IndieFest 2010

Here is the IndieFest video we produced for Citybeat


Film Tip of the day: Online filmmaker resources.

For royalty free, video, music, art etc.. checkout The Internet Archive. Citybeat had an interesting article about it....read here.

The Filmmaker Resource Page

Latest Citybeat Video and more!!!

Hey everyone, here is the Lights On rehearsal video we produced for Citybeat.

More project footage will be posted soon!!! We promise!!!

For this week's KSDT, Arte Politik show we are going to be talking about Heavy Metal in Baghdad and Beautiful Losers. Tune in Friday nights from 7 - 8 or in case you miss it, you can download any of our shows on the KSDT site.

It's been a long night of editing...

And we're pretty tuckered out. A is putting the final touches on our latest Citybeat vid. This video was interview and rehearsal footage with the band Lights On, and as can happen, we had some audio issues. Mainly a lot of distortion and hot levels from our XHA1. Thankfully with our second camera, the S11 we were able to grab some decent audio for the vid. It seemed pretty strange to us that the higher-end camera (and professional boom) did a worse job catching the audio than the "consumer" level S11. But normally the XHA1 does a great job with audio, so I'm guessing it was just the small room we recorded in coupled with the strange bounce off the walls of the space. Either way we ended up with solid audio and were able to make a decent cut of the footage. We should have it up tomorrow. I found an interesting article you can read here that has some great tips for reducing audio distortion.

That's it for us tonight. We have a long day ahead of us tomorrow, as we're going to do some spring cleaning on our Imac. It's funny-now that we're using two HD cams on our shoots, we really didn't realize the space hog it was until a message popped up on our computer that we only had 1GB of space left! Geez. So, we need to clear up some space. Fun, Fun, Fun!!! Ciao for tonight :)

Happy Friday!!!

So tonight we are going to be taking a short break to checkout
Kelsey Brookes show, Bigger, Brighter, Bolder at the Quint Gallery. Check out his interview we produced for Citybeat.

This weekend C is going to be focusing on a screen writing contest, and I am going to be working with Artepolitik.com on some video content for their site. Also, this weekend we will post some more footage. Have a great night.

The beginning of a new week...

So we were way too busy to watch a bunch of movies over the weekend but we did have a chance to see Where the Wild Things Are. We will post a proper review tomorrow, I promise. Also, be sure to checkout our latest Citybeat video and our Anthony Francoso of Geronimo interview at The Troubador in Beverly Hills for Artepolitik.com later this week. Talk to you guys tomorrow.

The weekend!!!!

Ok, so for our movie blitz this weekend, we are finally going to checkout Where the Wild Things Are, and hopefully a bunch of other flicks...

We have been waiting till the crowds die down before seeing it and will post a proper review soon.
Besides seeing a bunch of movies this weekend, we are working on a number of projects and will have a new Citybeat video posted on Tuesday and later in the week, an interview that we produced for ArtePolitik.com. Plus we are finally going to take a day and organize our studio a bit to setup some additional workstations, setup a network, and a Green screen!!!. We are looking forward to having some additional space to create projects.

Movie Blitz!!!!

After we complete editing our latest video, we are going to catch up on some movies this weekend...anyone have any suggestions on what we should go see??? We were thinking of checking out The Men Who Stare at Goats or Where the Wild Things Are finally...also we just saw a preview of surfer/musician Rob Machado's movie The Drifter which was featured on the news tonight....looks interesting.


Anyway, we are currently working on a corporate video project that C filmed and we are logging footage from our latest Citybeat project...new footage posted soon...

New Video

Here is our latest video for Citybeat.

We were lucky enough to tape Transfer while they rehearsed for an upcoming tour in support of their album Future Selves. We are definitely going to check them out when they play San Diego.

Tonight we filmed another project for Citybeat, and will have footage posted next Tuesday. Have a good night...javascript:void(0)

10:44pm and ready for bed

It's been a long night of editing and were pretty tired. We're going to wrap up our work for tonight. We'll have a Citybeat new video posted tomorrow that we're excited for everyone to see. Have a great night!

Finally..Final Draft!

After years of dreaming, I finally broke down and bought Final Draft 8. Believe me, it was hard plunking down the $280.00 it took to buy the software, but I have to admit it was totally worth it. There are just so many perks with this program! Not too mention the sample inquiry letters! Anyways, I've been busy all weekend testing out the software and am excited to start using it to finally finish my screenplay and begin submitting to festivals and contests. I'll be sure to post my interesting experiences with this new software as they arrive. We've been busy this evening editing footage from a Citybeat story this weekend. It was pretty neat. We were able to go into the studio with local band Transfer and film them record. I'm not one to gush, but they were amazing. I can't wait till the video is complete so you guys can see how good their sound is. Anyways, I'm off to enjoy what's left of the weekend and pretend I don't have to go into work in 9 hours. Ciao!

