My friend Jennylyn Gleave has interviewed Steve Wozniak on her show, Give It A Name with Jennylyn. Steve is quite inspiring to listen to. For those on the run, I’ve edited a short teaser below. You can also watch the complete 30 min interview at Give It A Name TV.
Tags: Apple, Community Television, Jennylyn Gleave, Wozniak, youtube
A short video I did for the martial arts school of Kaze Arashi ryu in Mountain View, CA:
If you are curious about the school itself -- visit their website.
For the technical video geeks, the footage is shot at 720/60p with a 1/1000 exposure. This made each frame crispy-sharp, with virtually no motion blur even for the very fast moves. Then I slowed it down in Apple’s Motion using optical reflow -- that’s the secret behind the Matrix-like slow-mo effect.
The “talk” is the only exception: 24p at 1/48 with a long zoom and open aperture (about 2.0). This “tricks” the small sensor camera into a shallow depth of focus, making the background soft.
Oh, and by the way, the last fighting sequence is no special effect -- all real, unrehearsed, actual speed. It looks a bit weird and “too fast” precisely because it lacks the motion blur. I found that not only it’s impossible to take the blur out once it’s there, it’s also quite hard to put it back in believably. So I didn’t 
The entire clip was shot on a single Saturday morning and edited together in a couple of evenings. Having a great “cast” makes a world of difference!
Tags: Kaze Arashi ryu, Martial Arts, Motion, SFX, Special Effects, youtube
Another short movie from the Rhobot Team:
I did the editing. All day during production, then all night long, then all day the next day. Pretty crazy, I know…
Tags: 48 hour film race, Movie, Rhobot Team, San Francisco, Scary Cow, youtube
Another cool practice segment from the same workshop (see previous post for the story):
Tags: Community Television, Music, NSK Records, TV Show, youtube
A short spontaneous TV show done at a TV Studio Production Workshop in July 2010, Novosibirsk, Russia at NSK Records:
One frosty Siberian morning (or was it evening?) my brother Dmitry was talking to me on the phone about how to produce music TV shows. At the end of the conversation we decided that it would be much more fun for me to come over and show it to him.
If you really want to learn something, teach it! Right? In that spirit, Dmitry organized a workshop on how to produce music TV shows, and invited me as an instructor.
Meanwhile, my other brother Alexey exclaimed “Thou shalt not have fun without me!” – and joined us for the mischief.
For one of the exercises, we had all the workshop participants (including us) record a bunch of 2-minute shows where everyone got to try every role in the studio. It just so happened that in this segment both of my brothers got on camera at the same time, and watch what happened!
Tags: Community Television, Music, NSK Records, TV Show, youtube
A movie we shot during the 24 hour film race in San Francisco. Yes, the whole film was done in 24 hours from script to DVD! Go Rhobot Team, go!
My role was an editor, Dave Cowl the director, and a bunch of other talented and dedicated crew members and actors made it all possible. We had lots of fun!
Tags: 24 Hour Film Race, Jake's Game, Movie, Rhobot Films, San Francisco, youtube
Check out the new movie by Movie Makers Unite:
Cast: Shawn Flanagan Jr. (Mikey), Meghna David (Miss Patel), Khalid Khan (Raj), Jim Rogers (Mailman), Jessie Rodrigez (Cousin Patel)
Director: Cheenu Krishnan, Assitant Director: P.V. Moorthi, Producers: Quanie Mitchell and P.V. Moorthi, Production Manager: Aniket Apte, Production Assitants: Bhavesh Mehtha and P Mahesh, Story and Script Writer: Quanie Mitchell, Camera Operators: Ray Raffa, Cheenu Krishnan, Aniket Apte, Gregori Niculitcheff, Boom Operator: Bhavesh Metha, Script Supervisor: Quanie Mitchell, Video Documentary of the Production: Shawn Flanagan Sr., Gregori Niculitcheff, Jessie Rodrigez, Post production supervisor: Sergey Berezin, Editing: Sergey Berezin, Cheenu Krishnan, Music by: Marshall Watson.
Special thanks to: Movie Makers Unite, Miracle Productions, Edwin Liu (for postman costume)
www.meetup.com/moviemakersunite
Tags: Movie Makers Unite, San Francisco, youtube
See the full movie on Oct 4, 2009 in Victoria Theatre, San Francisco.
Tickets are on sale – see you at the screening!
Tags: Devil, Devil in Detail, Faust, Mephistopheles, Movie, Pygmalion, Scary Cow, trailer, youtube
I’ve taken a walk on the evening of the Valentine’s Day in my neighborhood – never thought it would look that pretty on the screen. Wish you could see the full quality HD…
Tags: Bay Area, California, Mountain View, Neighborhood, San Francisco, Valentine's Day, youtube
I once went for a walk in the San Francisco Bay Area mountains, and ran into these little creatures. Good thing I had my little mighty Canon digital elf with me. Filmmakers still look down at these pocket-size point-and-shoot “soap boxes”, but, unlike our old prejudices, the technology isn’t standing still. Look for yourself:
Tags: Banana Slug, cute animals, Forest Creatures, Newt, wild life, youtube
