Recent work: September 2014

Saturday, September 27, 2014

PBR Rodeo

Kevin Huthison of Summit Digital Films usually is the jib operator for the PBR tour.

However, this event at the Oakland Arena he needed someone to cover for him so he gave me a call.

Thanks Kevin... it was fun.

Friday, September 19, 2014

Dawn of the Planet of the Apes

Production Company: 20th Century Fox
Director: Matt Reeves
DoP: Michael Seresin
Up, up, and away! The Technocrane was hoisted to the top of a downtown San Francisco building for one shot for the movie "Dawn of the Planet of the Apes. Patrick Roth was lead technocrane tech for this one.

Terri Timely

Production Company: Terri Timely
Directors: Corey Creasey and Ian Kibby
DoP: Donavan Sell

Two commercials, one for Pandora and the other for a French grocery store chain celebrating their 50th anniversary. The Pandora commercials can be seen on my videos page or at the Terri Timely link above. The Terri Timely team is very creative and super cool to work with.

H&R Block

Production Company: Moxie Pictures

Director: DoP: Russell Carpenter

This was the "Get your billion dollars back America" campaign.

There wasn't a lot of "techno" moves on this one, however the crane saved lots of time due to it's flexibility. Patrick Roth and Todd Snyder assisted me during the 5 days of shooting.

The Age of Adaline

Director: Lee Toland Krieger
DoP: David Lanzenberg

The Age of Adaline is an upcoming feature that I happened to be lucky enough to be a part of. What a great crew. It was a second unit crew so we were fast and agile... even with the techno.
The SL Pod from GEO films was all that was needed for the Red Dragon. Super small and

super light wight. In fact a bit to light, extra weight had to be added to the front of the techno just to achieve balance.

Salesforce

This is a corporate piece for Salesforce.

The shot was of this very cool all electric Zero motorcycle speeding off

down the "perverbial" deserted road. This bike is made locally in Santa Cruz

and was one hell of a cool bike. Check em out on the link below

http://www.zeromotorcycles.com

CISCO

Cisco Corporate

Lewis Black "The Rant is Due"

My friend Jimi Dunn called and needed another remote head operator for a Lewis Black

comedy show that was shot in Napa (before the quake). Jimi had 3 of his mini Jimmy Jib

remote heads on the job. I got to sit on a chair all night, enjoy some comedy, and the

company of the other remote head operator Christina.

Good times had by all.

Apple

Apple Corporate

Ryder Trucks

Production Company: Slim Pictures

Director: Drea Cooper

DoP: Eric Treml

This shot was of some dancers shot from straight overhead and booming down straight

to just over their heads while the camera was rotating in 360 degree fashion. The shot was part of a commercial for the Ryder truck company. The technocrane was the only way to go for this job.The straight down shots are always tough. To keep the camera in a straight line all the way down while spinning was a challenge. The client was happy and so were we.

Paul McCartney at Candlestick Park

Paul McCartney and the last show at Candlestick Park.

This was for some footage that will be used in a documentary about Paul McCartney.

Listen an indépendant film

Listen is an independent film shot in the small towns of the San Joaquin Valley

of California. It deals with the issues and problems that todays youth face.

Super nice crew to work with and fun to be a part of an "indie" again.

Shark Tank 2014 Season Cold Open

Production Company: Finnmax

Director/DoP: Alex Van Wagner

I have had the privilege to work as a jib operator for Alex on The Voice. Alex is also the Director/DoP for that show, so he asked if I would help shoot the "cold open" for this seasons

Shark Tank. I used the 24 foot Triangle and the footage looked great. Check it out this season.