On set of the Music video production. Director Rob Tuscani

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Take me to bed or lose me forever.--Cinematographer Leo Jaramillo -Meddlesome Films

The 10 Best Edits in Film History

BEST EDITs!

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Good times at the post CineGear beach party at The American Society of Cinematographers Clubhouse!--- James Neihouse

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Amazing sunset & rainbow this evening.---Kenny Pete

Dialogue Greatness

"The Jerk" (1979)- Comedian Steve Martin as Navin "The Jerk" in a film directed by the brilliant Carl Reiner.

 Navin (Martin) works at a gas station. A crazed man is hiding on a hill across from
 the gas station. The shooter is "secretly" sniping at Navin with a hunting rifle. Shots hit oilcans that are stacked in a pyramid between the gas pumps next to Navin. The bullets smack into the cans with a popping sound and oil is squirting out of the holes. After multiple cans are hit Navin innocently says:
"Hey, I think these cans of oil are defective."

Fancy film words

Mis En Scene (miz-en-scen)- Translated as "Placing on stage". It is the arrangement of all of the visual elements of a theatrical production within the scene or stage. There are generally 4 elements:
1. Physical setting and decor
2. Staging of the action
3. The way in which the elements are framed
4. The way in which the elements are photographed

Film Crew Slang

Tentpole- A film designed to be a top grossing blockbuster (usually in the summer) to make up for a studio's financial flops. The Tentpole is usually part of a franchise series of films. Holy Tentpole Batman!

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The shoot for the Kickstarter video went well today. Thank you to Stage 1 Studios, Robert Tuscani, John Peter Walsh, David White, Frank Geremia, Lisa Grant Walsh, Nori Mays, and Terry Mosley for all your help. #wallofpong #ochepong #beerpong

Pick of the Week

Pick of the Week

"The Re-Animator"(1985) Directed by Stuart Gordon
Med school student Herbert West experiments with re-animating dead tissue. His professor dies in the lab under weird circumstances and Herbert is forced to continue his "re-agent"work at a new university. Gore and humor propel us through a Frankenstein/Jekyle & Hyde/Zombie hybrid flick based on an original story by master of horror H.P. Lovecraft. On a relatively low budget this picture provides excellent production value, performances and direction. It is deftly designed for hardcore horror fans who revel in the absurdly gross. Popularity led to a series of re-animator films. If you enjoy "The Evil Dead","Dead Alive" and the "Living Dead" films, "The Re-Animator" belongs in your Netflix cue.

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Filming a piece for the NRA in the Texas heat.--FBS Grad Tim Yoder

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Getting my gills wet---Swany Swan

Fancy Film Words

Mis En Scene (miz-en-scen)- Translated as "Placing on stage". It is the arrangement of all of the visual elements of a theatrical production within the scene or stage. There are generally 4 elements:
1. Physical setting and decor
2. Staging of the action
3. The way in which the elements are framed
4. The way in which the elements are photographed

Dialogue Greatness

“Yeah I called her up, she gave me a bunch of crap about me not listening to her, or something, I don't know, I wasn't really paying attention.”
 
-----Harry Dunne (Jeff Daniels) in Dumb & Dumber, 1994

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My daughter Lilah's first light signing. (Yes TB handheld on the fly)---Rob Tuscani, Cinematographer

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So I'll be here this weekend as "Wheels" premieres at the Newport Beach Film Festival. If you have a copy of yesterday's LA Times, they have an entire insert with our listing inside. Awesome! Hope to see you there!----Lou Normandin

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Not seeing "blood" but plenty bright enough... 100 ISO, 1/250 at f/18... CT 5500K... looking forward to all the time-lapse in the am. . . Goodnight.---Rob Tuscani

10 Films to teach you cinematography

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Some strobe test on planet Dartboard at Stage 1 Studios with my compadre Eduardo... --Rob Tuscani
ISO 200 1/1000 sec at 2.8

THE HISTORY OF THE MOVIE TRAILER

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 On the "snowy" set! of "The Jokesters"--Director of Photography Leo Jamarillo