to relearn a few times a year when working in this business.<br />This experience makes me reflect on the many people that I have had a pleasure to meet on this terrific journey of life. Its just like Lord of the Rings as I walk through the wilderness and uncertain paths, I meet people at perfect times that give so much to prepare me for each step of living this dream. Jun is a great friend and a awesome Gaffer that has gone above and beyond bein<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyz4V8PQ4hwVRzuAcrGQANycxhb4-gHEaZlRheJfsCDIaua6gNWv2o4ed5wQfVY0t-EriFY9LG2BWMpavbHS1vYFjJIMGVRoFbIM8SHdFJujWI485Zx0VQHn21q6bxWxf4eWnECBKTPno/s1600/Jun+and+Elec.JPG"><img style="float: right; margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 134px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyz4V8PQ4hwVRzuAcrGQANycxhb4-gHEaZlRheJfsCDIaua6gNWv2o4ed5wQfVY0t-EriFY9LG2BWMpavbHS1vYFjJIMGVRoFbIM8SHdFJujWI485Zx0VQHn21q6bxWxf4eWnECBKTPno/s200/Jun+and+Elec.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5502853658539741842" border="0" /></a>g on set. He has been gracious enough to take my wife and I out to eat, join us for dinner at my favorite Tofu restaurant, and has even shared a gift of a tremendous laser pointer for me to have.<br />Thank you to the higher power, the Universe, Great energy, God, Christ like conscious, or whom ever you believe, but thanks is in order to the Universe for Jun has been nothing but a great and talented human being.<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwRy0N7BAgRr463Dy1wYIyhecrXlksTqiWGVYLpUG_kr9sSU6RShxPS5Q1U_4ZmQEt5ihPRI2hYBN8sqUvpvZeUi3wlg9N8NcNflzCKPApjr5LrlT4aljwyiCi0xJl6hw8XZaSaJJmcZM/s1600/IMG_3148.JPG"><img style="float: right; margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; cursor: pointer; width: 134px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwRy0N7BAgRr463Dy1wYIyhecrXlksTqiWGVYLpUG_kr9sSU6RShxPS5Q1U_4ZmQEt5ihPRI2hYBN8sqUvpvZeUi3wlg9N8NcNflzCKPApjr5LrlT4aljwyiCi0xJl6hw8XZaSaJJmcZM/s200/IMG_3148.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5502856228039243330" border="0" /></a>MADDOXDPhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02155104445684411260noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4557288158250854771.post-55748201712851626682010-07-18T07:09:00.001-07:002010-07-18T07:43:45.009-07:00Day1/Week1<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCeXiRg2pAi6FT0g9RtSloLe3p302K-AkoVLdJLl9iX1Dp5JnP_f5YNr4xNKil55AQzKyBoH1hDQMZjtrj3t2Gxl4A4Ktg5K1G2lqJn8ZAeD-9vYIeRFevm3DrhVGGWNxYxuWpn1nR5CQ/s1600/100_2661.JPG"><img style="float: right; margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCeXiRg2pAi6FT0g9RtSloLe3p302K-AkoVLdJLl9iX1Dp5JnP_f5YNr4xNKil55AQzKyBoH1hDQMZjtrj3t2Gxl4A4Ktg5K1G2lqJn8ZAeD-9vYIeRFevm3DrhVGGWNxYxuWpn1nR5CQ/s200/100_2661.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5495248621729703010" border="0" /></a><br />So here it is I’m actually in my second week but I’m writing about my first week. I must tell you considering our schedule these blogs can be an interesting challenge at 1 or 2am and then I consider an edit but not to much avail. I am trying a new approach and hopefully it helps in the editing and grammar experience of this blog site.<br />Day 1, very interesting considering here in Korea there is not a big situation to permitting an area, except the neighbors consent for the most part. So we arrived in this great historical neighborhood to shoot a quick cutaway scene of our gangster leaving his supposed home. We arrive early and excited trucks pulling up and getting gear together, we set up the crane and start the blocking process and then.........she comes. A disgruntled old ...*&^#&*@ who was upset that she couldn’t get down her street, she claims she felt disrespected do to how someone talked about her car!<br />She proceeded to make our day a living hell by trying in all her power to prevent us from shooting in her neighborhood. Mind you the people of the street were split about us being there. Some really didn’t care while others sided with her and just wanted to be upset. Needless to say day1 was a rehearsal for what should have been an easy scene to execute.<iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dx35eSZ00HK4BQHOuxzJWZ8NYR7LQ8bSDLF_6aqMOKNhAhK_6vDZPeCtjG94kcaoBEEF0tFBPXJ66ZLclFCWA' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe><br />The next three days we were else where, and it was a major set up for the actual climax of the movie. It was something that at first glance was not ideal but turned out to be a good situation just because of pure adrenaline and excitement for the movie; due to the fact it was ou<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEii5lr9oo18PErdeNpmQvoeJAbr0Xon3S31oyD_13WrqMZpepOB83vGOMw7beSEbOGFJlYutT2D5Qis7AdSov1doVAWHucmxQ9qwPFYbfpc0u8pULOlPlU5dI3pXOQzWuIQ6WFfN5vAtc0/s1600/100_2688.JPG"><img style="float: right; margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEii5lr9oo18PErdeNpmQvoeJAbr0Xon3S31oyD_13WrqMZpepOB83vGOMw7beSEbOGFJlYutT2D5Qis7AdSov1doVAWHucmxQ9qwPFYbfpc0u8pULOlPlU5dI3pXOQzWuIQ6WFfN5vAtc0/s200/100_2688.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5495255497739534594" border="0" /></a>r climax dance scene. At first my hesitation and uncertainty only gave way due to the earlier lesson of this whole journey, so I surrendered to the opportunity to jump into a big 3D scene/apex of the visual language of the film. My crew arrived at the location at 3:30 am to put in a six hour rig before I arrived at 10am with the directors. I ordered a few things for this concert scene of the movie, so I had a 40’ jib arm that I would be riding with the camera, mind you the rig is too big and weighs too much for remote capabilities. While my B cam would be on the ground with my former AFI (American Film Institute) classmate Yung Rho Kim operating it. Yung already had experience <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgr0rV4ZmY_prWJtqSO6NOpsiEjfQ_JZmEIlShXv6m82cKPqWOxt_mnAIEVjrHn6xJ2JwThvoy47IdU-UX4N0tlAOnczItGcegf3a0AouU1XXjqa5nussj8IUmNzbuyYE8GM2W0Ip5J70E/s1600/100_2703.JPG"><img style="float: right; margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgr0rV4ZmY_prWJtqSO6NOpsiEjfQ_JZmEIlShXv6m82cKPqWOxt_mnAIEVjrHn6xJ2JwThvoy47IdU-UX4N0tlAOnczItGcegf3a0AouU1XXjqa5nussj8IUmNzbuyYE8GM2W0Ip5J70E/s200/100_2703.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5495256801431045570" border="0" /></a>with shooting 3D , plus I <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZmtKzz4mQXdBPok2uZI-4WgAmeFwJZiVOjnv3pNibnQc6WQmx0esMEVhsuYnMK07KOpc0ZEaki7eqtf2j8yxlX47qOhWtMdcZQ49I-4BRQUD4mvs76VnJPqINpcPfnNLLi1vzWao2r5g/s1600/100_2698.JPG"><img style="float: right; margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZmtKzz4mQXdBPok2uZI-4WgAmeFwJZiVOjnv3pNibnQc6WQmx0esMEVhsuYnMK07KOpc0ZEaki7eqtf2j8yxlX47qOhWtMdcZQ49I-4BRQUD4mvs76VnJPqINpcPfnNLLi1vzWao2r5g/s200/100_2698.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5495254874033970162" border="0" /></a>knew his work so I thought it would be a good fit. Now not having exactly operated a 3D camera rig except for at the 3D seminar at Sony, it was quite an experience when I got 40’ plus in the air but with the additional 6’ platform it was closer to 50’ up in this auditorium. Mind I am not the biggest fan of heights but when I have to work, I kind of brush it to the waist side and suck it up. One thing that I didn’t realize is the physics of being that high with a 3D rig, with 3D there are two cameras that are moving simultaneously to adjust the depth of 3D on screen. Now with that variable of the cameras moving one way, my inertia being swung another way, and the sheer weight of the two cameras together being close to 100 lb. exactly it became a serious work out at 40 plus feet. Mind on this day we were shooting<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHfkiSItehl3gS2SCwc7MNIxq7d3qCRwJaeUbn29OLEpRNZ2eq3qHPGcTKcpBt6ZKbhyphenhyphenAEW29zE00BS8d6-VrPHVcpKxE_bHrZSt6tyNB0BfFP9GHHSIFwTG-DbSQMwoXLpTPNtxfCc54/s1600/100_2710.JPG"><img style="float: right; margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; cursor: pointer; width: 150px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHfkiSItehl3gS2SCwc7MNIxq7d3qCRwJaeUbn29OLEpRNZ2eq3qHPGcTKcpBt6ZKbhyphenhyphenAEW29zE00BS8d6-VrPHVcpKxE_bHrZSt6tyNB0BfFP9GHHSIFwTG-DbSQMwoXLpTPNtxfCc54/s200/100_2710.