A USC cinema graduate student from Sacramento, has shot the first movie on the iPhone4 and has got some buzz with some help from Twitter. Good Idea. When the iPad gets a camera, I am shooting the first movie with it. Probably not, but it will be worth some buzz.
A week after the iPhone4 was released, a USC cinema graduate student from Sacramento is making news online and with Mac World movers and shakers.
I first met Mike Carroll about a year into my own attempt at becoming a filmmaker. He came out and did a story for KCRA 3 on a feature film that I was camera operator on. I never saw the story but I remember my mom calling and leaving a frantic message on my voicemail that she had seen me on the news. You have to love moms. Without my mom, I don’t think I would have any fans. But I digress.
After the feature wrapped, I came across Mike’s first “one man” film, Year. I was blown away. Here was an excellent film, shot on the same camera that I owned (a DVX-100B), on a very small budget, by one person. I emailed Mike, and he was very cool and down to earth. He was very forthcoming and helpful with advice. We stayed in touch, he sent me the script for his second feature, Nightbeats before he started shooting it, and he even had me out to shoot some behind the scenes for Nightbeats (part of the making of Nightbeats is here). Both Year and Nightbeats are available on Amazon.
Also, Mike is leading a Sacramento Filmmaker- Cameraman Meetup on Sunday, June 27th on the west steps of the capitol, with the goal of people bringing their cameras or interest in cameras and sharing information. Go to his website nakedfilmmaking.com for more information.
I found this in a box in the back of my closet. It is an underground classic. Me and Jay shot this in front of his mom’s house in North Highlands (Sacramento) with my Sony HandyCam. The elusive Blak Rik Rubin edited it. This video started it all. Funny stuff.
If you haven’t checked out a New Media Webinar you really should. Lots of up to date information from industry professionals, they give away free stuff, and best of all the webinars are free (as long as you catch them live).
Peter Cote, host of “The DSLR Show“, will identify the limitations of DSLRs as a filmmaking tool and how to work around them to make your project look and feel like it was produced by Hollywood.
Congratulations to Tyreke Evans on the Rookie of the Year honors. Very cool for Sac. Jay from Dumbworld has the trademark on the Sacramento Tyrekes (feel free to use that one).
