like crazy

                                                              Like Crazy(2011)
genre-drama,romance
the movie starts off when anna and jacob meet at a la university. anna one day leaves jacob a note on his car winshield under the wiperblade. the note confesses how she feels for jacob.jacob feels the same and the two began spending all there time together.the two fall in love. as the film progresses, you find out jacob has a talent of making furniture. also anna is a writer and jacob finds out the chair she uses is uncomfortable. jacob makes her a chair that anna loves.as the semester comes to an end and the two graduate. anna is suppose to go back to the uk as her visa will expire. anna decides to stay and spend the summer with jacob. when ann goes back to the uk she loses her visa due to the fact she violated her rights to keep her visa. the two are sperated and call eachother at first. then jacob goes to visit and the two talk about getting married so anna can go back to the us.jacob goes back to the states. both anna and jacob meet other peopkle and begin life without eachother for a period. jacob goes back and the two get married. one day jacob and anna get into a fight over jacob still texting the other girl sam. jacob decides to leave and the two go on with their lives and see the people they met while away.anna calls jacob and tells him she finally got her green card and wants to come back with jacob. jacob picks her up from the airport and the ending of the movie is really depressing and sad. it takes the two back to jacobs aprtment . the two are in the shower holding eachother and kissing. jacob and anna both stop and look at eachother. the two realize that with everything that happened they fell out of love. jacob gets out of the shower and walks away as anna looks at him. this is how the movie ends. in my opinion tis show the ignorance of people and what they take for granted.the cast is great in this and really pull their weight. anna is played by felicity jones,jacob is played by anton yelchin and sam by jennifer lawerence.director drake dremus did a great job with ben york jones script. he had a great vision for telling this story. director of photography john guleserian had some great shots but at times the camera seemed alittle shaky.they shot this film on the 7d and it looks really good. like crazy was an official selection in sundance 2011. it was sold to paramount for four million dollars. overall i give it 10 of 10 stars.

iphone gear

when the iphone 4 came out,it shot 720p,and 1080p for the iphones. alot of film makers played around with the filming capabilities of it. so interest came into play for making gear for the iphone.one of the first things i got for my iphone was the owle bubo rig. it comes with a small mic,wide angle lens for the price of 180 bucks. the bubo gives some extra stability with the grips at the bottom. it makes the iphone bigger and alittle more to hold onto. you can also get the 35mm adapter to use 35mm glass.which is a nice option.i upgraded to a bigger mic and a rota light.

the rota light comes with various gels as well. this really helps out alot. the iphone does okay in low light but not really the best.color grading seems to do well so far.its a fun camera to have for behind the scenes or a backup if your in tight spaces.i have only shot two films with it. both shorts. one is what they dont know,that was shot last year in jersey at a convention.the other is silent hotel i did for a homage film competition for silent house. im adding the trailer for what they dont know. you can take a look and check it out. i was pleased with how it came out.

i used a app called 8mm to get that old grungy look and added a filter to it. there are alot of festivals that have added a phone category now. here are some of the apps i use
8mm
cinecam
slopro.
for sending files to my computer, i use big transfer files.i hope you all enjoy this and it gives some of you some ideas for your iphone. here are some of the links to the gear.
www.getbubo.com
www.rotolight.com
for the iphone shooting capabilities i give it 5 out 10 stars.

downtown shoot

I recently went downtown to catch some street art from a show that was here in april. there were some amazing murals on my journey in downtown richmond. street art is contemporary srtwork placed unsanctioned in public spaces.street art is considered  different than graffitti in that it primary uses stencils,stickers,wheatpastes and posters as a media instead of just spray paint.street art and graffitti came on the scene big in the 1980's but exploded in the early 2000's primarily due to the growing popularity of banksy.

this is just a few stills i got. this is not a review on films,but as a artist and photographer. i figured i'd expand my reviews to other media's of art.

