My Irish mother-in-law always said, “they come in threes”…tragedy, she spoke of. Axioms in threes abound in the making of moving images, not excluding my mother-in-laws sentiment. Some creative, some fiscal, some here. The tripod, based on some long forgotten theory in plane geometry, is perhaps the metaphor for all our axioms; the unflinching rules… Continue reading They Come In Threes
Author: Bob Demers
Kruse and Demers Paired Again
Off and running on a new documentary with director Dan Kruse of Rising Trunk Productions. This time, the story of Jeff Haskell, a legendary pianist on the Tucson Jazz scene, with more than 30 years of composing and conducting for groups from the Tucson Jazz Orchestra to the Tucson Symphony Orchestra. He is also faculty… Continue reading Kruse and Demers Paired Again
Zoom! the documentary hits 3rd film festival
Zoom! the documentary keeps rolling on and makes it into it’s 3rd festival, this time the 2014 Phoenix Film Festival. In 1959, Catalina High Schoolers Burt Schneider and Ray Lindstrom attended their school dance to be blown away by classmate Jack Wallace’s performance. This documentary chronicles how that moment inspired the two, with new friends… Continue reading Zoom! the documentary hits 3rd film festival
Coordinated Independence
I wanted to be a drummer for as long as I can remember. I began my instruction with the great drummer Dom Moio, blasting through Jim Chapin’s be-bop bible of “Coordinated Independence”. Once I had a dream I was on a cruise ship and the Stones were playing. Their drummer, Charlie Watts, was sick, I… Continue reading Coordinated Independence
Own Your F Stop
So much of digital technology has allowed a method of creativity my old electronics professor would label “plug and chug”; swap a piece out, see how it works. In his words and my sentiments; not so elegant. As in many life pursuits, creating with intention can give us perspective, meaning and impact on the world… Continue reading Own Your F Stop
The Cinematographer’s Brain
Things that pop out… Cinematographer’s film where the images, like the words in a dictionary, have no power and value except through their position and relation. -Robert Bresson, “Notes on the Cinematographer” Without dark, there is no light -Bill Alexander, “The Magic of Oil Painting”
Balancing Act
Finger off the trigger! In my early morning pre-caffienated haze I wonder if there is a place for custom white balance any more. By that I mean the practice of automatically, at the push of a button, aligning the camera’s perception of white to a piece of cardboard. Forgive me, but again I must draw… Continue reading Balancing Act
Cavity Black and Camera Alignment
I obsess. Hide your chip charts, I have my Exacto knife at the ready… I like a good chip chart. As far as I’m concerned DSC Labs make the best. With their ChromaDuMonde series they go beyond the standard 11 step gray scale and add a multitude of vector points, as well as skin tones. … Continue reading Cavity Black and Camera Alignment
Poet Carolyn Hembree “Skinny” Book Trailer
Kore Press, a publisher of women’s literature and art since 1993, approached us to produce their first book trailer. We jumped at the opportunity, especially to work with poet Carolyn Hembree whose book “Skinny” tells the harrowing tail of it’s title character as “she leaves the South and a beloved, dying matriarch for New York… Continue reading Poet Carolyn Hembree “Skinny” Book Trailer
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