HD For Indies

Remember when I said How To Eat Fried Worms was shooting in almost my back yard? Now they're shooting in my front yard. OK, my extended front yard - the park across the street. From where I sit typing this in the studio, I can see the set and the kid actors.

My sister Kimberley came over with Mason (7) and Chloe (just turned 4) to snag a power strip (yeah, I tend to have a few lying around) and we walked over to check out the set, and watched them do a take.

The video assist was interesting - they use StormVision QV to capture up to 4 video taps' output simultaneously. The 4:3 area is pre-matted with a grey overlay for the 'scope aspect of the film. It looked like they were shooting with two cameras.

But these are just for onset playback, not for digital dailies - they are acquiring those in some other way (I need to ask about their workflow).

I've published more pictures at my .mac page.

And yes, I finally bothered to figure out how to post pictures directly on here. Hooray. I'm a VIDEO guy, not a web guy. : )

-mike