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5495256360752299090" border="0" /></a> live action dance so I was in the chair elevated for 5 hours with a couple of breaks. The word exhausting scratches the surface of what I felt on that first night back at the condo and to think I had two more days there but not at 40’.<br />These three days encompassed some of the most impressive breakdancing I had ever seen in my life. The director Jason Yung Lee, kept raving about these guys and I was just kind of passive in responding to his hype. Then it happened these guys called Chaos crew are considered some of the best in the world, and I think even 2 time world champs and have placed in the finals for about 5 years in the World Championships in Europe. I gotta tell they backed up every word Jason spoke of them. My favorites shot is when I was elevated above the stage at 20’ and they catapulted another dancer 12’ towards the lens in the air. We saw the dailies and it was amazing to see him launch out of the screen only to return within the screen once h<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjulI7isrBwH6Xse0BsHAGosslZmjiJCJq2KmB7I4QlGbhYhP0QI2HlSH_BoTpTgOLBonTRE11z0_7jJRZ4t1do7fmS7i52zIfFc8s0FhhP_40PGWTDIk5dhgYmjNRvcCf9WS9eH9Nb2LE/s1600/100_2704.JPG"><img style="float: right; margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; cursor: pointer; width: 150px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjulI7isrBwH6Xse0BsHAGosslZmjiJCJq2KmB7I4QlGbhYhP0QI2HlSH_BoTpTgOLBonTRE11z0_7jJRZ4t1do7fmS7i52zIfFc8s0FhhP_40PGWTDIk5dhgYmjNRvcCf9WS9eH9Nb2LE/s200/100_2704.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5495253637043743650" border="0" /></a>e landed. AWESOME and it went like this for three days and the projected dailies reflected it and the visuals were well received by our producers,investors, and directors. I was very happy with the work and how we started this film.<br />Thanks Lis for your help it was much easier!MADDOXDPhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02155104445684411260noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4557288158250854771.post-42402532963762867042010-07-01T07:44:00.000-07:002010-07-18T07:48:38.991-07:00Prep/first week/tech talk<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwh84hT7y-Onpdo2L774nKijHTEK-UC2go_aqr40wb8UJjogagK1it8yGHcZ-ZrQuzTzBEf1cuiW2ytmCR_yMrmZ8cqZoyaMnfATRkkJFAp7gSFztBaeo4dcvCV8CBm0Qz6mCoblbeKXM/s1600/100_2562.JPG"><img style="float: right; margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; cursor: pointer; width: 173px; height: 130px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwh84hT7y-Onpdo2L774nKijHTEK-UC2go_aqr40wb8UJjogagK1it8yGHcZ-ZrQuzTzBEf1cuiW2ytmCR_yMrmZ8cqZoyaMnfATRkkJFAp7gSFztBaeo4dcvCV8CBm0Qz6mCoblbeKXM/s200/100_2562.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5490065412309015090" border="0" /></a><br />So we were into our last week of prep and test and it was a bit of a thrash. Getting gear here is one thing, getting the right amount of gear here is another. Since it is 3D you have to basically double for what would be a normal shoot, but the other variable is what type of 3D system are you using because that dictates what size of gear you can use. In our case that was compounded by the fact that our rig is manufactured and operated by its German owners Florian Maier at <a target="_blank" href="http://www.stereotec.com/"><span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1279464346_0">www.stereotec.com</span></a>, based in Munich Germany, and he has to have a certain type of gear to make his rig work. So that was an additional special order that had to be flown in from Germany to Seoul.... If Florian wasn't the type of technician that I knew he was, I would have made a fuss. I must say he is a 3D master. Its funny though because the Koreans only know a certain amount of English, and from Florian he speaks English with a German accent so the crew can get confused, not to mention his junior Stereographer Sara the crew can have a time understanding things. Yet both of them are literally scientist that make movies and t<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKPipoXYJE6GfkOIR-R2w25ksrRtYGhXesUjnlhWTkLTw-HBo-AFFrxSBrBhFvdGfM1OwtBQ3Xn9DU-LwvXzQIlhzQmzA6aX6buGFtKHdpx4LL3XRmfdUINKxEJCryNOW1iTKmfcF7JeU/s1600/100_2621.JPG"><img style="float: right; margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKPipoXYJE6GfkOIR-R2w25ksrRtYGhXesUjnlhWTkLTw-HBo-AFFrxSBrBhFvdGfM1OwtBQ3Xn9DU-LwvXzQIlhzQmzA6aX6buGFtKHdpx4LL3XRmfdUINKxEJCryNOW1iTKmfcF7JeU/s200/100_2621.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5490066881132832946" border="0" /></a>hat truly understand story. <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKbS3gbEZR_Xymhx_1Lkjp8Z8flW9RgoG7cVWNGSOYy7Zx8lGZUlncM1Adve6qlCvTjHZROD_a-w83UDHyix8TQhxWKEGRv7dIX3MdTY-n81bE8wgJdb7Go6boQZIGhN61Y7JtC8XtEYw/s1600/100_2566.JPG"><img style="float: right; margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKbS3gbEZR_Xymhx_1Lkjp8Z8flW9RgoG7cVWNGSOYy7Zx8lGZUlncM1Adve6qlCvTjHZROD_a-w83UDHyix8TQhxWKEGRv7dIX3MdTY-n81bE8wgJdb7Go6boQZIGhN61Y7JtC8XtEYw/s200/100_2566.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5490065869176624898" border="0" /></a>Something that is a key ingredient in 3D filmmaking.<br />So I have to tell this story, I was a bit run down one day in the midst of testing these lenses. On day 3 of testing, I was so dog tired and falling asleep outside while we were doing this test. Sure enough I had to take myself to bed and come back to the test four hours later, mind you it was our 3rd day of testing with this manufacturers lenses. Upon arriving back after my nap, I looked at the monitor and blurted out it makes sense why these lenses only match in the middle of the frame, they are designed to just barely go soft on the edges, thats just how they are made.The lenses in 3D have to exactly match all the way to the outside perimeter of the frame, because remember two cameras are rolling at the same time, with the same exact image. This company makes awesome lenses, but part of their mistique is that they go just little soft , just slitely on the edges to put your focus on the middle of the glass/nodal point so you look right there. Needless to say with a bit more rest I could've saved a lot of time and energy by just getting the Arri Master Primes from the begining. A big ticket item but none the less a set of lenses that match all the way to the edges tick for tat.<br />Lesson of the story is that fatigue can certainly cost you important time, I had the answer days before because I know something about lenses. Yet I was blocked. When we put our new big tix item Arri Master Primes up there it fell right into place. Except for our 18mm with a slite vertical misalignment but was then replaced and it worked out. Another factor upon that is the manufacturer of the camera body and their mounts. The mounts are just as important and can make a .025 micron misalignment happen in which case the 3D will not work perfectly, or give you audience the dredded 3D headache from disalignment. We are shooting on th<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhF1FMyY2Iref17yiEZl2u7_KALYTV0dyJ7LbnKugL0AqYy7YPXRCWkin3J-K-DVhDZSHSWtPidBpCc-YhguxcRKfUYUX32lexWbSUC1ZcjPsdWT7tIpqa3Am_RPPQ1SpS86ibsi8y7v7Q/s1600/100_2624.JPG"><img style="float: right; margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhF1FMyY2Iref17yiEZl2u7_KALYTV0dyJ7LbnKugL0AqYy7YPXRCWkin3J-K-DVhDZSHSWtPidBpCc-YhguxcRKfUYUX32lexWbSUC1ZcjPsdWT7tIpqa3Am_RPPQ1SpS86ibsi8y7v7Q/s200/100_2624.