Monday was a day off, which was nice. Of course there's not really such a thing as a day off. Today we were back at the pig farm. I think this is where Deliverance originated. Deep in their property I stumbled on bones (hopefully animal) spread all over the place. And...
Video Equipment
Sunburned and Going Viral
I'm in Sarasota right now, on what I believe is my first paying video job. It's operating a HI-POD, basically a 30 foot pole with a camera on top, for filming a soccer tournament. I've seen more soccer matches in that past two days than I've seen in my life, and...
Cinematography – Biblio Film School
A while back I started a book recommendation series where I'd recommend what I thought were the best books in each area of filmmaking. Today we're continuing with cinematography books. Unlike the first category of screenwriting, I've read a lot of cinematography books...
Cinematographe, A History [Video]
Found this short, condensed history of the creation of cinematography. For something so short it's pretty thorough. It has a lot of the famous first things ever shot, as well as the original cameras (or pretty good reproductions). Then it kind of becomes a joke when...
Dolphin Bay – Video
Dolphin Bay from Joey Daoud on Vimeo. A few weeks back when I went up to the film school to take pictures at their Gala, I was invited to tag along to go swimming with dolphins and film it. Um, awesome. Gabrielle has been swimming with this same pod off the coast of...
Cherries Falling in Slow Motion
Sony EX1 Slow Motion Test from Joey Daoud on Vimeo. I know what's been keeping you up at night. You've been wondering, if you have a Sony EX1, what settings get you the best looking slow motion: shooting 720 60p or 720 30p with S&Q at 60? Well, lose sleep no more...
Where the Wild Lensbabies Are
Using the Lensbaby in The Diving Bell and the Butterfly and the NY Times feature article on Spike Jonze and the making of Where the Wild Things Are
Flip You: How Flip Video Lost Me as a Customer
You might remember a few posts back I wrote about the Flip camera fiasco when I went swimming with dolphins. If not, don't worry. The bottom line is I had a first generation Flip video camera, but I wanted to get some HD underwater footage. So I bought a Flip...
Jennifer’s Body Cinematography Journal
Great collection of posts by D.P. David Mullen, ASC on shooting Jennifer's Body. Getting the call: http://www.cinematography.com/index.php?showtopic=28929 During Prep and Production: http://www.cinematography.com/index.php?showtopic=29595 Nearing...