Dirk/ idog dance off

Having a little fun at the airstream on Christmas morning.

- Merry Christmas and happy New Year!

Christmas Sunset

Christmas Sunset from James Lane on Vimeo.
I am working with the PMW-EX1, on some time laps stuff for the Christmas show. This is one of the shots that came out pretty cool. I stuck some coldplay in so it would have audio. I wont leave the coldplay in for the show:)

Take your time... Olafur Eliasson

I had the pleasure of seeing this exhibit at the Dallas Museum of Art. I have been to several installations and exhibits but this one was one of the greatest I have ever experienced. If you live at all close to the DMA you should go see this exhibit. I will link an online version from the MOMA here. Enjoy!

Payday Someday R.G. Lee

Check this sermon out and take the time to listen to the whole thing. I remember my Dad reading this sermon to us when we were kids but I did not know how truly great it was until I recently heard it again on YouTube.

Merry Christmas Take 2

Marking audio on the christmas set. Getting ready to shoot a promo.

artist inspiration

Tonight I watched an interview with Douglas Gordon and Philippe Parreno, about Gordon's latest work, "Zidane, un portrait du 21e siècle." In short it is a film about football star Zinedine Zidane. Gordon and Parreno Shot an entire soccer match with 17 cameras trained on Zidane for the entire 90min.

It was interesting to see where the artists got there inspiration for the film and the process of making this portrait.

When  asked for a storyboard Gordon said that they just took the crew to Museo Del Prado in Madrid to view portraits by Velasquez and Goya. Gordon Said he would ask the crew "how many frames would it take to shoot this portrait."
On the film side of things the artists were influenced by many art films and documentary films Including screen tests by Andy Warhol.

One of the most interesting things that the artists had to deal with was what to do during half time. Since the film was shot in real time the artists had to be creative to fill in the gap.

 I just thought it was cool to see how a great artist gets from point a to point b. It was also great to see the portrait adapted to a modern media. It will be interesting to see if it will inspire in 200 years like Velasquez and Goya.

Sorry if this post bored you to tears.:)

one minute west texas sunset

Today I took the new Sony pmw-ex1 to the country. The soundtrack is "Someone Still Loves You Boris Yeltsin" You can go here to see it in full HD