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5490069304837169666" border="0" /></a>e Red cameras and we may or may not be facing that problem I pray for not, considering how many days we are shooting. Pro Cam here in Seoul has been a great situation in supplying us with the neccesary camera gear and testing space for the first 3D feature film shot here in Seoul Korea. One thing I did test with our Red cameras is noise and saturation at 640/320/200 Iso and found that at 640 some color correction systems will hold up that info with out huge noise. I truly don't want to rate my cameras at 640ISO but I may have to because there is a 1.3 stop loss with our mirror prism to make the 3D happen. All these things are great to know but there is something to be said for the constant application of them all when in the field with an over sized camera. A big thanks to <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">ProCam</span> here in Seoul that has been nothing but awesome in puttin our camera package together.<br />The last thing during our prep week was a ceremony to bless our shoot. Something that is very sacred within the Korean tradition. I didn't realize the extent of it until I arrived and participated in it. It was an amazing experience in my career to focus on positive intentions as a collective whole to have a great shoot. How do I explain this .... the high priestest put out the intentions in a formal prayer that was written in chinese from their ancestors, and had us bring a small offering for the spirit of the universe/God to help guide us on this film. Peep the pictu<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhN-jxpVLggxufG_9-W4tAHsCsDqIq4xX7Qhvkr-1CLAQ3b2tK2I9iSFQ07R_dpYFAQkqPaF9DVHb4dmHiUFei7jtfqIMAyS2k-K7PBqQQo2N4G7htJpH_wEDZTq4PknjzglQkO6ABNpng/s1600/100_2627.JPG"><img style="float: right; margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhN-jxpVLggxufG_9-W4tAHsCsDqIq4xX7Qhvkr-1CLAQ3b2tK2I9iSFQ07R_dpYFAQkqPaF9DVHb4dmHiUFei7jtfqIMAyS2k-K7PBqQQo2N4G7htJpH_wEDZTq4PknjzglQkO6ABNpng/s200/100_2627.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5490067312663414946" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdaTCYpNf7q093u79lT288JJj1RTRQf0AgOE8VzSBPB5VpO9-7jJuzEukxDNubCI-P-usnhFiMJpebIXDA01DTn00qysUtBB78-HivellMAOxzgUcrTCOnKAAb32sv3TGRB4HUVIay71E/s1600/100_2628.JPG"><img style="float: right; margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdaTCYpNf7q093u79lT288JJj1RTRQf0AgOE8VzSBPB5VpO9-7jJuzEukxDNubCI-P-usnhFiMJpebIXDA01DTn00qysUtBB78-HivellMAOxzgUcrTCOnKAAb32sv3TGRB4HUVIay71E/s200/100_2628.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5490067775786370770" border="0" /></a>res hopefully they can explain more than what I just did.<br /><br /><br />Me, Cess 1st AD, Christian Dir<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidIdCe1RmD-Qzv6PWPYESo7Rm_wlNoYbrZ5DSy_0jx7nMaPibqGn191_Klu3GfPk5v5YmN2BES3_rHtNTMIOWpoTWu-xOF53y2xE32qewr1GPxBUQOKyXtVHfXdhyphenhyphenN7O6KsgdOqJj0ROM/s1600/100_2648.JPG"><img style="float: right; margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidIdCe1RmD-Qzv6PWPYESo7Rm_wlNoYbrZ5DSy_0jx7nMaPibqGn191_Klu3GfPk5v5YmN2BES3_rHtNTMIOWpoTWu-xOF53y2xE32qewr1GPxBUQOKyXtVHfXdhyphenhyphenN7O6KsgdOqJj0ROM/s200/100_2648.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5490068917635138818" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhog-k4hhcJtGqRqid0ffFot1_ab8yXbsoZBHQaYiM0hzEks6PSkn4bzDMcKVSjhCJlSuqhFXYGLgDCJbLLQwVVtD5jFRdmpkn5IZjuOlzLkR8uxYG0mtaOclASQpviz9_f5xe6_TyGElI/s1600/100_2645.JPG"><img style="float: right; margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhog-k4hhcJtGqRqid0ffFot1_ab8yXbsoZBHQaYiM0hzEks6PSkn4bzDMcKVSjhCJlSuqhFXYGLgDCJbLLQwVVtD5jFRdmpkn5IZjuOlzLkR8uxYG0mtaOclASQpviz9_f5xe6_TyGElI/s200/100_2645.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5490068342759312946" border="0" /></a>MADDOXDPhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02155104445684411260noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4557288158250854771.post-89353516136272912542010-06-27T01:51:00.000-07:002010-06-27T03:15:46.831-07:00More Prep week<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgooX6M05XojkDWnZUE4zTFCvjx4QNniD_7ycwrjg4IgUCzXOHnS0oA6N96NZKq_UMn_pDAXsf-ChPA4FILc52luw_oY7LMxLub4AWucQBunDZ-CeMDw0M_c336MAIOUNhn_xZU88QSKYM/s1600/100_2542.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 383px; height: 287px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgooX6M05XojkDWnZUE4zTFCvjx4QNniD_7ycwrjg4IgUCzXOHnS0oA6N96NZKq_UMn_pDAXsf-ChPA4FILc52luw_oY7LMxLub4AWucQBunDZ-CeMDw0M_c336MAIOUNhn_xZU88QSKYM/s400/100_2542.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5487391460810252306" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQ47iuifxdL3Eo8oxqzrWZKR9NuMmrELErwDpk5EoTiNyRl3Y-0wHEj8GjmKAP0QqavAG4vwfrrj4igqgjIXSi0IAsooRmEymICirsyHKtC0aEPCiM7gkNktGciQPgR_LhHPosRPoISVU/s1600/100_2541.JPG"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 164px; height: 123px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQ47iuifxdL3Eo8oxqzrWZKR9NuMmrELErwDpk5EoTiNyRl3Y-0wHEj8GjmKAP0QqavAG4vwfrrj4igqgjIXSi0IAsooRmEymICirsyHKtC0aEPCiM7gkNktGciQPgR_LhHPosRPoISVU/s200/100_2541.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5487393498762808642" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidWU-oDtIPv4kM3FNuX4y8G0XSwOnKMowBqNWwqcRXFaKpjle4Dnkvt5iyPz7zerVnY_kfrev-ZZpdKwTN6xUfZUZwYD5joK43g71frqLn2_cHG5xmQ0Xf00bRZPNmKcgJNdoBDcWMAYk/s1600/100_2560.JPG"><img style="float: right; margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; cursor: pointer; width: 150px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidWU-oDtIPv4kM3FNuX4y8G0XSwOnKMowBqNWwqcRXFaKpjle4Dnkvt5iyPz7zerVnY_kfrev-ZZpdKwTN6xUfZUZwYD5joK43g71frqLn2_cHG5xmQ0Xf00bRZPNmKcgJNdoBDcWMAYk/s200/100_2560.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5487390695048131042" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFAx3IUCs5pElBd0ydmx6_6W3V1K9-r10Z7qrRa76C2wxA7S2mW7Nb6dRotyw2u7_JA_hTbCsWkSbD9ZKZDQnsBkcSCYz7JJy1Lp-qZviOoBmYHzh_ot3O7ic-1RE2385UdQZnqPtDAf0/s1600/100_2547.JPG"><img style="float: right; margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; cursor: pointer; width: 190px; height: 143px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFAx3IUCs5pElBd0ydmx6_6W3V1K9-r10Z7qrRa76C2wxA7S2mW7Nb6dRotyw2u7_JA_hTbCsWkSbD9ZKZDQnsBkcSCYz7JJy1Lp-qZviOoBmYHzh_ot3O7ic-1RE2385UdQZnqPtDAf0/s200/100_2547.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5487392971584056034" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />I realized after the last post that I had miss placed a few photos of the areas that we located. One thing about this film is that ever since that first phone call,with my director Christian, its been an adventure that seems to be getting bigger. What I mean is the scope of the film seems to be growing in size, I honestly am not sure <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqb1Lb7-yiD4h83XmA6PI3Eh1TbF1C4ZmE39Gp1DGVztXviw1OIDlZmQwW9gsJBQbKvJOGpFcU8vV-GkopdlZC8RvvQVQqFHeGcHdxRGmHtZig50p3wIJJrN1xVPzTfjJvkeu1aPXEiBo/s1600/P1000626.JPG"><img style="float: right; margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; cursor: pointer; width: 216px; height: 126px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqb1Lb7-yiD4h83XmA6PI3Eh1TbF1C4ZmE39Gp1DGVztXviw1OIDlZmQwW9gsJBQbKvJOGpFcU8vV-GkopdlZC8RvvQVQqFHeGcHdxRGmHtZig50p3wIJJrN1xVPzTfjJvkeu1aPXEiBo/s200/P1000626.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5487387059827135602" border="0" /></a>what the budget is on this movie but my wife and I do know that the lights will be on for a long while.<br />Enough of that but we have some interesting locations considering its a dance action film. The Stunt coordinator asked me if there was anything different in 3D when dealing with stunts, good question. I told him as far as the best vantage point for him nothing much changes. 3D is definetly more of a POV perspective when it comes to film making. A point given in my 3D seminar at Sony as well as our seminar here, that was held by our stereographer/3D technician Florian CEO of Stereotechnica, a German based company. Its pretty fun at times that he and his assistant Sara, both of whom are from Munich Germany, speaking in Germanenglish then the rest of the crew speaking in K<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuSXUeur_05M-dWi5PdXB1T9xYtXA776MRCIK-tv77mD8_Ju3csriRcAtS-qqqz1nbP_3bnVnBd56gU1VledA9z0JtDXIRZkS2uCQ6lWnbhWNYKgkAnYYWCoO6SGxoIfH4TqZsthrcgk8/s1600/P1000742.JPG"><img style="float: right; margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; cursor: pointer; width: 194px; height: 128px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuSXUeur_05M-dWi5PdXB1T9xYtXA776MRCIK-tv77mD8_Ju3csriRcAtS-qqqz1nbP_3bnVnBd56gU1VledA9z0JtDXIRZkS2uCQ6lWnbhWNYKgkAnYYWCoO6SGxoIfH4TqZsthrcgk8/s200/P1000742.