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Sarah Palin Never Saw It Coming

October 28th, 2008 · No Comments

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Reality… Really?

October 21st, 2008 · No Comments

I just helped to shoot a reality show about a young beauty pageant. The pageant didn’t exist before the show got the greenlight. How is that reality? It shows what people will do to allow their kids to be exposed. We had all access to all the contestants but [...]

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Anyone Have Any Frequent Flyer Miles To Spare

October 16th, 2008 · 2 Comments

So I was sitting down with Blake and Micah and we were thinking of a way to get Beat Down Boogie, our next feature, off the ground. First thing for us to do is to shoot a teaser and short film. Next is to fly our actors out to Greensboro for the shoot. [...]

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Dogs of Chinatown World Premiere at The Escapism Film Festival In Durham

October 16th, 2008 · No Comments

We finished production on Dogs of Chinatown… finally after a year. We are now in the process of submitting it to film festivals around the world. Right now the film is currently at MIPCOM 2008 in Cannes, France - Palais Des Festivals. Stand #03.19, looking for buyers.
The World Premiere will be held [...]

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One Question

October 13th, 2008 · 2 Comments

Fifty People, One Question: Restored from Benjamin Reece on Vimeo.
What is it that you wish would happen at the end of the day?

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Conversation With Philippa Burgess of Creative Convergence

October 12th, 2008 · No Comments

This podcast was a treat. Not only to find out what a fellow Montclair High School alumni is up to. But the wealth of information that she shared with me about the entertainment field in Hollywood. To learn more about Philippa and Creative Convergence, click on the link to their site.

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Short Film Friday: Patient Zero

October 10th, 2008 · No Comments

From Dennis Ruel and in association with The Stunt People comes a very cool action packed sci fi thriller.

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Short Film Friday: Detour

October 3rd, 2008 · No Comments

A fun action packed short film from Eric Jacobus and The Stuntpeople. With characters from the feature film Contour. Enjoy!

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HDV Stay Away From JVC MiniDV Tapes ( MDV60DU )

September 26th, 2008 · 2 Comments

Before I began shooting behind the scenes for Dogs of Chinatown I bought 50 JVC MiniDV Tapes ( MDV60DU ). I shot over 36 hours of behind the scenes and I had trouble from tape one. Never experiencing HDV before the shoot I had nothing to base this on. It was the [...]

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Capture Now With HDV

September 20th, 2008 · 9 Comments

Not happening! Tomorrow I’m going to shoot the audience for the private screening for Dogs of Chinatown. Only problem is I can’t figure out how to capture directly to my computer with a firewire connection to my camera. I can do it with no problem if I use DV-NTSC and capture in [...]

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