“Dance Dance, otherwise we are lost.”
In celebration of Valentine’s day, we present the film Pina. Pina is a tribute to the legendary choreography Pina Bausch and tells the story of her passion for dance, for life, and for love. Director Wim Wenders perfectly captures the passion and spirit of dance with a perfect blend of 3D film technology and performance. A must see.
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An interview about our ride with Tiny Dancer featuring behind the scenes footage from our screening event.
Video shot and edited by Dan Wantz
Special thanks to our sponsors Medea Vodka, KIND Snacks, Dance Magazine, Canvas People, MyPublisher, and Sansha.
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Special Offer for the IndieGoGo Campaign
MyPublisher was a sponsor for our event a couple weeks ago. I made books out of Aeric Meredith-Goujon’s stills from the event and they donated books to our party to give to donors. We have a few more and they are yours if you donate to the campaign. We originally had them at the $500 level at the event, but let’s call this a “clearing house sale”… they are yours at the $100 level!!
This is for a super limited amount of time, so donate at http://indiegogo.com/finishingtinydancer at the first 20 will get the hardcover, limited edition book signed by Daphne Rubin-Vega and Katherine Crockett. Just say “gimme my book” in the comments section after your submit your donation.
Today we kickoff our IndieGoGo Campaign for the Film Tiny Dancer! We are so excited to share our project to you all, and we can’t wait to bring this film to life. Your love and support truly mean the world to us!
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YFJ: Filming With a DSLR
Eric Lee is here weekly to write to you about DIY photography and cinematography. Straight out of high school, Eric is sharing his ways hoping to learn from his readers as well, only in search to get better. A picture says a thousand words, but a video says 30 or 60 times that, literally. Nowadays, every photographers entry DSLR comes with live-view (when you’re able to see on the LCD screen) and video capability. Even Pro-Level gear like, Canon 5D Mark IV’s and Nikon D3s’s come with 720p or higher quality video. Canon seems to have taken the video DSLR era by storm, with cameras capable of shooting 60fps at 1080p resolution, it makes motion seem so suave. Nikon has been an unworthy competitor till last couple of months releasing the Nikon D5100, an upgrade of the Nikon D5000. It shoots 30fps at 1080p with external mic capabilities, great for DSLR movie makers. Do you ever watch youtube and see those lesser known rappers? or the people who make shooting movies like freddiew? Or even people on vimeo climbing parkour? They are all filmed with DSLR’s because they are mostly lesser in price, and have more capabilities, especially being both a camera and camcorder. With the interchangeable lenses, the DSLR can change it’s bokeh level and Depth of Field. More DSLR’s are coming out with external mic jacks, I love it. Let’s see the cons of DSLRs. I filmed this video for vimeo: Angels in America. This adaption features my friend Arif, who also writes his own movies and scripts. I filmed the movie mostly in a single take, besides the beginning. This video was taken on my roof, during a sunny summer day, testing out my new camera. I wanted to utilize the background of buildings, from my first post, because the architectural detailed work in the contours of the building were amazing. One problem I ran into while shooting, is battling the glare of the sun on the LCD screen. A way to fix that kind of problem is get a viewfinder for the back of your camera. This viewfinder will create a small eye piece so someone can see only the screen. The next problem with DSLR’s is that their bodies are smaller than big camcorders, thus people will shake in their footage. This shake can be eliminated with an IS (image stabilization) or VR (vibration reduction) lenses. They are great for low light and will cut out handheld shake. What’s great is that many kit lenses like the 18mm-55mm come with the VR or IS. Another way to make sure you don’t have too much movement in your shot, is shooting with a prime lens. Often shooting out further, 50mm or more, it’s harder to stabilize if not on a tripod. You sometimes will get a jelly sensation in your shot too. Shooting lower is easier. But I also find focusing can be tough with DSLR’s, because you have to watch where you are going and what your subject is doing. So I look at my focus ring and metering on the lens to balance where I need my focus to be. Another problem is sound. What I did was buy a Rode Videomic.This mic fits right onto where the external flash would be, or the hot shoe. BUT BEFORE YOU BUY ONE, MAKE SURE YOUR CAMERA HAS THAT ABILITY TO ATTACH THE MIC JACK! the Nikon D5100 is the only Nikon DSLR to support this feature! Free Things I use: Digital Rev is my favorite youtube channel with tips and reviews! Loving this from vimeo, they teach about everything for DSLR Artist of the Week is my friend Damiane Nickles. He took AP Studio Art this year. His paintings and visuals are amazing. He turned his four walls of his room into canvases, and painted masterpieces. Please check out his work and comment! This is his flickr. Secret Assignment #3: Film a short, take a portrait, let me see what you can create using a DSLR. It can be light painting or a time-lapse. Show me the goods! Eric Lee is a young Brooklyn based artist. Fresh from high school and moving on to college, Eric is writing about his experiences as the young cinematographer and photographer he is today.
We are making a trailer of sorts in May so that we have a work sample for foundations when we are applying for grants. We want to keep the funds people have donated for the production on the film when it officially goes into production, but we needed a little cash for the budget of this “trailer” we are shooting. We will be shooting it a the Mark Morris Dance Group in Ft. Greene with Daphne Rubin-Vega and it will be a 2 day shoot. We plan on shooting two scenes from the film and putting it all together in something awesome to show you. You $5 will go to helping this happen and the footage will then go into the final film. We will credit anyone who donates through this fivver.com campaign in the trailer’s credits as a fivver sponsor.
If you don’t have $5 that’s totally cool! Liking this campaign, spreading the word and all that social stuff really really helps.
Thanks for listening!