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5487387557408162354" border="0" /></a>oreanenglish, and then us African Americans with our own vernacular of English can make an interesting car ride.<br />So within our United Nations Korean action dance flick, I am trying to approach each lead character with a certain hora that will follow them around, via both lighting and camera. The camera aspect definetly is going to be tricky with the 3Dimensional aspect. I say that because what I'm use to possibly using as a Close Up can be "experienced" by the audience as too big or cookie cutter flat. Camera positions/eye lines need to be inline with the viewer. In regular movies/2D t<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzOLD71Q6nXEuldn1DQkY3PWHeoD9rfzDAaLUenkt9meOvEM6RIBmEfy9ldfrgLPH4EoTQ95uro5ky1nod3oGqsE1D-g_Fmmtd22nyZWwtzNWkrHh1hpFavXH8BMxIr3SPZ953msWf-P4/s1600/IMG_0459.JPG"><img style="float: right; margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzOLD71Q6nXEuldn1DQkY3PWHeoD9rfzDAaLUenkt9meOvEM6RIBmEfy9ldfrgLPH4EoTQ95uro5ky1nod3oGqsE1D-g_Fmmtd22nyZWwtzNWkrHh1hpFavXH8BMxIr3SPZ953msWf-P4/s200/IMG_0459.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5487388229315040434" border="0" /></a>he rules are a bit different. So within our scout, its a matter of thinking about how much room does the rig have and can we put the audience in the best view point to understand whats going with the use of that 3rd Dimensional aspect.<br />Within my use of color I'm trying to play it quite simple in the use of saturation with characters to convey something emotional, a nice little tid bit many of us cameramen use from the likes of Vittorio Storaro A.I.C, and Ernest Dickerson ASC to name a couple. I'm getting at the fact that I try to make up some rules about color while I see a space that we might shoot in, and then ask the director about the <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8ydY-S-w4RNhh1Cl-r80qrrlwSC5m9N8-8kmgNg0atsnaSh7lfpYDr4dBW78PiBIqm6iSP7LcpDxbgv_pgTlJRa8oVA_tXMqa7YauxYIboQfzpCtcsOVkkIpKxbhZhI2R8ns9z7jmbRA/s1600/P1000695.JPG"><img style="float: right; margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; cursor: pointer; width: 192px; height: 128px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8ydY-S-w4RNhh1Cl-r80qrrlwSC5m9N8-8kmgNg0atsnaSh7lfpYDr4dBW78PiBIqm6iSP7LcpDxbgv_pgTlJRa8oVA_tXMqa7YauxYIboQfzpCtcsOVkkIpKxbhZhI2R8ns9z7jmbRA/s200/P1000695.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5487389004992834114" border="0" /></a>character and analyze if these major variables will go together to push our story further. So here are a few more picts from the scouting of locations and also from our seminar with our Stereographer/3D tech expert Florian. I must say I have experienced a full corriculm about motion picture 3D in less than a months time. Florian has been playing with 3D for about 8 to 10 years. He is a true Stereographer and understands both creative and technical story telling and is always on his calculator to save myself and the audience from having our eyes go <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwtjxyuz0U4WDNRMl4xRgFeKf59Oa6MYCuNgEPpkR8MsEeYnZQLR1TeW23t9NgC6_Tm3O_WKH7cFcRm6Ed6x3stVSxV0PFEwC51RNu-RV1OBgQHOYLK9Kob26SlQRHEfiKiQ4ddW1licU/s1600/P1000716.JPG"><img style="float: right; margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; cursor: pointer; width: 187px; height: 126px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwtjxyuz0U4WDNRMl4xRgFeKf59Oa6MYCuNgEPpkR8MsEeYnZQLR1TeW23t9NgC6_Tm3O_WKH7cFcRm6Ed6x3stVSxV0PFEwC51RNu-RV1OBgQHOYLK9Kob26SlQRHEfiKiQ4ddW1licU/s200/P1000716.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5487389531993939602" border="0" /></a>sideways....literally!<br />Gotta tell you I LOVE every minute of it even when<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoWkBD4MKcCkKP3w3wd4kWcXTiPwHCinY-5JfZixmvumkDp7FPculdNkomm4IdMzCiz-F3IEtxUxZbN3sX-rftALqAmTz4zN6IctPtXHJOCHGPwNRq91yf41kCveVr2CCzAxeWNHLLaUA/s1600/100_2543.JPG"><br /></a> I got sick from Soju. :-$MADDOXDPhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02155104445684411260noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4557288158250854771.post-57217260137257883512010-06-23T06:04:00.000-07:002010-06-23T07:03:24.601-07:00Preping<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5FvnZ8ItUidA3GnZ3c1ukW1Wj_Rtv-Z8WPkzAgESLon48dzanMMvuF9TkSgcERkz-WIstkxYMZ3z-TsWZ93Uk-7WYRCY7ISe-iluf3QEd0JKbse_bKSxBJpHQNEbn9xdU8-pI5sNmJuE/s1600/100_2609.JPG"><img style="float: right; margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; cursor: pointer; width: 151px; height: 114px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5FvnZ8ItUidA3GnZ3c1ukW1Wj_Rtv-Z8WPkzAgESLon48dzanMMvuF9TkSgcERkz-WIstkxYMZ3z-TsWZ93Uk-7WYRCY7ISe-iluf3QEd0JKbse_bKSxBJpHQNEbn9xdU8-pI5sNmJuE/s200/100_2609.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5485965278994872674" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigqjkqiq-DvjJYOM93-sqtg4R1EIgxyGpZilrKh24xNkoZOkBTGSJCR74CyZlZKwGzDUPCeuNOdm2yY28x97-Q2Az5-J_MdutVqJES711DAmHQLNDGK81bx3WRAHD7C4sMd8Y0rUU4aO0/s1600/IMG_8110.JPG"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 112px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigqjkqiq-DvjJYOM93-sqtg4R1EIgxyGpZilrKh24xNkoZOkBTGSJCR74CyZlZKwGzDUPCeuNOdm2yY28x97-Q2Az5-J_MdutVqJES711DAmHQLNDGK81bx3WRAHD7C4sMd8Y0rUU4aO0/s200/IMG_8110.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5485964855688222450" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br />So as this experience goes on so is the daily work and preparation for this film. I must explain that I came into this film half way through the prep for another cameraman that I did not know. So a little bit scattered and uncertain I had to put many pieces together, nothing that a few life experiences haven't already prepared me for , so here it is. The basics like a shedule, that was ever changing, an <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSm8m-br8xk6aJhBHW2Hrk-C7kMo4lOv_e8CDTt_Fu-EzjSUyEPmvDIArb1Xzl96ZXYyppcqOCD7cL-wrHfRSkuxOg3thc6oYyu7QoTIEHAVAq4kca_E0aEVgo8MvvjfMiHgMOQFrYbVY/s1600/100_2602.JPG"><img style="float: right; margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; cursor: pointer; width: 142px; height: 106px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSm8m-br8xk6aJhBHW2Hrk-C7kMo4lOv_e8CDTt_Fu-EzjSUyEPmvDIArb1Xzl96ZXYyppcqOCD7cL-wrHfRSkuxOg3thc6oYyu7QoTIEHAVAq4kca_E0aEVgo8MvvjfMiHgMOQFrYbVY/s200/100_2602.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5485966484007648914" border="0" /></a>equipment list that wasn't truly built, and so on. All the while compounded with a new 3D work flow for my camera dept, and cultural dynamic that I was trying to figure out. A whole lot of excuses/challenges that get me no where with complaints.<br /><br />So I start with actually seeing the locations, to a script that is not locked, and I ask where do I find the visual language/visual arc for this story. My director and I looked at the wor<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDPwgA3TxGOzi3e0xZHREwnYfk07-8tX_isIUqYWiMvM5Ql36kYTM5SaDaYvSDprA1N0zj1Blq9ruJC0JmafnQJraSy9g0CLn0MHH7HAfIfygFwXVX2CSqH-ih9vo9t7gLhcGWnKOQ55g/s1600/100_2589.JPG"><img style="float: right; margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDPwgA3TxGOzi3e0xZHREwnYfk07-8tX_isIUqYWiMvM5Ql36kYTM5SaDaYvSDprA1N0zj1Blq9ruJC0JmafnQJraSy9g0CLn0MHH7HAfIfygFwXVX2CSqH-ih9vo9t7gLhcGWnKOQ55g/s200/100_2589.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5485963223147182690" border="0" /></a>k of Michael Barrett who shot a movie called "Takers." A certain level of colorful sophisticated crime drama, is what we are going after , and even though we haven't seen the movie the trailer seems to have a bit of what we are looking for. So between that and a book called "The Impossible Image." We have a beggining for what the story seems to be shaping up to be.