Features
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B roll day
I’m out today in Williamsburg shooting some B roll with DP Marco Pontecorve. Good old 35mm Arri camera!
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Very Good Girls
Only a couple of days after we finished “Blood Ties”, I joined the “Very Good Girls” crew led by Bobby Bukowski. Shot on the Alexa, I was on the B camera and also replaced Mike Burke for a week on A. Directed by Naomi Foner, the story is about “two New York City girls who pact to lose their virginity during their first summer out of high school. When they both fall for the same street artist, the friends find their connection tested for the first time”.
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“Blood Ties” Camera Crew
We wrapped early July after 46 shooting days. Great experience and great people! Top (left to right): Atsushi Nishijima (Set Photographer), Warren Brace (A 2nd AC), Christophe Offenstein (DP), Guillaume Canet (Director), Nick Demas (A 1st AC), Michael Barrow (Behind the scene Operator) Middle (left to right): Julien Zeitouni (B 1st AC), Rodolphe Loga (A Operator) Bottom (left to right): Camilo Mendoza (Camera PA), Paul Schilens (B 2nd AC), Jon Delgado (B Operator).
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“Blood Ties”
After prepping this week, we are ready to start filming on Monday the new Guillaume Canet’s feature called “Blood Ties”. I will be assisting French DP Christophe Offenstein on B Camera and Nick Demas will be the A 1st AC. We’ll be using the Arri Alexi and a full set of Zeiss Ultra Primes lenses. The shoot will last for 9 weeks, all over NYC. Ca tourne !
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“The English Teacher”
I finished working as an A camera first AC on the Tier 1 feature “The English Teacher”, directed by Craig Zisk with Julianne Moore, Greg Kinnear and Nathan Lane. Shot by Vanja Cernjul on Arricam LT – 3 perf cameras. We worked for 23 days, mainly in Dobbs Ferry, Westchester and Port Washington, LI. IMDb: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2055765/ Photo by Nicole Rivelli.
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“Thanks For Sharing”
I am day-playing this week on Thanks For Sharing, a Tier 1 feature with Gwyneth Paltrow, Marc Ruffalo and Tim Robbins. Yaron Orbach is the DP and I meet again Ludovic Littee, who was the A 1st on The House Beyond The Pines, but this time as the A operator (photo). Jonathan Beck is with me on B camera.
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In Schenectady for more of “The Place Beyond The Pines”
I am back for the fourth times Upstate NY to do some B camera on this challenging shoot starring Bradley Cooper and Rose Byrne. My operator today is Jon Delgado, featured on this photo. DP is Sean Bobbitt and A 1st is Ludovic Littee.
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“Shrink” Trailer
I worked last year on “Shrink”, a feature directed by Jonas Pate, starring Kevin Spacey. Here is the trailer!
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Trailer “The Grove”
I just randomly found the website of this trailer I worked on in 2006. Long time ago already… The story is about this special unit trying to stop a terrorist attack at The Grove, in Hollywood. In addition to be a 2nd AC, I also took care of the jib work. The use of the crane was unusal that time and you wouldn’t notice it while watching the video. But all the shots around the cockpit of the jet were made on the jib then mixed with special effects in post. DP was Ruben Russ, 1st ACs were Joseph Arena and Nicolas Martin.
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Matter of size?
I filled in for a day on “Always and Forever”, in Simi Valley. Here is the camera I worked on: Arri 535 with an 11-1 Optimo, on a slider. We needed to be 2 ACs to carry it…