Halfway there....

and I am ready for the weekend....only C is dragging me to see An Education at some point.... Not sure how I feel about that...

Anyway we are preparing for a couple of shoots the next couple of days and will have some videos posted soon but until then check this out festival out.

New Videos!!!

Hi All,

After the hectic last few days, we are spending the night relaxing on the couch and watching a movie from one of my favorites Charlie Kaufman, Synecdoche, New York. It's a bizarre movie, but one of those that you enoy watching a few times to figure out all the puzzles. Here's the latest videos we shot for citybeat. Check 'em out and have a grand night!

The Fiction 101 contest


The San Diego River Blitz

Its going to be a long night editing...

We just got back from covering the Fiction 101 reading for Citybeat at Claire de Lune and now we are busy assembling the footage. We should have this video along with the River Blitz video posted tomorrow. Its been a busy last couple of days filming but we are looking forward to focusing on our music video project this week.

So we lied and weren't able to watch Where the Wild Things Are over the weekend...but we will probably go see it during the week to avoid the crowds. Hopefully we will have a review posted by Friday...anyway I need to get back to work to meet the posting deadline....good night

Film Tip of the Day!?!?
How to build a dolly on a budget!!!

El Roberto vs. Wild

Yes, that's A deep in the riverbank along the San Diego River filming some volunteers cleaning the area. We shot a vid for Citybeat this morning about the river clean-up event, and safe to say we were more than a little unprepared. They told us to bring walking shoes, but we should have brought a machete and army fatigues! Seriously, we ended up tramping through deep, thick brush, and had to hack our way out of Amazonion plants left and right. I was wearing a t-shirt and jeans, but poor A was wearing shorts, so he provided a nice breakfast for some mosquitoes and spiders in the area. We followed the group for about half a mile but then decided to head back so we wouldn't get lost alone. It was definitely the most adventurous story Citybeat has sent us on. It was a little scary too, as there were a lot of homeless camps in the area. We didn't see any actual homeless people, but I was a little wary of our small group tramping around deeply hidden homeless encampments with a $4,000.00 camera. But it ended up being a safe trip and we're actually almost done editing the video. Hope everyone's having a great Saturday. We're off to watch "Where the Wild Things Are" in a couple of hours, and we'll post our review tomorrow. Ciao!

Aaand we're back!

Finally! We our soo sorry for the lack of post the last few days. At the last minute we got passes to shoot the SD film Festival, so we spent our weekend shooting and editing the event. It was pretty fun, we got to see William Shatner and check out some cool parties. We'll post the Citybeat video tomorrow and give some more details on the event.

In the meantime, here are a couple new commercials we created for a local salon SD Wax Queen. We actually shot this video a while ago, but we have been overwhelmed with projects so we have finally got the commercial approved and ready to go! The first one is pretty edgy and fun. The ahem, bikini shot, was actually the owner of the salon's idea. How's that for a fun sport! I love it when people are creative with their ideas. Anyways, check them both out and visit SD Wax Queen if you ever need a professional and affordable wax :)

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The Tim Burton produced post-apocalyptic animation opens today. We will be sure to check it out and post a review. Post-Apocalyptic fiction has definitely made a comeback this past decade, with several films/novels being release in the past few years alone. Starting this week we will post some trailers and brief reviews of some of our favorites.

And in case you missed it....here is the complete Cage the Elephant interview from Street Scene we produced for Citybeat.

Street Scene 2009

This weekend we are covering Street-Scene for Citybeat. We are definitely looking forward to covering the event and checking out some of the artist. Will have some footage posted as soon as possible.
Check out this video from last years Street Scene.

We will be bringing a light...

to help illuminate our next project for Citybeat. Late tonight, we will be filming the Midnight Madness Fun Bike Ride. We are going to be using two cameras for the shoot. 1 handheld dv cam on a bike, and the xh-a1 to capture the large establishing shots. We are going to be picking up a clamp to lock the dv cam to a bike and a small soft box for our video light. Should be a fun shoot.

New video

Hey everyone, here is our North Park Music Thing video we produced for Citybeat.

the Dive Bar Experience

Here is our latest video produced for Citybeat