<br /><br />So as we roll around and see plenty of Seoul I have to be honest and tell you that I have experienced only a fraction of it, which is a bit disappointing. None the less from a work standpoint I get to appreaciate the design aspect of this great city. I didn't realize until we scouted late at night that this city DOES NOT SLEEP! So the photos in this blog are a few of the great examples of exactly where I'll<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9xLhdbA-nMtKele6vntegM4tzRKv8wQK6_RVoVKcPvgjfbb3UkGRJY8bbh4VAJxBvOxHCg2jBwb-0NmmYWelE0_tejya_AiPZEd96Q1Ql8mZoN-T1Rx5bsfsqgfzwArEv-YN_5WIy7NY/s1600/100_2594.JPG"><img style="float: right; margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; cursor: pointer; width: 155px; height: 116px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9xLhdbA-nMtKele6vntegM4tzRKv8wQK6_RVoVKcPvgjfbb3UkGRJY8bbh4VAJxBvOxHCg2jBwb-0NmmYWelE0_tejya_AiPZEd96Q1Ql8mZoN-T1Rx5bsfsqgfzwArEv-YN_5WIy7NY/s200/100_2594.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5485967311832731474" border="0" /></a> be shooting and where I will be shaping <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6RaCkF-5MssClcThGA6ZFnWkTpxPeEJgMu9SGzu0iU4LJFv5ZI66F6EUpBqrRfZwvyJ4cFiolDvwdjR9or9DJKEw3ITeMJsyiVNgKRVLP3i6vHpsaz4QUc48y2BmLBqwc49G2a0p0-Tc/s1600/100_2594.JPG"><br /></a>the visual language of this story.<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJNwE5K4dB7hd2boY-QoVPGa0FVp_7xbK1p_7OB78rXQpPwA3cYdndF9czhdnrbQLgBuGBUbl1j3WnZwVhXqhL-E-XUk6NNRuSZMQfbKtx8sxAlt9y4LOMvXRnQc8UAz3L9AkBbMfNncw/s1600/100_2585.JPG"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 236px; height: 176px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJNwE5K4dB7hd2boY-QoVPGa0FVp_7xbK1p_7OB78rXQpPwA3cYdndF9czhdnrbQLgBuGBUbl1j3WnZwVhXqhL-E-XUk6NNRuSZMQfbKtx8sxAlt9y4LOMvXRnQc8UAz3L9AkBbMfNncw/s200/100_2585.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5485968242962273890" border="0" /></a>MADDOXDPhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02155104445684411260noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4557288158250854771.post-36793414457330785662010-06-17T08:08:00.000-07:002010-06-17T08:23:14.398-07:00MORE FOOD PICTS<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSqr2LklMwf3icuIC0XeoLM_7iMxgsnGr8HYymRbVpEjhQy2Xk3evNKhsXlr9TarAllDIKMJ0aU_E1TVkwjVcydnzNaJRUQzioZINm5cYMsvv2-jl4_hht9LAthxjjjhAdRbSLSzC1dZg/s1600/100_2353.JPG"><img style="float: right; margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSqr2LklMwf3icuIC0XeoLM_7iMxgsnGr8HYymRbVpEjhQy2Xk3evNKhsXlr9TarAllDIKMJ0aU_E1TVkwjVcydnzNaJRUQzioZINm5cYMsvv2-jl4_hht9LAthxjjjhAdRbSLSzC1dZg/s200/100_2353.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5483762902111860930" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br />I thought that I would post more food picts of some interesting things that might seem pretty familiar, and to think I get paid to enjoy a little bit of this stuff. Thank God for that. PeaceMADDOX<br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0BHw3UoFBf-8z-8Eq3rGoHqhlarqjUWHMqjT1lMD9jEC_JLKhmlmW3GXpyJPOZ-B6Sh7ptzPgrI4i25cmJAY6puJQvesazFE28DCwReW3IMS7icR-qf2PfXKRDEKXF-TwWRuz6-blhTQ/s1600/100_2351.JPG"><img style="float: right; margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; cursor: pointer; width: 152px; height: 114px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0BHw3UoFBf-8z-8Eq3rGoHqhlarqjUWHMqjT1lMD9jEC_JLKhmlmW3GXpyJPOZ-B6Sh7ptzPgrI4i25cmJAY6puJQvesazFE28DCwReW3IMS7icR-qf2PfXKRDEKXF-TwWRuz6-blhTQ/s200/100_2351.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5483762425376751026" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfkDOKB7WPqfCDtldMQTkxcPRjTusHoDX1pUutp_dnAdg2Ba83tZRZY5U1QOwVvoNoIUsurCQBydmv-5kM2202Y39wQRBZbtD2m6jlijDtzVuf70zZWelTBp04tOEJrHNUxXgAq4vFW2M/s1600/IMG_0311.JPG"><img style="float: right; margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfkDOKB7WPqfCDtldMQTkxcPRjTusHoDX1pUutp_dnAdg2Ba83tZRZY5U1QOwVvoNoIUsurCQBydmv-5kM2202Y39wQRBZbtD2m6jlijDtzVuf70zZWelTBp04tOEJrHNUxXgAq4vFW2M/s200/IMG_0311.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5483761749659718082" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNVlIjlZLIG8hakfIRjAyOivNYbyT4wC7I8Ogkq7_7yedInh6B99cH2pq_3FFZ_JEXsKc1lzFU-ep0gSWtWx2nFng38LRro0_IXeQLcsjTmxyCd14ibgkiByVMIpwmEOdzz1aGY7PmmZk/s1600/100_2394.JPG"><img style="float: right; margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; cursor: pointer; width: 170px; height: 128px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNVlIjlZLIG8hakfIRjAyOivNYbyT4wC7I8Ogkq7_7yedInh6B99cH2pq_3FFZ_JEXsKc1lzFU-ep0gSWtWx2nFng38LRro0_IXeQLcsjTmxyCd14ibgkiByVMIpwmEOdzz1aGY7PmmZk/s200/100_2394.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5483760763629072402" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />For My sis Kyla...---------------------------------------------------------<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRqgvdwEF8jm1UGhJ4B5-GgDoOAZnm8wMpvDFCx_bu7CRNdEjX3hj10qfCcDKTzf8LfdtIKz5dzoSJyOZUdFslzNleh14z7xvzOGpaSDfYACv0VdMWym01Hb3aJo25gaybbft8ttORvsc/s1600/100_2363.JPG"><img style="float: right; margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; cursor: pointer; width: 132px; height: 176px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRqgvdwEF8jm1UGhJ4B5-GgDoOAZnm8wMpvDFCx_bu7CRNdEjX3hj10qfCcDKTzf8LfdtIKz5dzoSJyOZUdFslzNleh14z7xvzOGpaSDfYACv0VdMWym01Hb3aJo25gaybbft8ttORvsc/s200/100_2363.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5483761075014600946" border="0" /></a>MADDOXDPhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02155104445684411260noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4557288158250854771.post-21320593193207389612010-06-17T07:12:00.000-07:002010-06-17T07:57:44.905-07:00Food....<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZJaWGUuMTJ91cD-00OdljAeNz0pi8UmAZTCNwzbLaRcRHPgXiXmItGHwDPo7KIEhuckwBDRQmZL5iES1ygxjUGjHquKnzSMMIfaXbmJRASswI6JnKOPWqQdsnv_j7VDMaLDQ5H6ZgNdI/s1600/100_2312.JPG"><img style="float: right; margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZJaWGUuMTJ91cD-00OdljAeNz0pi8UmAZTCNwzbLaRcRHPgXiXmItGHwDPo7KIEhuckwBDRQmZL5iES1ygxjUGjHquKnzSMMIfaXbmJRASswI6JnKOPWqQdsnv_j7VDMaLDQ5H6ZgNdI/s200/100_2312.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5483748341872436786" border="0" /></a><br /><br />So in the midst of this prep week I've experienced my fair share of Korean food , way beyond the LA Korean BBQ. In all honesty I haven't even had Korean BBQ since being here. Seeing that my wife and I are lovers of world food it was easy to appreciate the delicacy of Seoul. The uncertainty that a young brother from LA would appreciate their cuisine and know how to use chopsticks was quite a surprise. The first day upon arriving we went out to a great traditional Korean restaurant. The moment was a bit of a reality check of being a guest in someone else <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3tGeJIr4ouH0S4Boqze2BpyvSnofZfpDJZhAZzE-kFly8xqtGJrTBn8UXBNU2PjrAusxbC0vEmUJMZXHUW7TDLnz0V800ivVlo4vff8InlVonUJHQjJTZVycDq9P_GksOC5GQrGx0NAA/s1600/100_2318.JPG"><img style="float: right; margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; cursor: pointer; width: 174px; height: 130px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3tGeJIr4ouH0S4Boqze2BpyvSnofZfpDJZhAZzE-kFly8xqtGJrTBn8UXBNU2PjrAusxbC0vEmUJMZXHUW7TDLnz0V800ivVlo4vff8InlVonUJHQjJTZVycDq9P_GksOC5GQrGx0NAA/s200/100_2318.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5483754044305709794" border="0" /></a>house, and having them had to order for me because I couldn't recognize anything on the menu nor read the language.<br />Having only my two small experiences with Korean food while living in Hollywood, I gotta say I was like "ehhhhh, its aight." Gotta say as cliche as it may sound it was a different experience here, the taste was a little familiar but the flavor was on something different, different and pleasing than my first experience in K-town LA. Being that Ethiopian is one of my favorite kinds of food to eat, the whole idea of a community table is truly intimate. Especially when you <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguowrsLOIgyPUCCP6aQ-CHsw9Y12Qs7jPOOH6frTnGXoTjweDBvgYfBS8STBOU2aQD0y8PrNfAaVpbsT_V9ll96vdBF1LDbA4bYip0NwIq_SoLNSa-l-IsoOkC09D3TgHbtA_BrNvdou0/s1600/100_2315.JPG"><img style="float: right; margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; cursor: pointer; width: 170px; height: 127px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguowrsLOIgyPUCCP6aQ-CHsw9Y12Qs7jPOOH6frTnGXoTjweDBvgYfBS8STBOU2aQD0y8PrNfAaVpbsT_V9ll96vdBF1LDbA4bYip0NwIq_SoLNSa-l-IsoOkC09D3TgHbtA_BrNvdou0/s200/100_2315.