Tearless Tester

Tearless Tester is a sketch about the guy who has to test tearless shampoo. It was written by a group of guys who refer themselves Slow Children at Play. (SC@P)

I was approached by the SC@P guys about gaffing this project for them. I had to work around the exiting florescent lighting in the chemistry lab. We also had very limited light equipment, practically zero, with 2 Kino Flo 400 Divas. The Kinos were great because we could control their intensity and they are very versatile. However, even before we could get the first shot off one of the kinos blew a fuse leaving me to get creative. I then found a florescent desk lamp and enlisted it for the day.

My Day Job

As a student here at The University of Georgia I am one of many who also have a part time job. I'm an employee of Daktronics; a member of their production crew. For a year and a half now I have been Between the Hedges on Saturdays at Sanford Stadium for football games, under the net at Stegman Coliseum for basketball games and on the floor for the Gymdogs gymnastics meets.

This job has been great. Not only do I love the guys I work with but it has given me a great opportunity to become comfortable with shooting. With the fast pace of sport there is no time to dwell on a shot and set it up. You have to create the shot out of what you have and as quickly as possible. I really couldn't be happier with my job. I get to make money and work on my skills all at the same time while also gaining an education. Pretty great deal if you ask me.

Hyper-Left Syndrome

Hyper-Left Syndrome was created to be a 30 second Easter egg on the Red Clay Chef DVD.

This project was for a class I was in Spring 2008. It was a challenge for me because it could be anything as long as it did not exceed 30 seconds. I wanted to try to write something. . . well I did and I learned I am no writer. But maybe after my script class this semester I'll be awesome at it. I shot this using the Panisonic AG-DVC60. I lit it using a simple 3 piece Arri kit with some diffusion. Lucky me my roommate let me dress her up and move her around for a couple of hours.

The editing was done using Final Cut and it just about gave me a heart attack. Three hours before it was due I managed to kill my external hard drive losing everything. Lucky me I had the backup saving sent to my flash drive so the project was still intact. I just had to re-log footage, re-create the graphics and I would be on my way.