First, let’s admit that this is a HUGE breakthrough to have this as a possible option on a $3k ( and less ) camera. I shot this test using the 5Dmkii with a neutral color profile, rating it at its native ISO of 320 using a 35mm Zeiss ZE lens. While I was very excited [...]
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PRE | PRODUCTION | POST | ACTORS & CREW DAY 1 The day finally arrived, and we were ready to go with some minor last minute crew and gear chages. We arrived at noon and loaded in all the gear and started our lighting setup. Adam Belanger brought a nice new toy, a covered wagon light [...]
PRE | PRODUCTION | POST | ACTORS & CREW Simpatica from Dean Merrill on Vimeo. Simpatica came about after I visited Grace Restaurant for the first time. I remember being in awe of the scale of the building, and how it would naturally lend itself to a romantic film. Long after Local Muscle Moving Co. [...]
Here my new reel from this past year’s worth of work. MUSIC: The Black Keys ALBUM: El Camino TRACK: Gold On The Ceiling
The other day I ran into Adam Fredericks at Blue, and he told me about a new project of his. He is now working on a new group that has been recruited to produce a Demo for a potential UK/Europe tour. Adam is a good friend, and I though it would be a good opportunity [...]
Gary Robinov was asked by Maine College of Art to shot 30+ finished videos for their site. After getting the project, Gary approached me to shot for him, while he Directed the interviews. Thus far we are 4 days in, with about 1.5 to go. More images to come!
After months of hard work by Ben Keller, we have the premiere episode of The Food Coma Show live! The premiere happened this past Sunday at The Space, where we had a great turnout for the end of the weekend. Over 100 people enjoyed Joe’s crazy Mac and Cheese, drank, and “gut laughed” for 25 [...]
For this year’s TEDxDirigo Intro Video I decided to try something more artistic and collaborative. Adam Burk suggested that I talk with Rachel Boggia who is a dance instructor at Bates as well as a speaker at this past TEDx event. The TEDx team, Seth Kerns and I met and came up with the concept [...]
After a year’s time, Director Andrew Dolby and I finished our short film titled “88 Caprice”. According to Andrew, 88 Caprice “explores the duo’s desire to explore efficiency in story telling with no dialogue on an emotive musical sound scape in what could be labeled as a commercially styled vignette.” Enjoy the show!
In preperation for TEDxDirigo’s 2012 shoot, I visited Mark Hensley to test his Sony FS700. We shot a latitude and noise test. You can download the latitude test here. Noise Test Noise Test – Gain pushed 200% to see structure More to come soon on the shoot.