Photo by Linhbergh
A Day with Will – Sundance 2010 Wrap Up
Sundance increasingly becomes more and more like summer camp each year. This could be because of all of the fun people that surround you and all the different activities happening at once. It might also be because its a break from reality. It’s a festival dedicated to the unique voice, the untold story, and the artist.
The last few days of the festival, we experienced power problems and were forced to move to festival headquarters in order to keep editing.
Icicles get to a point where they aren’t cute and decorative, but legitimate menacing killers.
They are not as scary as this face. Mid-edit face.
Calvin from the Sundance Insider team whipped up this Bacon explosion – sausage wrapped in a woven blanket of bacon – topped with BBQ sauce. Legendary.
Brandon Joseph Baker, showed off his bartender skills and made some tasty bloody marys. The left-over feast Saturday and Sunday nights at Sundance is quite a scene. Dave Drusky and I made pizza, omelets, sandwiches, and soup for our feast. Note for 2011 – one person buy peanut butter.
2009-2010 Snowboard season, count = 7 days. Got to double that amount.
Recent Work – Sundance 2010 Ten Days
Live @ Sundance – Ten Days of Different
The cinematic rebellion has only just begun. Let’s look back at ten days of different. Every festival, the Live @ Sundance team produces a “week in review” video. This year, after doing a paper edit of memorable quotes, we dove into the days of footage from this year’s festival. After locking down a quote based skeleton, we overlaid b-roll from films, events, and locations around Park City. Each one of the four editors had a pass on the edit. We all feel like the finished product is a solid piece of content.
Production Company: Sundance Institute
Client: Sundance Film Festival
Role: One of four Camera Operators, Editor, and Colorist.
Recent Work – Sundance 2010 Brotherly Love
Live @ Sundance – Brotherly Love
Director of Programming Trevor Groth speaks with the Butcher (The Violent Kind) and Safdie (Daddy Long Legs) brothers about collaboration.
Production Company: Sundance Institute
Client: Sundance Film Festival
Role: Camera Operator, Editor, and Colorist.
Recent Work – Bill Gates on Art & Technology
Live @ Sundance – Bill Gates on Art & Technology
Bill Gates visited the Sundance 2010 Filmmaker’s Brunch and took a moment to speak with the Live @ Sundance team. We asked him about the role of technology in art – specifically filmmaking. Bill also gives us insight into Waiting for Superman a feature documentary at the festival. Bing – Microsoft’s re-branded search engine is a sponsor of the Sundance Film Festival.
Production Company: Sundance Institute
Client: Sundance Film Festival
Role: Cinematographer, Editor, and Colorist.
Recent Work – Live @ Sundance Artist at the Table
Live @ Sundance – Artist at the Table
Robert Redford believes there should be an artist at every table and for the opening celebration of the 2010 Festival there was. Catch a glimpse of this special celebration with patrons of the nonprofit Sundance Institute and the artists it supports.
Production Company: Sundance Institute
Client: Sundance Film Festival
Role: Editor, and Colorist.
Spike Jonze – I’m Here
Spike Jonze’s latest work is in the short’s program #1. Entitled “I’m Here” it is a robot love-story. Excited to see it, if I get some free time, during the Sundance Film Festival.
A Day with Will – Dubai Part Two
There is an indoor ski and snowboard hill inside the mall of the Emirates in Dubai. It’s incredibly cheezy. Fake snow in a gigantic refrigerator. I personally enjoy the snowmen and penguins – oh and the ski lift.
The Address Hotel in Dubai is a nice place to stay. Plus it looks like a gigantic future sail ship space craft.
This is a few moments after the fountain show at the Dubai Fountain.
On ARTPANTS, I posted shot looking up from a different location at the Burj tower. Here is another angle.
Here is the view from the observation deck of the Burj tower. If you look in the lower left hand corner of the image you can see the undeveloped and construction areas around the tower. Dubai is still young.
Same view after the sunset.
That’s it, that’s all. Deuces Dubai.
Banksy’s Exit Through the Gift Shop @ Sundance
Banksy’s Exit Through the Gift Shop will premiere at the 2010 Sundance Film Festival. So the piece on Park Ave indicates that the artist himself is in Park City for the premiere. The full length film is due out in Spring 2010.
A Day with Will – Sundance 2010 Day Zero
Less than 24 hours from the first official day of the Sundance Film Festival and the snow is still coming down. This is my third year working at the festival. Which makes me feel more relaxed and comfortable with the event. Plus that I have more great Sundance friends than the previous years. The light at the end of the Sundance tunnel is two days of snowboarding in Utah powder.
I’m stoked. Here are some images from around Park City and day 0 of the festival.
Our offices are in the same place as last year – which is the silver star lift base of the Park City Mountain Resort. Silver star used to be a silver mine.
Look familiar?
Because the sky is blue… because I LOVE clouds.
Banksy is in town. Dropping some new pieces.
Fire hydrant knuckle deep in the pow pow gnar gnar.
Joe producing and locking down a location for a future shoot.
Stay posted for Day #1
VOW – Formula Drift 2009 by Hobo Herron
The Hobo has done it again. My pick for Video Of the Week is Joshua Herron’s Formula Drift 2009. Excellent song selection and shots of the personalities that make FD great. Glad to see Josh is doing big things in 2010. The best part is that Hobo was able to assemble this edit without attending two of the seven events this season. Make a small bag of popcorn and enjoy!
A Day with Will – Dubai
January 2010, the Dubai 24H race brought me to the UAE. To document the Need For Speed team’s 997 GT III cup car with the Speedhunters team. Dubai is an juxtaposition of eastern and western cultures. As a center of tourism, Dubai is a playground for western tourists. While also being rooted in its arabic traditions.
Half completed buildings are everywhere. This view was from outside of my hotel window.
Getting to Dubai was a mess, I flew through London Heathrow. London does not know how to deal with a little bit of snow. The inch of snow delayed my flight to Dubai by half a day.
The race was held at the Dubai Autodrome. Which was still under construction in parts.
The Petronas BMW Z4’s laid down impressive lap times all weekend.
The Burj Khalifa, tallest building in the world. Directly located across from the Address hotel – where we stayed.
Looks similar to a spaceship huh?
The view from the top of the Burj Khalifa.
Did I mention that the world’s largest fountain show is underneath the Burj Khalifa.
I also happened to find the world famous Wendy of the Dave Thomas fame. She was rocking the picked out look.
Good times in Dubai. Stay posted for my edit from the Dubai 24H race.
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