Other Stuff We've Done
ShareDoritos Crash the Superbowl entry
Russ McCullough was looking for cameras to use on this project and I called to offer mine. At the end of the phone call I ended up being the director of photography for the project. As happens when working on independent film projects, everything was carefully set up, planned out in advance, and the plan thrown out and improvised on the day of the shoot. Despite our best efforts, we could not dampen the noise caused by the patrons in the bar we were shooting in. None of the henchmen showed up. And to make matters worse, while I had spent considerable time prepping both cameras the week before the shoot, making sure the batteries were charged, the camera settings matched each other, that both cameras were functioning, and using a tape fresh from the wrapper, the 2nd camera didn't record a blessed thing. Apparently, the tape was packaged with the write-protect tab set to the on position. The reaction footage and insert shots never got recorded. Thanks to a brilliant editor, the video below is the result of half the footage we thought we shot.
Entry One
Writer/Producer/Director/Vladamir: Russ McCullough
Director of Photography/Camera Operator: Richard Buswell
Editor: David Cooper
Entry Two
Writer/Producer/Director/Vladamir: Russ McCullough
Director of Photography/Camera Operator: Richard Buswell
Editor: David Cooper
Pro bono work
The following video was done as a college project PSA (Public Service Announcement) for one of our actors. It is called "Mañana" and features real workers playing people just like themselves. It was filmed guerilla-style in just under three hours with improvised dialogue. We started with two cameras, two cameramen, one director and one writer/producer. The writer played the guy employing the migrant workers. Manuel played the worker doing the negotiations. One of the cameras mysteriously decided that it couldn't register the power supply, so we were down to one camera. Once we filmed the negotiation scenes, Manuel left the set without explanation. We had to film around his sudden disappearance. The noise from the traffic was too loud to get dialogue on set, so we adjourned after filming to record ADR in an office nearby, using one of our cameraman as the voice of Manuel. Extras in the film were comprised of actual workers, the two cameramen and the director.
Enjoy!
Writer/Producer/Working Employer: David Buchheit
Migrant Worker Negotiator: Manuel
Director: Richard Buswell
