The fxphd silver car shot. Our PFTrack prof Victor Wolanksky calls it the most famous scene at fxphd. So it’s only appropriate that he’s using the shot as a guest lecturer for our advanced Flame course in a special two parter ending this week at fxphd. So you’ve seen the shot before? These classes just
One of the great things about all the traveling I did last year was having the ability to sit down with fxphd members all around the world and get their thoughts on the site and the industry in general. Because of the broad range of curriculum we have at the site, we have an even
Since fxphd is so much more than what Mike and I are up to, we thought we’d start highlighting some of the classes which are coming out each week. If you’re like us, even though you might no be taking a specific course, it’s fun to hear about what is going on in them. One
As people who read this production blog know well, we like shooting with a wide variety of lenses, we want to be able to advise and train on a full range of shots – especially unusual cool setups! Having been in production and on set for 20 years – I thought I could not really
Cool ! . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . The Independently produced short film I Love Sarah Jane, has been awarded the Prix Canal at this years Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival. I Love Sarah Jane screened in the International Competition section of the festival, competing
I walked into the area we were scheduled to shoot in and my first reaction was – no way. NO way did we have enough light to see yet alone shoot! The plan had been to do a low light test with the RED as part of the RED 202 course.We set up our RED
Today as part of our continuing set of Red shoots for the fxphd – we took to the air. We rigged the Red so we could fly and film freestyle out the side of chopper – as you can see in the photo, I just had the Red One on my shoulder. We figured this
Today we are in Central Australia this week filming for future fxphd classes. We did time-lapse, and mini-gib arm nature shots. The center is so hot this time of year, but even more beautiful. The red earth against the blue sky is just amazing. We found this beautiful watering hole in the desert. It was
With this week’s RED202 course containing a discussion on stereoscopic as part of the class, I figured I’d post about a little film I saw last night. While Mike was in Sydney jetlagged and enjoying the Police live in concert, I also felt musically inclined and checked out the Chicago premiere of U23D in all
Last night we saw our second film at Sundance ‘Spider’ directed by Nash Edgerton. The film seemed to have a great reception. Sundance is an amazing experience, the density of activity is amazing. Yesterday after taping a background fundamentals class and an interview for fxguidetv we attended someone else’s taping of an extremely entertaining interview