Paranormal: Short film in New York City
Short film in New York City: Jonathan Morgan contacted me to be the cinematographer for his short film. He wanted use this film to pitch it to different television and streaming platforms. We shot the short film in the summer of 2019. It was a low budget indie film, so there was usually a crew of five people. Most days I had a camera assistant & a gaffer, but some days it was just Jonathan and I shooting alone. So, often times I was juggling multiple positions at once.
We shot all over the NYC: in Manhattan, Bronx, Brooklyn, Queens and New Jersey. In small apartments, alley ways, film studios, warehouses, houses, parks and in the street! There was never a dull day in shooting this film!
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Gotham City Asians
This video project came out of left field and I’m glad it did! Christina Tseng of Meticulous Media contacted me to shoot some interviews for a potential reality show for the Bravo Network. Christina wanted the interviews to look like a city at night, dark and full of “neon” light. I was excited! I have been shooting a lot of interviews, but nothing like this.
We shot about ten interviews in two days in a warehouse in Red Hook, Brooklyn. My gaffer Miguel Ortiz was a great help designing the light. The sizzle came out amazing and I’m excited to see where this project goes in the future!
Directed by Christina Tseng
Director of Photography: Andrew Porter
Assistant Camera: Ryan Moynihan
Gaffer: Miguel Ortiz
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Filming Vegetables from the Grocery Store
Filming vegetables from the grocery store: Recently, I was at my local grocery store and was looking in the produce section. I spotted some romanesco broccoli (or roman cauliflower) and noticed how amazingly beautiful it was. The natural fractals it had were mesmerizing. In a spur of the moment decision, I decided to purchase a few to document them with my camera.
When I got home from the store, I turned my small NYC-sized kitchen into a “film studio.” I covered my kitchen table and walls with black duvetyne and placed the broccoli onto the table. For the lighting, I used a LED spot light and bounced it off the ceiling and used a 2’ by 3’ silk to diffuse the bounced light. It was the ghetto version of a ‘book light.’
It was a fun project I did very quickly with my equipment I had at home. Also, the broccoli tasted amazing! Add some hot sauce and bang, dinner time!