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5483753677980039730" border="0" /></a>don't have the slightest idea of <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3cqZ5CakKmMcoG3tCWcyk7f6TmvuPCIUajmz85j8PJIVlblpvSC-yDY1pCPuI4rqG9bjY2WfZTlPuld5Uifa6mhsPnyJEE_BqaeT-6PtEL7daAZ8Pb8QiatEWCi6OIGRjx6KSuuzYYR4/s1600/100_2316.JPG"><img style="float: right; margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; cursor: pointer; width: 156px; height: 117px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3cqZ5CakKmMcoG3tCWcyk7f6TmvuPCIUajmz85j8PJIVlblpvSC-yDY1pCPuI4rqG9bjY2WfZTlPuld5Uifa6mhsPnyJEE_BqaeT-6PtEL7daAZ8Pb8QiatEWCi6OIGRjx6KSuuzYYR4/s200/100_2316.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5483754338288278050" border="0" /></a>who you are eating with, nor what you are eating until you taste it. Mind you we did have a translater, JP, but he only gave brief descriptions of the non-pork items that I participated in. It was great and I truly surprised my hosts in how much I genuinely enjoyed the meal. This just kicked off a full week of tasting <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSQ4dIkSib8_H1XqX9yYd2-TvsRuHfoEEFA1sbpceOK-X5KTfzce83vy97zqnl9NyAIXX0u394Jner4n9FhJO3dESo5J8As3hJNTL0mzlhpIuw2MMP5Sx4835pozPDIpGxZMp31MVxdiM/s1600/photo.jpg"><img style="float: right; margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; cursor: pointer; width: 150px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSQ4dIkSib8_H1XqX9yYd2-TvsRuHfoEEFA1sbpceOK-X5KTfzce83vy97zqnl9NyAIXX0u394Jner4n9FhJO3dESo5J8As3hJNTL0mzlhpIuw2MMP5Sx4835pozPDIpGxZMp31MVxdiM/s200/photo.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5483750914861091010" border="0" /></a>experiences that has yet to stop.<br /><br />One thing that is so funny and great out here is the delivery system, my director Christian being who he is wanted to see and experience McDonalds. Mc Ds has a fleet of delivery scooters. This whole city has delivery scooters for everything! It trips me out because these cats ride so close with no fear but just the mission in mind. So being a shameless American I had to take a pict.<br /><br />Gotta say this first week has felt like a month between the pre-production and working out the schedule and just getting adjusted. The food and the little night life we've experienced has left a lasting impression already. As my wife knows, great food for me/us makes a world of difference in how I am experiencing a sunday afternoon in LA or a tuesday in the middle of Seoul Korea. Its amazing out here and I am truly enjoying immersing myself in this blessed experience in the sharing of this human experience of life with many new friends. Peace and blessings. Thanks TMU<br /><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhxxLibrrOR0xANS659GE4w8J5X9LjpQfROvDcCl11lDz-3ex8Svedfvq3MF7UdYNAAULBU_7jzfYA18g82S01POe2Gh0HVrCpENWc2wSP4CtmST2SpiXfTrEOv8zOZiAdEp0WOrdsZn0/s1600/100_2317.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 161px; height: 121px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhxxLibrrOR0xANS659GE4w8J5X9LjpQfROvDcCl11lDz-3ex8Svedfvq3MF7UdYNAAULBU_7jzfYA18g82S01POe2Gh0HVrCpENWc2wSP4CtmST2SpiXfTrEOv8zOZiAdEp0WOrdsZn0/s200/100_2317.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5483755938344463362" border="0" /></a> Making Lisa proud as a humble guest.MADDOXDPhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02155104445684411260noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4557288158250854771.post-19412527343523806502010-06-13T07:58:00.000-07:002010-06-13T09:07:26.705-07:00The Team<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNPElN8YrVD0Ewi1sWTqMQ9VqKU7ZXW-QpzzuC95pHo_ArpJ1JViK40eNvWcJrhmsATyLquos41ukZB2Ziuzjfi8hRfPwr-nQ_H5_9lhB3wDjNtm1VTaJUsgtr9S7CQWRJshag-DU8AIA/s1600/100_2299.JPG"><img style="float: right; margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNPElN8YrVD0Ewi1sWTqMQ9VqKU7ZXW-QpzzuC95pHo_ArpJ1JViK40eNvWcJrhmsATyLquos41ukZB2Ziuzjfi8hRfPwr-nQ_H5_9lhB3wDjNtm1VTaJUsgtr9S7CQWRJshag-DU8AIA/s200/100_2299.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5482286835517710258" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br />So Friday morning we get up and really start to meet the team. I'm thinking to myself how exactly is this going to happen/work out. I have to admit the anxiety made me realize just why I jumped at this experience. To put myself as a Cinematographer into a different dynamic setting with a language barrier , and still execute onto a format that is big and new to me. It is........exactly what we as artist LOVE to be challenged by so I had to jump in.<br /><br />So first off starting at the airport there is a level of curtosy and respect for the Director and Cinematographer that they had set the tone for by having a team ready to take our bags and chofeur us to our lodging, which is awesome by the way, in their new Media City towers http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QH3CfLbVQ5k<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjq-i8jIusn1QexMMq3wT65hq-oMZmCo27jAqZ99D6_mRPG7TYxxw9ke57d9PcMrC9iQm77CsJ8rsN-uUhc7-kBtkQMyHtpbIFV97V3lLZZuwzqn4DMtv8H5FMef7wiwfObkByudLQn7PI/s1600/100_2406.JPG"><img style="float: right; margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjq-i8jIusn1QexMMq3wT65hq-oMZmCo27jAqZ99D6_mRPG7TYxxw9ke57d9PcMrC9iQm77CsJ8rsN-uUhc7-kBtkQMyHtpbIFV97V3lLZZuwzqn4DMtv8H5FMef7wiwfObkByudLQn7PI/s200/100_2406.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5482287066763548978" border="0" /></a><br />So we live and work inside the same court yard multi towers, and no matter what they are there as a support team to help over come any and all challenges we may have. I gotta tell you to hear and try to remember their Korean names is one of the hardest things I've done in a while. The names closest to English of course I remember first. I remember thinking to myself when explaining the visual language of this film at this moment (1st group pict), did I ever think that I'd be in such a working<span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="font-style: italic;"> environment </span></span><a href="http://www.google.co.kr/search?hl=ko&newwindow=1&client=firefox-a&hs=BaV&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&&sa=X&ei=jwAVTJSRMInfcd7Vib4M&ved=0CEEQBSgA&q=environment&spell=1" class="spell"><em></em></a> 2 months ago...NO? How do I communicate this through my interpretor/1st AC (in the hat) of just exactly what I want, and is he fully understanding it to be able to interpret it? How do I know that my Gaffer Joon, on my right, is qualified and has a any real idea of how to approach this in a fast and inventive manner, while keeping the visual integritty that I bring to the table in the U.S? These ignorant ideas made me have to take a step back and really exhale and comprehend that people make great movies all over the world, and that Joon may have more experience than I in all the above.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhybd-ukhPJ3yHiJjfFuQnbvGXA3WyS-TTXTu4mUNuKqCwU9-vJ6-nxcPwMflmTD97rn3aj1CIcRRof3FdS0VFLm4S7050N9mOVjNYl01keLmNsacxDNEZGht1elPL2aNeHWTEgMWCP1p0/s1600/100_2407.JPG"><img style="float: right; margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhybd-ukhPJ3yHiJjfFuQnbvGXA3WyS-TTXTu4mUNuKqCwU9-vJ6-nxcPwMflmTD97rn3aj1CIcRRof3FdS0VFLm4S7050N9mOVjNYl01keLmNsacxDNEZGht1elPL2aNeHWTEgMWCP1p0/s200/100_2407.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5482287361928969250" border="0" /></a><br />In Korea Gaffers are known as Lighting Directors and are held in high regard with the cameramen and Directors. Because of the US/Korea joint venture the producers decided to keep things toward the American way, of the Gaffers role of working for the Cinematographer only. It hopefully makes sense but it puts a level of responsibility on me to respect and trust Joon even though our verbal communication is a second hand interpretation. Yet we both have an affinity of Light and story telling that goes beyond our ability to communicate verbally. Trusting these three individuals with the challenge of 3D is somewhat of an extreme challenge but a tremendous blessing to evolve into something that I've only read about for years in American Cinematographer.