Much like the credit card commercials of “what’s in your wallet?” , what’s in your kit, accessory wise, is just as important as your gear it self. Along with the plethora of back-ups, some other useful bits are:
Latex gloves , Soldering Iron and solder, multi-tool, Silver Marker, tweezers, elastic bands and hair bands, velcro (2 [...]
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The world is a very big place when it comes to power. Different voltages (for powering chargers), varying voltages (190v from a 240v plug) or no voltages at all. Solar panels are a great devices to have (they saved me in China), local chargers are best to purchase on site in case of trouble [...] These are my life lessons about the Film industry from the perspective of a Production Sound Mixer/Boom Op. I would like to think that not all issues that I present are known fact to all as I wish to think that I am imparting knowledge rather than wasting my time. If you have any [...] I had a call from Sebastian Salm the other day, he was curious of any pitfalls or advantages of shooting in China. Sebastian is a very seasoned mixer who has done countless features and even though I have yet to meet him in person, I have had the opportunity to talk to him on [...] So this is day 3 of 17 on : Blood: A Butcher’s Tale a small indie feature. This is Michael George’s first feature (Pacific Gold Ent.) and he has put together an interesting cast with an interesting twist of how the movie is filmed. When Micheal first called me up on this one I said “Yes” [...] Hey Pete, the websites looking pretty slick. Sounds like you’ve been having some awesome adventures. Hope to be in touch more in the summer….perhaps a project? Talk to [...] Got a call over the same weekend by Shanna Albert who was doing a reality shoot up in Whistler and needed a hand. So sure, I said, though I haven’t been on skis in years (turned out that this was a moot point). So after I finished off loading from “the Bar” I [...] Post Haste…Got this in the email the other day…and a reply is long overdue… I just wanted to thank you on behalf of the Hot Shot Shorts Film Contest for your generous sponsorship of the winning film ‘The Bar’ by Peter New, directed by Mike Jackson. The film was successfully filmed February 23-24. |
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