Our Journal

Well there it is…my desk. I’ve mostly been doing blog work lately using wordpress to get it all setup and scheduled. A little rundown of what’s in the picture. Those big black speakers I use for music production, though they do come in handy when editing video. Also it’s nice to listen to music on good speakers. Reading is important to me so I always have a few books nearby. That orange halloween cup contains a variety of pens and pencils, paint brushes, tide to go pen(I spill things often), a pair or two of scissors, and some other random…

On the set of the Doritos shoot we needed a magical smoke plum to transform a rather sleazy looking guy(played by Adam Duncan) into a more attractive man with Doritos shorts(also played by Adam.) In this gif you can see how Jonny Greenwald got the effect of a decent stream of fog, as opposed to the rather weak puffs the fog machine put out on it’s own. Basically a bag was filmed up with the fog then released all at once.

So it’s that time again for the big movie folks to gather around and be awarded. This year marks the 87th gathering of the Academy Awards. So I’m going to throw out some Oscar predictions on who will be taking home that golden bald man. Best Picture Nominated: American Sniper, Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance), Boyhood, The Grand Budapest Hotel, The Imitation Game, Selma, The Theory of Everything, and Whiplash My Pick: The Grand Budapest Hotel Predicted Winner: Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) Out of Left field: American Sniper or Selma Actor Nominated: Steve Carell(Foxcatcher), Bradley…