<br />So the short hand comes into play, I remember hearing of a story about a soldier who married a french woman and he could barely speak any French and nor she any English for the whole time that they were married yet they were married for long time with children. With that being said, I guess a short hand has to come into play, and it actually has over the past few days of scouting between a couple of key words and hand gestures we get what exactly what we are going to achieve. I Gotta say thanks to my parents who let me share in an experience at a small school called Northfield Mount Hermon where 64 countries were represented within its 1200 student body,D.L Moody's school expose<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdCd18OxfO0JMuR3CRTqqrNxk5bEaQjFPAxIszA8Sr-I_Au2nbuL6qlZdMrZW9b5ogWMEiVWtzponHBboCXrog_U_UdgRhcaWdLxCbNOiWaTBgpTU-mrPqTt_znnYqzIPYdLDSOMv_gRY/s1600/100_2405.JPG"><img style="float: right; margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdCd18OxfO0JMuR3CRTqqrNxk5bEaQjFPAxIszA8Sr-I_Au2nbuL6qlZdMrZW9b5ogWMEiVWtzponHBboCXrog_U_UdgRhcaWdLxCbNOiWaTBgpTU-mrPqTt_znnYqzIPYdLDSOMv_gRY/s200/100_2405.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5482287779597732610" border="0" /></a>d me to being a bit more open to many different folks from around the world, which has prepared me for moments just like these that I am immersed in right now.<br /><br />Annoyong haseyo to all my Korean classmates from NMH and to my family and friends back east in the USA.<br /><br />Joon (Gaffer), Me, Pak?, Dayne(1st Ac)MADDOXDPhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02155104445684411260noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4557288158250854771.post-59495623329746250892010-06-11T00:45:00.001-07:002010-06-11T08:31:23.159-07:00The Land of The Morning Calm<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZLYUH3llvyk6lKhpAZiG7fHTnCOFfO6g12vWAuSezxYKqo4hKZmqylB_Fc7TlRiGCzZmICtT04ON1HnNQDBvUo9z58tGFvTBh4AUbwQvObNW2ZEnyhpVPVbNjR1wK9BMh_lwDOl8yBLM/s1600/100_2284.JPG"><img style="float: right; margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; cursor: pointer; width: 193px; height: 147px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZLYUH3llvyk6lKhpAZiG7fHTnCOFfO6g12vWAuSezxYKqo4hKZmqylB_Fc7TlRiGCzZmICtT04ON1HnNQDBvUo9z58tGFvTBh4AUbwQvObNW2ZEnyhpVPVbNjR1wK9BMh_lwDOl8yBLM/s320/100_2284.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5481420162331595138" border="0" /></a><br /><br />So we landed here in Seoul at around 4:30 a.m. My mind a little scrambled but adrenaline kicked in to see this new part of the world had me in full work mode not realizing that I was pretty tired but not beat down. I gotta say the first few sites after meeting the production team was striking of Korea, and very timely of the moment for where we were with this adventure. Take a look at the photos below of the rising sun above this gorgeous land.<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-cFl2xwzxMECzYLxqFXxSKKP1mZagcyjS-gdveU0FwyAmtD9RbGPF56uTCzL4psa2V6QHZyPGH4XPFsXtJp78g_hTyfW6jTDfMoIgnXW2tkaQ9RjHvE592Z1Gn6A1zbvI3lLy3D8hSrg/s1600/100_2291.JPG"><img style="float: right; margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; cursor: pointer; width: 142px; height: 190px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-cFl2xwzxMECzYLxqFXxSKKP1mZagcyjS-gdveU0FwyAmtD9RbGPF56uTCzL4psa2V6QHZyPGH4XPFsXtJp78g_hTyfW6jTDfMoIgnXW2tkaQ9RjHvE592Z1Gn6A1zbvI3lLy3D8hSrg/s320/100_2291.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5481425243049614978" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />It was quit appropriate I think to the moment and what we were heading towards. The airport is in Incheon and east of that is Seoul exactly where the sun is rising above. Somethings you can't put words to , except maybe THANKS. Enjoy the moment in pictures as much as we did as we rode into the rising sun of Seoul Korea.<br /><br /><br />These images truly embody "The Land of the Morning Calm." which is know as KOREA.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgimXrsaWoWwNjzGiypTM86m9OzLjxv3cIP1yTpwPTWY6YcJmmkjTkfEWul9WdmCn-rG-1wSuc1rWbFUXCx2ucmbo2PnEoI07pDo2HPGMj1Js07-Wf-IyUC_Z9R-SNd3jy9C2hfTZZux_Q/s1600/100_2290.JPG"><img style="float: right; margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; cursor: pointer; width: 196px; height: 147px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgimXrsaWoWwNjzGiypTM86m9OzLjxv3cIP1yTpwPTWY6YcJmmkjTkfEWul9WdmCn-rG-1wSuc1rWbFUXCx2ucmbo2PnEoI07pDo2HPGMj1Js07-Wf-IyUC_Z9R-SNd3jy9C2hfTZZux_Q/s320/100_2290.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5481421365141268834" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0JTNVHTySQgZC5v0fwTo8ekaFd9tYznV9W0iPTsf9KRPK1IWU7RI1VDoIdTYxPCvj_dkdk1UuhI-Hwq75mHlXNROaF7kgnMxp57ksZT0N5vo36TMaodOVuf6ab_19GM14OHZZm4Gx4iY/s1600/100_2289.JPG"><img style="float: right; margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; cursor: pointer; width: 193px; height: 144px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0JTNVHTySQgZC5v0fwTo8ekaFd9tYznV9W0iPTsf9KRPK1IWU7RI1VDoIdTYxPCvj_dkdk1UuhI-Hwq75mHlXNROaF7kgnMxp57ksZT0N5vo36TMaodOVuf6ab_19GM14OHZZm4Gx4iY/s320/100_2289.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5481424632002462754" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />THANKS!MADDOXDPhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02155104445684411260noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4557288158250854771.post-68037961082226959792010-06-09T17:22:00.000-07:002010-06-09T17:54:43.866-07:00Business Class<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaag65AJZafJARH2Xz5KkghavuYBQgxYyYihFWYP4uK_c2brQVB7cLQZ6RtR0vYncdLVnaVI4ITa0yXo12kwTJoEGsXYZzSV3zZZAl4jiEZcKDtuW622le_bLFnZ5z-ZMhlaBMv_vlOIE/s1600/100_2279.JPG"><img style="float: right; margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; cursor: pointer; width: 243px; height: 183px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaag65AJZafJARH2Xz5KkghavuYBQgxYyYihFWYP4uK_c2brQVB7cLQZ6RtR0vYncdLVnaVI4ITa0yXo12kwTJoEGsXYZzSV3zZZAl4jiEZcKDtuW622le_bLFnZ5z-ZMhlaBMv_vlOIE/s320/100_2279.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5480938443269766130" border="0" /></a><br /><br />All I can say about business class on an international flight is.....GREAT!!!! Espeacially for a 12 hour direct flight, we flew 5988 miles flew out on a Wed 12:20am and arrived here at 4:30am thursday.....So we were in the air for 12 hours but because of the time zone we lost a full day! Interesting concept. All smiles now, and a lot more faith in what we are about to do here in Seoul. I CAN HARDLY WAIT.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJZv-DB8x10tXGbD9oLJWpDtGLhVeGkZK2txInmZXvgHXOuVkBsACEH8gNtsQzcvNomIeirAoMFRKFKdrRYBATK1-N-kNn-oSjhFZcXnIY-ugtSrnBHdRZ1ZrRsRV15WlCygYbjIuya74/s1600/100_2278.JPG"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 230px; height: 172px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJZv-DB8x10tXGbD9oLJWpDtGLhVeGkZK2txInmZXvgHXOuVkBsACEH8gNtsQzcvNomIeirAoMFRKFKdrRYBATK1-N-kNn-oSjhFZcXnIY-ugtSrnBHdRZ1ZrRsRV15WlCygYbjIuya74/s320/100_2278.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5480938682718626594" border="0" /></a><br /><br />As my mother stated foriegn airlines treat people as human beings with great service, I gotta tell you she was SO RIGHT!MADDOXDPhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02155104445684411260noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4557288158250854771.post-26318688502526491892010-06-09T16:45:00.000-07:002010-06-09T17:59:24.507-07:00LAX<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7268oCfx97EckfuL1su_haRxMEWxbHWbB75dG4CQL02KxopnuRHzGHwyg2942XXLXDAi9WtBRxtFF7wJnqQBxuogBphX67cBpjNo45B8_GQTVV4URxRv22nfomCHsBU7oTjLOJRQqXyg/s1600/100_2272.JPG"><img style="float: right; margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; cursor: pointer; width: 224px; height: 168px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7268oCfx97EckfuL1su_haRxMEWxbHWbB75dG4CQL02KxopnuRHzGHwyg2942XXLXDAi9WtBRxtFF7wJnqQBxuogBphX67cBpjNo45B8_GQTVV4URxRv22nfomCHsBU7oTjLOJRQqXyg/s320/100_2272.