It's a bit of a squished week considering work and travel schedules and all that. This past week I was out in central Wyoming shooting a story with Brandon Smith for Lakewood Church. Looking forward to seeing how his edit turns out. If you ever get a chance to head out to that part of the world I'd highly recommend it.
Most of my time in Wyoming was spent shooting scenics and interviews with Brandon's two Blackmagic Pocket 6k camera packages and DZO Pictor Cine Zoom lenses. By no means am I trying to give a legit product review, but honestly I was pleasantly surprised with both the camera and lenses considering I'd not shot with either. The BPCC 6k needed to be fully kitted out with a cage, monitor, battery setup, and some other nonsense to make it useable, but I'd shoot on it again. The two DZO zoom lenses accomplished what we needed to do. I've done a TON of documentary and run-n-gun work with the Canon 24-70 & 70-200 lenses, and I'd rather use these similarly priced DZO lenses. I'm shooting later this week with the Angenieux EZ-2 15-40mm and Angenieux EZ-1 30-90mm lenses so it'll be nice to compare the two sets. Ooh, and I'm shooting with the new-ish EasyRig STABIL arm.
No, I'll not become a gear review guy. Dear goodness no...
I'm becoming a fan of these weekly hot takes. Here's what I've got for this week:
Good grief I'm a fan of Charlie Kaufman. This thing was weird and quirky AF, so absolutely fun. Makes me want to make weird art movies.
ALWAYS a fan of Jared Hogan, so obviously stoked to see his new Joji “Your Man” music video. Again, makes me want to make weird art movies with friends.