I am spent. I don’t think I like the 48 hour film competitions yet year after year I find myself knee deep in the battle grounds. We shot all the principle photography today and Tomasso is editing as I post this. We plan to have a rough cut tomorrow so our location sound man slash screen writer Dave Braxton can do a mix on his console. All things considered I feel quite pleased with the experience so far, but it is not over yet! The Ex1 and Letus extreme adapter had its quirks and I don’t recommend flying this with a steady cam 4000, specially considering its not designed to that but I work with what I got…for example, Las vegas sunlight! Good thing it was a great day to shoot cause aside practical interior lights in the location, I was relying on 90% natural daylight. No candle like the one in the sky. We had some hiccups along the way but when the kinks got ironed out it was full sail. Now I need to lay down cause I officially have lower back problems…more to come.

We have finally agreed on a concept…thank god, and It’s good! But how can we make it better? Tik tok tik tok…

Genre: Holiday Film
Character Name: James Switzer
Profession: Electrician
Prop: a Plate
Line of dialogue: Just remember, you didn’t here it from me.

So this is what we are working with. We have been brain storming for the last 4 hours and have a handful of good ideas but not agreed on a single one yet. Fun times. Who ever said this was easy? More to come.

Never thought I would want to do another one of these insane 48 hour films competitions but I have this little problem where I tend to say “Yes” to just about every oportunity that comes a knocken.  Director Tommaso Cardile from Milano Italy has decided to wrangle a crew from LA and NY to meet up and compete in the in Las Vegas (of all places) 48 hour film competition.  I just got here, and so far so good.  We have DP (yours truley) we are shooting on a EX1 with Letus Extreme 35mm adaptor (thanks to Daniel Dacian) and a set of my Zeiss ZF master primes…I am doing some test now and I really like what I am seeing.  I decided to not shoot on RED this go around due loss of time in Post production and time is the name of the game.  With the EX1 I can shoot native 1080 and Tomasso can cut native and we deliver online in 1080…wonderful.  Locations…check.  We rented pretty impressive penthouse looking condo that over looks the strip, and for cheap too! We are waiting now on the talent to come in from LA and in about 30 minutes we are heading to the 48 HQ to pick up our assignment.  I probably wont have any time to blog along the way but I will share our results as of this sunday we will have a completed film.  Over and out.