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5480932411724971378" border="0" /></a><br />So my wife and I arrived at LAX after a long goodbye, and got there at about 10pm two hours prior to the 12:15 take off. Director arrives and we head to the business class line bags in hand and are told that we have no reservation? WTF we both have had email confirmations telling us of our business class seats and that we were confirmed for that nights flights. They at Korean Air, say the seats are available but your travel agent has cancelled the reservation. WHAT....Immediately we call our Korean Exec Producer Yung. I am thinking and doubting to myself that we are not going to be going to Seoul after all, and that all this prep and emotion are going to waste. I truly became "ye of little faith." Yung does not pick up, the travel agents do not pick up, they tell us we have 30mins to get someone on the phone are we might as well forget about it. I'm like , I'll take door number 2, look at the pict of me! Cell phone on my lap no descript look on my face just frustrated......"Low faith"<br /><br />Now look at my director Christian<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3FdJEsqS6zuUqwjHhH2AvUs6_JT87Ns8F0fyRpBSaZdH3lUHBGd2BJ87SWpIhay9pPG5qBPCv_Vkjd4Xu_0N3L2VomRZo4Ly_NC9yUL-laHCQ3ELBhrLE_rR40fk3jvHY9U5woq7esoc/s1600/100_2271.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 198px; height: 147px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3FdJEsqS6zuUqwjHhH2AvUs6_JT87Ns8F0fyRpBSaZdH3lUHBGd2BJ87SWpIhay9pPG5qBPCv_Vkjd4Xu_0N3L2VomRZo4Ly_NC9yUL-laHCQ3ELBhrLE_rR40fk3jvHY9U5woq7esoc/s320/100_2271.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5480928044183258594" border="0" /></a>Smile on his face just talking to our American producer/liason John about whats going on and knowing that it is going to work out. I'm like "man I gotta come back tomorrow and do this all again with the wife! Man this is not cool." Needless to say we don't hear back from Korea so we proceed to the parking lot literally 5 steps from touching the car when the phone rings.....Its Yung, he tells us that his travel agent has switched us to Asiana Airlines, business class for a 12:20 flight. We stop and run full speed now back across traffic and through LAX Bradley terminal and they tell us we have been confirmed and that there is no rush! I can hardly believe it. We were leaving. Irony was we were sitting right next to that terminal the whole time. It was a lesson of faith about this experience and how I need to let go and roll with the adventure at hand. This is not a American production its a Korean production and its going to be a GREAT TIME. A great lesson learned. Needless to say I have to be thankful for a great wife who ran with us across traffic dragging one of my bags and stayed with us as this whole thing unfolded. Thanks Lis and so we made our amazing flight across the Pacific!MADDOXDPhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02155104445684411260noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4557288158250854771.post-34806820777850289372010-06-08T12:08:00.000-07:002010-06-09T16:45:02.161-07:00Tonights flightA world map describing the distance between LA and Seoul South Korea.<br />http://maps.ask.com/maps?qsrc=167&o=15141&l=dis#<br />It should be a great flight on Korean Air...MADDOXDPhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02155104445684411260noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4557288158250854771.post-23651985336048385162010-06-07T10:30:00.000-07:002010-06-08T00:15:00.666-07:0024hours<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7_Jiv9hLnZkmKnCE-oITyKoVRWPTi8z8RAg1M-k7Ur7FD4WuZA3c3XPgMFFI-SM5Qo7kjvLeebDF2lfzltxWeoVTdaxhXDCmg2FHDqUAaubQRqC3T79_ZfaeaG9ZaZJweczDHLLo9nRI/s1600/IMG_8104.JPG"><img style="float: right; margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; cursor: pointer; width: 229px; height: 208px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7_Jiv9hLnZkmKnCE-oITyKoVRWPTi8z8RAg1M-k7Ur7FD4WuZA3c3XPgMFFI-SM5Qo7kjvLeebDF2lfzltxWeoVTdaxhXDCmg2FHDqUAaubQRqC3T79_ZfaeaG9ZaZJweczDHLLo9nRI/s320/IMG_8104.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5480293883843041714" border="0" /></a><br />So here I am,with my director, 24 hours before we leave for Seoul Korea, gotta admit pretty excited my director and I have been trying to get a game plan together before we touch down over there.<br />So let me explain this is a Korean dance/action film, much in the vain of Step Up but with a Korean back drop, little did I know Korean dancers have been winning the World Hip Hop dance competitions over the past few years. So this will be interesting.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjn8rlajWyhvbeRWUYQVE1oI5ZfohhfRoML7_WlCmbL7yDNusWborZN-twFhI48O_0_LvS7d8KSss944-pgQtiDKHM_6yQikj5DQ18Z-gefwoI57Po2O0eOySwswpAyUxgYMxoqZ_YfSqg/s1600/IMG_8106.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 180px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjn8rlajWyhvbeRWUYQVE1oI5ZfohhfRoML7_WlCmbL7yDNusWborZN-twFhI48O_0_LvS7d8KSss944-pgQtiDKHM_6yQikj5DQ18Z-gefwoI57Po2O0eOySwswpAyUxgYMxoqZ_YfSqg/s320/IMG_8106.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5480296887006949026" border="0" /></a>As my friend Bruce said "they taught us a lot of things at AFI, 3D certainly wasn't one of them!", but we know what it takes to prepare for it, gotta love a challenge as a Cinematographer. By the way my director is not sleeping in this photo his just concentrating on a great brownie sunday. hahaaaaaMADDOXDPhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02155104445684411260noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4557288158250854771.post-16404470885484321232010-06-05T21:55:00.000-07:002010-06-08T00:08:03.542-07:00Getting ready<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj65BaBG-eMbkUiMwBOkI2Z4BI9dhb5gRxdLOx9K_nT-QwTHhR8awO9v6E0Tg4CKqCjxroAjkRVyeAyH7UAN_pMKdEfYRuwo8KWbVEcol1JY_T2Dgb0hF6mfk5HuNt1RdC49E0N0RRh-7A/s1600/IMG_8081.JPG"><img style="float: right; margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 180px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj65BaBG-eMbkUiMwBOkI2Z4BI9dhb5gRxdLOx9K_nT-QwTHhR8awO9v6E0Tg4CKqCjxroAjkRVyeAyH7UAN_pMKdEfYRuwo8KWbVEcol1JY_T2Dgb0hF6mfk5HuNt1RdC49E0N0RRh-7A/s320/IMG_8081.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5480295194911020178" border="0" /></a><br /><br />So here I am 48 hours before I get on a flight to Seoul Korea, only days after completing an intense course in motion picture 3D or Stereophonics! Where do I start? Probably at the fact that my dear friend and collaborative partner Strickland, at 7am, asked if I could join him on a journey to Seoul Korea in week to photograph a film for him....but in 3D. I knew a little about 3D but not everything. So of course I said yes, and the irony was I was just inquiring about the new 3D seminar at Sony Studios for the camera guild Local 600. But there was one problem! I was scheduled for 2 weeks away when in fact I needed to leave in a week and a half. So with much persistence and prayer....open mind and hearts I was let in a week early.<br />I have to admit its a intense course that is well worth the time and effort you put into it.I know I look crazy but there I am with the 3D glasses on top of my regular specs....<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhE7faO9IOr6GeJqFi8qYN9zGhzrDqTrMdeEg7T-y4K4atBPi2s6Gt9Ux0vq49WP-7xLbAgiBYfnMlk6bgLkVA9Ae6B1f94UiRAJlw4fPoYJILNuJjZopzEwL00c5T1b0doVCQ6895RR-o/s1600/IMG_8095.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 180px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhE7faO9IOr6GeJqFi8qYN9zGhzrDqTrMdeEg7T-y4K4atBPi2s6Gt9Ux0vq49WP-7xLbAgiBYfnMlk6bgLkVA9Ae6B1f94UiRAJlw4fPoYJILNuJjZopzEwL00c5T1b0doVCQ6895RR-o/s320/IMG_8095.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5480295524893044882" border="0" /></a>MADDOXDPhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02155104445684411260noreply@blogger.com0