Miri from lauracarmen.com asked to produce a series of video for her blog. She is a really talented cook and wanted to start presenting some of that talent on video. This is the 1st video out of a whole set that we’ll be working on during 2010. Basically the videos are shot with 2 cameras. One still on a tripod, and another camera hand-held via a Steadicam stabilizer. The sound comes from a lav that she is wearing on her shirt, and another shotgun mic on the camera to help bring a more environmental sound. The filming happened over 2 days, and editing was 5 days of work from start to finish.

ARS Electronica is the annual prestigious Austrian electronic art competition. The Flaming Lotus have embarked in many trips along with their art pieces in the past years. This time they’re introducing the Serpent Mother to the famed festival, since there’s so much electronics in the sculpture. Of course it’s made not to be obvious. That video presented here was used to submit the piece to the festival, but the voice-over has been removed.

Visit the Flaming Lotus Girls’ Serpent Mother website.

After 4 years of work, Dust & Illusions is completed. The film explores 30 years of history of Burning Man all the way back to the late 70s into the origins of the event, with never seen footage of the Suicide Club, the Cacophony Society, and the early burns on San Francisco Baker beach. Twenty interviewees expose their views about the history of the event, and its evolution into a large festival. The film is the first to present Burning Man with a critical eye (not a negative one) and analyze how successful the event really is in its intention of recreating community and bringing art back to “ordinary” people. Watch it and be the judge, as the film doesn’t try to draw conclusions one way or the other.

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Ken Townsend and 2 other comic artist from the Bay Area did a show for a non-profit in a church in San Francisco. I worked with 2 cameras one static, and another one which I was in control on top of a tripod. The comic was mic’ed with a lavalier, and another microphone was recording the ambient sound. There was no preparation work, so I had no idea what the conditions of recording were going to be. And I had 6 hours to edit the video.

The director of Insignificant Others asked me to produce a DVD of their entire show (2 hours long) in San Francisco, CA. So with 2 cameras, one static and one on a tripod that I was controlling, I filmed the show, and authored a DVD for them with 100 copies so they can get send it to program directors in order to perform the show in other cities in the US. This was a very successful collaboration.

Underneath is a 1+ minute sample of the show.

Visit Insignificant Others Musical’s website.

This is a circus act by Lemuel & Gabe from the circus center during a full 2 hours show. The performers needed some video to build a portfolio. The video was shot with one camera from a tripod and the same location to avoid obstructed the public’s view.

They have been training and practicing pole acts for the past 5 years. So they are “new” to circus. But they’re doing great.

Visit Circus Center’s website.

Carlmont High School Dance Director asked me to film their end of year show and put it in a DVD for the student and family. The requirement was to set a static camera and record audio. The DVD had to list each seperate dance performance and they had to be accessible from the DVD menu. They loved it and want me to film all their show next year with 2 cameras, one static and one to close up on main act on stage.

Underneath you will find 1′ minute of the whole 2 hour show:

Hydro Solutionz asked me to create their in-store product presentation, for a new automated watering system. The video uses a combination of Flash, After Effects, and Final Cut Pro standard editing. The video was done in 2 days to fit within their budget constraints.

Visit Hydro Solutionz’ website featuring the video.

Visit the Flaming Lotus Girls’ Serpent Mother website.

What you will see here is only a sample of a 10′ presentation. We are just showing you bits of the presentation for reference purpose:

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