The smallest camera that I've flown so far. The black magic pocket camera. Shooting a part of a music video up in Mt. Beacon— at Hudson Highlands State Park. ---FBS Grad Mathew Perez

Pick of the Week

Bellflower (2011)- Two drinking, smoking college pals build muscle cars & modified weapons hoping that Armageddon happens. Their goal? To rule the roads just like in their all-time favorite film "Mad Max". That's enough for me...I'm in. 
Happy Halloween!

Film Crew Slang

Hot Set- After the master shot is complete, everything in view is now "Hot". Don't touch or move anything lest you mess up the continuity of future shots. A chair in the wrong place, a closed book that was previously open, a missing ashtray etc.

Master Shot- We film a master shot to capture all of the key dialogue, action and plot points of a scene. Usually it is a somewhat wide frame (but not always). Once the scene has been established in this way, we can shoot coverage, the many and varied specialty shots to enhance the edit and tell the story.

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hired guns . . . two of the best.---Robert Tuscani

Pick of the Week

"Decoy for Terror" (A.K.A. "The Playgirl Killer" A.K.A "Portrait of Fear) 1968- A deranged artist kills and freezes women for the sake of his art. Not only is this fun Canadian schlock, but 50's-60's teen pop star Neil Sedaka (famous for..."I love, I love my little calender girl..! Yeah, yeah,yeah!) breaks into song several times.  Best Scene-The artist has frozen a girl as a statue posed with a strung bow and arrow. Guess what happens when the power goes out and the room warms up?

Dialogue Greatness

"The Outlaw Josie Wales"(1976) - Clint Eastwood is civil war gunman Josie Wales battling the Union Army criminals who murdered his family. He encounters a snake oil salesman who foolishly chooses to try to sell his "medicinal" to the stoic gunfighter. The carpetbagger rolls off an impossibly long a list of ailment cures and uses for his potion. The salesman finally finishes his list smiling confidently.  Josie ponders it for a second:

Josie: [spits a glob of tobacco juice directly on the man's white suit]  "How's it for stains?"

Playing with fun toys. I didn't know my car sounded that good..--FBS Grad Jeff Hart

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Sunday funday right? Working on a Sunday.... Wes. Alley

Wrap on Project Poseidon. Great photo of me operating the remote head while @jsmithfilm @fishypants @brandariz @brentowenmartin drive through the mountains. Photographer Gus Moncada.--- Jeff Hart

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It Came Upon a Midnight Clear@Palisades Park----Leo J.

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Burke & James portrait camera that was used to shoot all the Mercury and Gemini astronaut portraits, as well as the portraits of all the Apollo lunar expedition crews. Photographic history at NASA Johnson Space Center----Cinematographer James Neihous