the ticket

the ticket was a very touching film. directed by po chan.shot by shane hurlbut. the ticket was shot on a canon 1dc dslr 4k, using a 24mm cinema prime.the ticket starts out in a hospital with vince sitting on the floor. emma comes out of a room and the two began to talk about the time.vince says they have time.the film takes them outside,only to have vince figure out they have no car anymore.vince and emma began to run. taking them to a clothing store. they try on the clothes they want. both know they cant afford them so vince and emma run out of the store.later they get to the boardwalk, which is an amazing scene. vince and emma go to the ferris wheel. the old man says theres no more rides tonight. vince convinces the man to let them ride, by telling him it's emma's birthday. the old man says you have ten minutes. while up at the top of the ferris wheel, vince asks emma to marry him. she says its to late for that.this takes vince back to the floor of the hospital. a doctor walks out of the room telling him she didnt make it, vince gets up and starts crying only to see the ticket he bought on the ground.(tidbit)- the lighting used was natural light available.and was shaped.the hospital scene- they were able to use all the available lights that were in the ceiling.which were 4' cool white flo's.pho and shane went for a sterile.anti septic feel.hurlbut baked in the look with natural picture style with color temp set at 2700 degrees.it gave a starting point with this cold,minty green feel. they wanted the halls as cold and representtative of death.the score was amazing caled those kisses by the fisherman three.this film had a strong storyline,amazing actors and was well shot. i give it 8 out of 10 stars. to checkout more work on shane- www,hurlbutvisuals.com

covenfilm tidbits

silent house claimed to be 88 minutes of continous footage.not really! silent house is one of the bigger films this year shot on a dslr.in fact it was shot on a canon 5d mark 2 with a redrock micro rig and small hd monitor.the primary lens used was a creamy zeiss cp2 28mm prime backed up by a 21mm prime. most of the movie was shot in shallow depth of field. now back to the continous 88 minutes of horrifying footage, a canon 5d has a 12 minute file record limit. so to hide the transition points.they moved in front of objects or whip panned to hide the edit.some of the scenes had several takes. so there is a covenfilm tidbit. thanks redrock micro and a shoutout to lucia from small hd.

remembering

remembering is a dark drama. iwrote this last year in about thirty minutes. i had the flow going on this one and it went from start to finish. this short film is very close to my heart.remembering tells the story about a man named jeremy.jeremy is down and out on life.with no trust and love anymore,jeremy really doesnt care if he lives anymore. jeremy decides to take a walk in the park and think about things. a mysterious woman name jane sits down by him and starts talking about life.will jeremy find a new love for life. we filmed this in two days. we used dslr cameras with a dolly,tripod,and a glidecam for the walk scenes. seth delacruz(director of photography) did an amazing job. remembering won best short at blueridge bloodfest. it was selected for nhc and blood on the beach this year,followed by a q&a after.i love this film alot.i give it 8 of 10 stars.

                            

the notebook

   the notebook came out in 2004. it was based on the novel written by nicholes starks. the movie starts out in a retirement home, where a old couple are sitting down in a room. the man is reading a story to the woman about a couple of young lovers ( allie hamiltone,and noah calhoun). the young couple meet one evening at a carnival, after spending time together,one night noah has dinner with allie's family. they dissaprove of noah's unwealthy family,and move allie away.allie waits for noah to write  her for several years, allie eventually meets  and gets engaged to a young soldier. allie  who still loves noah,goes back to visit noah's 200 year old house. he restored it for her. they both still have feelings for eachother.allie also finds out that noah wrote her everyday for a year.allie now has to choose between noah and lon. allie's mom meets with allie, and gives her the letters.the movie ends with everyone finding out the old man and woman are noah and allie. the beautiful ending is noah and allie both die together holding hands. to me this is a amazing ending to a very strong script.showing that there is true love. the acting is amazing,the film is shot well. they used panavisions to shoot on which was a very good choice to use. it gave the film a soft look but made it very real.director nick cassavetes did an amazing job on this film.the film was shot in south carolina.the college of charleston was used as the backdrop for allie's college.boone hall plantation was used for the scenes of the hamilton's house. the house that noah would rebuild in the movie is located at martins point plantation on widmalaw island. the film makers had considered finding a dilapidated house to film which could be renovated as the narrative progressed. but they soon settled on using a beautiful house they could make look run down for the film's earlier scenes.the nursing home scenes were shot at rice hope(black river)plantation. the house was rumored to be a kit house ordered from sears roebuck company but is not.ryan gosling prepared for the role by living in charleston for a few months prior to filming.he spent his mornings rwoing on the ashley river and his afternoons making furniture. so i wanted to share a few tidbits on the film. this is one of my favorite films of all times. i give it 10 of 10 stars.