Mark Dascoli and I have escaped the Chicago winter for a while, enjoying the Australian summer for a bit. With the success of fxphd and fxguide, I’m 100% sold on the practicality of having business partners located at different locations around the world. Changes in technology, communication tools such as Skype and AIM, collaboration sites
As the year (and decade) comes to a close, we’d like to wish all of our readers and members happy holidays and best wishes for a healthy and prosperous 2010. Jeff, Mike, and I truly appreciate the kind words and support we receive from everyone…it is really what makes working on our sites so enjoyable.
It’s been a busy week in Chicago as we’re unpacking from the brief one-block trip over to 230 East Ohio. Everything went great, but we all hope it’ll be a while before we have to move again. fxphd has a larger and nicer studio space which is used for both class editing and recording, as
We need to have everything packed up by the end of the day Thursday. Movers are scheduled to come by on Friday morning to transport everything the one block to our new offices at 230 East Ohio in Chicago. For those who don’t know, our building is being torn down to make room for a
We got quite a few emails looking for more info and stills from our stereoscopic test shots in Paris. Of course, we’ll be covering that for fxphd members in our STR101 course over the next couple of weeks, but I figured we’d share some happy snaps from the trip with everyone. Check out my flicker
Had to work this weekend, but I can’t complain. This weekend involved heading over to Europe in order to work with our friend Arnaud Paris at LocaRed in Paris. LocaRed specializes in RED rentals, production, and post production…and, the reason we’re here, stereoscopic filmmaking. The folks at Element Technica were kind enough to get one
Cinematographer, inventor, winner of 2 technical academy awards and creator of the Dedolight – Dedo Weigert, was recently in Sydney and I got a chance to hear him talk and also meet this industry legend. I just love meeting key industry figures like Dedo, it is safe to say he has forgotten more about lighting
We have finished location shooting on Moving Day. The shoot went really well. There is no doubt that we were trying to shoot a lot but with a great crew and good weather we got almost all of it. A good location is worth so much. As Jason says in his directing class – the
We have started shooting Moving Day out of the Sydney office. The film is directed by Jason Wingrove (who you will know from our Red Centre production podcast), it is such an education to watch Jason work on set. The film is being shot on the RED using anamorphic lens and with secondary photography on
We just announced the new October09 Term at fxphd and we’re really excited about the new offerings and returning faves. Now that the rollout for the term is done, in Chicago we’re now focusing on moving into our new space along with the folks from Hootenanny. The finishing touches are being added to the common