jorge's blog
a producer of motion pictures
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Beautiful traditional sign painting by Dan Madsen.
T A L E N T
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Briefly, True Story.
Reblogged from ryanpfluger
Other photographers can’t tell you what equipment you should use, what’s the best lens, what film to use, what you do in photoshop, what’s the best camera, how far away you should be from a subject, what time of day to shoot or what kind of diet you should have to be a better photographer (ok, i made the last one up). Experiment people! Try new things out, rent from a local rental house before you purchase something. Use different kinds of film under different lighting conditions. Find out what works for you. It’s funny that even with digital photography being so prevalent, people still get so nervous to try new things out. The best advice I can give any aspiring photographer who asks any of the above questions, is to try it out. I’m always forcing myself to take that exact advice, solely because being complacent is never a good thing.
Richard & Nichole’s Wedding Highlight
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And Now… Photography!!
Last week we volunteered to film a promo video for an event held by a local Christian youth group, CPU (Christ’s People United). We loved the idea of being able to use our talent to give back to God’s Kingdom, I mean He was the creator and provider of our talent, it would be a small way of showing how thankful we are.
So on Saturday we met up with a few of the guys from CPU, which by the way, the time we spent with them was very rewarding and edifying, and we enjoyed seeing the passion and zeal they had for God. Now for this video we wanted to do something edgy and produce more of a cinematic feel, something completely different than what we’ve been doing for our wedding films. We had chosen a location that was just right for this promo and I think it fit perfectly with the style of this film. After making a mess with a few bundles of newspaper we made the location look a bit more desolate and abandoned. We shot all of the footage we needed in about 4-5 hours and edited that very night.
Now, to what this post is really about, the photo. As wedding filmmakers we always want to be able to provide our clients with the best service that we can possibly come up with. We had talked about the idea of one day being able to provide Film and Photography to our clients but never really needed to consider it since we were still in the beginning stages of starting our company. Well, a couple of weeks ago we were catching up with an old friend of ours and we mentioned some of the things we had been working on. After seeing some of the films we had done he had mentioned that he had a passion for photography (light bulb), after the conversation that evening I spoke with Jorge and we tossed around the idea of having Kevin join us. Now Kevin had passion for photography but no experience or equipment, but then again neither did we when we began to film, so who better than Kevin to join us and be able to provide photography to our clients, we could teach each other, learn from each other and benefit from each other. So the very next day we went out with Kevin and let him loose with one of our cameras to see what he was capable of, lets just say that what he showed us was very promising…
Keep an eye out for his work…
(In the picture: Jorge filming a scene, photo taken by Kevin Echegaray)
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Music in film
Though we might think of film soley as a visual experience, we often overlook the importance of music in film. Finding music that fits a scene is often as complicated as creating the image on the screen itself.
Music is definitely one of the most important aspects of film making, the music alone can turn a mediocre film into a great one. Music can also help create the mood for a particular scene, a good example would be when you watch a horror or suspense film, it’s not nearly the same experience if you were to watch it on mute since there is no music to build up the suspense which is what engages the viewer emotionally to the film. Another thing to keep in mind is that the music should not be so noticeable or overpowering, it should just establish the right tone or the emotional attitude toward the story and/or the characters in the film, even when you don’t think it’s making a difference, the audience can just hear the music and it subconsciously affects how they feel about the things happening on the screen. Finding the right song for a scene can be challenging, your song choice can either make your film or break it since it is what adds the emotion for that scene. As film students, we often tend to pay too much attention to the lyrics of a particular song and not so much to the actual music. When searching for the right song for a scene, as long as the film has an interesting story, lyrics are hardly ever noticed, so if we’ve moved the viewer emotionally and the music has strengthened the film, I’m convinced we’ve done our job.
All in all, music is fundamentally important in creating memorable motion pictures. Without music, films would be left boring and lifeless.
Richard + Nichole - Coming Soon
This past weekend we headed up to a little town in Connecticut called Thompson where we were given the privilege to film a good friend’s wedding.Thompson is located just below the Massachusets border and a short drive to Rhode Island. Throughout the entire weekend we bounced back and forth driving between these three states in preparation for the big day. While our original plan was to leave MD on Friday night, we decided to leave a day earlier so we could be a little more aware of what to expect. So we left on Thursday night and arrived early Friday morning to our hotel in Providence, RI where we were able to take a quick nap and freshen up. We then left Providence min afternoon and arrived at the church in Thompson just in time for the rehearsal to witness how everything was going to play out. We even took the opportunity to get some B Roll shots that day to use for the film. For this wedding we wanted to start incorporating time lapses (we believe they make any wedding film a million times better even if they are only 5 seconds long!) so we set up our camera and tripod and began to film. The clouds were cooperating with us that day and they provided the perfect sky for our time lapse. Later that evening it was off to Webster, Massachusets for a rehearsal dinner that we were kindly invited to, we ate delicious home cooked food, maybe a little too much, but nevertheless, very delicious. As the night crawled in, we made our way back to our hotel room in Providence to get everything ready to go, as well as some much needed sleep, for the next morning.
On Saturday morning we were up nice and early and made our way to Nichole’s house to begin filming the prep. After getting the necessary shots for the bridemaids’ prep, we later made our way to a nearby hotel in Auburn, MA to film the groomsmens’ prep. It was getting closer to that time everyone was anticipating, the ceremony. We raced back down to Thompson and arrived at the church with plenty of time to get some last minute shots before the ceremony started. This church was small but very much beautiful and it made the perfect setting for a storybook wedding! We couldn’t of asked for a better ceremony/reception, everything flowed so smoothly and we cant wait to finish the edit.
We love road trips so the 6 hour drive was nothing but an adventure that included loud music, laughing, bathroom stops and of course, food!
Stay tuned for Richard & Nichole’s wedding day highlight!
"But God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us."
Romans 5:8
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Meet Richy & Nicky…
One thing that separates a great filmmaker from an average filmmaker is the ability to be creative and think outside the box. Anyone can buy a camera, editing software and create a film, but a great filmmaker will push the limits and produce a film that is both moving and able to take the viewer through an emotional ride. Please don’t get me wrong, in no way am I boasting about my work or putting myself on a pedestal, but what I want to do is always strive to push those limits and be as creative as I possibly can to grow and eventually become a great filmmaker.
So the afternoon started with a trip to the pet shop. We bought a fish bowl, gravel, a plastic plant, and two gold fish. With fish and accessories in hand we went on a trek to find a prime location, we had gone out the day before to scout a location but didn’t really see any places that stood out from the places we had filmed before. So we decided to take a turn into a newly built housing development in the area. Sure there was the constant noise of construction that would take away from the quality of the audio, and yes at first glance it resembled a waste land, but in our eyes it was a diamond in the rough…
