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I ran across a very interesting but lengthy interview with Spike Jonez on Where the Wild Things Are over at Ain’t It Cool News. Spike gets into the details of production where the film is currently and it’s craft. Of particular note is how he’s handling the Wild Things. Instead of using CG or puppets, he’s going for a hybrid: actors in suits whose faces will be animated in post. This is an attempt to infuse a physicality and immediacy to the performances.

As promised, RED Digital Cinema has dropped the details on some new yum yums. The Scarlet and Epic camera systems. This isn’t just a new product release or upgrade. They are quite literally redefining what it means to use a digital camera. Motion or still.

The post production on “I Lie Pretty”, a music video on vtg’s latest album, Love is Letting Go, is drawing to a close. In celebration, I’d like to honor the production with a some posts that draw upon a few things I picked up during the journey. First up: cloth walls.

During pre-production our team was working out the logistics of a bedroom set. We grabbed some space in an old hangar that was repurposed for production. Luckily, we rented the spot from a wonderfully talented art director, Johnny Mayne. While Johnny has produced things as elaborate as national football halftime shows, he hails from theater, and gave us the bright idea of making the set walls out of cloth.