http://www.richardmassey.tv Wed, 29 Apr 2009 19:05:46 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I've had several discussions with my colleagues regarding the historical perspective I expressed about the RED. (see my post, The Big RED one:) http://www.richardmassey.tv/2009/the-big-red-one/ I'm surprised that I have to clarify this most important fact: I do know the difference between an HD camera you can get at Walmart and the HD ENG ... http://www.richardmassey.tv/2009/seeing-red/ You know about our film, BackPage: BackPage trailer from Hugh Massey on Vimeo. If you haven't seen our website yet, take a gander: http://www.backpagemovie.com/ Anyway, as you know we've submitted ourselves to a dozen or so festivals. On a dare, I sent in a submission to the Cannes film festival (the one in France.) The ... http://www.richardmassey.tv/2009/cannes-film-festival-dream-come-treu/ Our film, BackPage, is submitted to about 20 festivals (already rejected by five.) We're constructing a site dedicated to promoting it. Mosy on over to: www.backpagemovie.com for most of this content repeated. http://www.richardmassey.tv/2009/backpage-update/ I remember, six years ago, getting an opportunity to shoot with the SONY 700. For the previous five years, we had heard an infinite amount of hyperbolic buzz about HD. Color, contrast ratios, depth of field, signal to noise ratio, and of course the resolution, progressive, aspect, blah-blah-blah... I used to ... http://www.richardmassey.tv/2009/the-big-red-one/ Not advice about audio, but lessons learned from costly mistakes. The last Executive Producer I worked for took me to lunch one day. As we walked back to the studio he told me in the most earnest way that one should never bring a pornographic film to the station or studio for which ... http://www.richardmassey.tv/2009/sound-advice/ I was on a shoot with a basketball theme. Some jackass executive starring in his own vanity project. We were to make this guy appear to be playing with the Lakers. We had an impressive night at the local university coliseum with a dozen extras in Laker uniforms, cheerleaders too. We also had ... http://www.richardmassey.tv/2009/so-poor-i-cant-even-pay-attention/ Seven years ago, I was shocked to realize that the DP I was AC'ing for was getting paid ten times as much as me. The director would only work with him, they were old friends. They enjoyed the herb on location. I first began to become irritated when he would ask me technical ... http://www.richardmassey.tv/2009/whipped-like-a-rented-mule/ Moving the camera, there's a time to do it. A time to reap, a time to sow... Being from a theatre and photography background, I appreciate a good composition. I really do. A static frame can add to heightened dramatic tension (In the Company of Men), or comic absurdity (Napoleon Dynamite.) Those who argue for ... http://www.richardmassey.tv/2009/motion-pictures-ii-the-sequel/ I've disciplined myself towards a gestalt approach when considering the question of aesthetics. Like the aesthetics of the gestalt, within the school of architecture,  the demands of function dictate the product's from. Back in the fall of '96, I noticed that the content of a report I did in my Theatre History class could be applied ... http://www.richardmassey.tv/2009/utilitarian-objectivistic-pragmatic-aproaches-to-the-gestalt-of-aesthetics/ Was fun, cold, inspiring, humbling, and big. So good to be home. Can't wait to get back. [gallery] I left work, after my first day back, yesterday. As I pulled out of the parking lot, I began to cry. I was so happy when I realized where I was driving: home. When I got there, I experienced ... http://www.richardmassey.tv/2009/new-york/