So I’ve been slowly updating my www.infinitemachine.com web site and have made some pretty big changes. Certainly, still more to go, but I wanted to get the structure up and running as soon as possible so I could get the site working for me.

I’ve had some great feedback given to me and given that I’m quite busy, I’ll work on changes as I go. If you have any feedback let me know.

Some of the new ideas and goals I had for the site:

• Show how I can contribute to the visual elements for film production.
• Illustrate a visual development  in stages and how each step the creative process can work with each other.
• Preview examples of artwork as well as a cinematography and how that affects each development step.
• Discuss how I can be a part of any one of these steps in part, or in whole.
• Provide a “story” to each image to further illustrate the process.
• The site should work on a creative level, as well as on a rental equipment level (even though that’s not my primary focus).

The sum total of these goals should show that I have a broad range of experience in visual storytelling; both in development and execution.

And just because I like to include images with each post, here’s a new image I made up for the new site:

This image shows how precise you can be with SketchUp as a pre-production and planning tool. I used SU to plan how the dolly track and jib combo would work (or even if it would work) as it dollies back out the Oakland City Hall main doorway. I was also able to figure out how the sun would hit the stairway and what was needed with an overhead silk to knock out some of the direct sunlight as it changed throughout the morning.

Today I redesigned the Bull’s head in an attempt to make it look more aggressive and less puppy like. I think it turned out nice and creepy.

As a follow up to a previous post:

Whoops, I Accidently Made Something in SketchUp…

Here are some pictures from the shoot:

I’ve always loved Passion Pictures work since I saw the Gorillaz, “El Manana” music video, but this one makes me want to move to the UK, stalk them and director Pete Candeland, eat their livers and BECOME THEM. Yes, I said it.

Click on the image to see the cinematic…

… How did that happen?

On Sunday I have a complicated shot that I’ve been planning for weeks now. I took measurements and built the Jimmy Jib Triangle that we’re going to use as well as the basic measurements of the location.

The shot will have a dolly run of about 36 feet, moving the jib from the foot of the stairway, out through the door and on the front entrance landing.

The SketchUp Jimmy Jib model has fully articulated parts so you can rotate the jib arm head separately from the base, as well as a functional remote head.

I guess I gotta build the RED One cam in SketchUp now…

I’m traveling up to Sonora to shoot a short film/music video. I thought I’d share some inspirational reference I am using from the film, “There Will Be Blood.”

I’m sure no one noticed, but I’m back. Since my last post a lot of things happened. Primarily, FACEBOOK happened. That has been my one stop for posting things. But now I’m ready to start posting some substantial content here on my blog first and then share it on my FB account.

So you heard it here, giantmonster.tv first, FB second. That is, at least for the more interesting stuff – no one else want’s to hear about what I ate for lunch do you?

Here’s the rundown so far -

Yunnan

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Just picked these up!

I’ve been working on “logos” for Infinite Machine (my official business operation). I put logos in quotes because I would like to make the imagery associated with IM dynamic and exciting. The light bulb will remain a central part of the imagery.

Click on the above link to see the video!

Features (list shamelessly copied from Gizmodo):

• 14-bit conversion
• 3.9FPS unlimited burst rate with JPEG using UDMA CF card, or 14 RAW (standard CF card is 78 JPEG, 13 RAW
• Four-channel readout that’s 2.2x faster than the 5D
• Lens peripheral illumination correction, like 50D, but better supposedly
• 15-point auto-focus
• Creative auto mode, also like 50D
• Auto-lighting optimizer
• Three levels of noise reduction that kicks in above ISO800
• RAW, sRAW1 (10MP), sRAW2 (5MP)
• Three-inch, 920,000 dot-screen
• New and improved battery (incompatible with old one) that delivers 850 shots or 1.5 hours of video
• 150,000 cycle shutter
• Magnesium alloy body
• NO built-in flash

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