SpotCast
Ron Small of Sway Productions invited me onto his new podcast called SpotCast, which focuses on the craft of commercial directing. I’m in wonderfully good company there—he’s also interviewed Jason Wingrove, Adam Lisagor, and Vi...
Chasing Wildebeests
I had such a fun time talking with Kanen Flowers and Merlin Mann on Kanen’s Scruffy Thinking podcast. As Kanen puts it:
We discuss living in San Francisco, Star Wars, finding and doing what you love, trusting your grandmother’s advice, bei...
Small Gunns
My wife Michelle Stock and her sister Diana Stock just launched an online boutique called Small Gunns. Their first products are a custom-designed line of graphic tees for kids. My contributions included some photography on their site. And celebratory ...
Mostly Coherent
I was the guest host on this week’s Mostly Photo show with Leo Laporte and Lisa Bettany. We talked about shooting stills and video and getting the most out of post-processing, and I showed off some video gear from Redrock Micro and Zacuto. I̵...
Epic Movie
I’m in New Zealand with Mike Seymour and John Montgomery shooting with their new Epic M. Anything more I could say about that is probably better expressed by this video, shot by John:
Mike has an ongoing thread going on reduser about his fi...
Couple Things
After my Fetishists post, I was invited by Mike Seymour to join he and Jason on Red Centre to discuss in greater detail the points I raised. It was a welcome opportunity both to drill down on each of the specific issues, and to clarify a few things tha...
PSYOPS Announced
From The Hollywood Reporter:
Bold Films has picked up PSYOPS, an action thriller from Scott Stewart and Gus Krieger.
Stewart, who is directing the vampire action thriller Priest, came up with the initial story, then developed it with Krieger, who will write the script.
Stuart Maschwitz, who co-founded visual-effects company...
fxguidetv #061
Can Mike Seymour and Stu talk about cameras for hours? Is Japan the greatest place on Earth? How bad do you want the Redrock Micro “Subling” rig? These and other pressing questions are answered in episode 61 of fxguidetv.
(Plus also lots of...
fxphd July09 Term, AKA Show You My O-Week
Registration is now open for the new July09 Term of fxphd, the most in-depth visual effects training you can find. This term I’m joining Mike Seymour in teaching a course on DSLR cinematography, for which Mike, John Montgomery, and I traveled to ...
Got Me a Side Job
Red Giant Software today announced the addition of a new Creative Director for the Magic Bullet product line. Me!
“The Magic Bullet vision is to create software that gives any production, regardless of budget, the look of a high-end feature fil...
Me @ NAB
Here’s where I’ll be in Vegas, baby:
On Monday, 4/20, I’ll be speaking at the Independent Filmmaking—A Million Dollar Look on a Thousand Dollar Budget: 2009 Edition panel. 11:30am–12:30pm in Room S222/S223.
That afternoon ...
Stu at NAB 2009
Photo by Mike Seymour of fxguide, fxphdI'll be at NAB this year, because if there's one thing I love more than conventions, it's Las Vegas.
Actually, I hate both with a passion, but since you wil be there, I'm braving the crowds and logo shirts to be o...
