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.
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.
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’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.
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 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.
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
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!
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.
Michael Mohan is an amazingly nice guy. His first feature film, One Too Many Mornings, is premiering at the 2010 Sundance Film Festival. Which is also amazing. I had the pleasure of working with Mike on a few Sundance projects over the past two years and was always impressed by his creativity and dedication. One Too Many Mornings also features Elisha Christian as the Director of Photography and a musical score by Capybara. Both are incredible at what they do – and I also had the pleasure of working with them last year at the 2009 Sundance Film Festival.
So check out the OTMM trailer and better yet, visit One Too Many Mornings site and pre-order a copy of the DVD or HD download of the film.
My pick for Video Of the Week is Winch Madness. Winch Madness combines great titling, good cinematography, a killer JUSTICE track, and the combination of wake skating, a gas powered winch, and some skilled riders. Hopefully you will be just as inspired as I was from watching it.
Impressive.
Down the bike path from me is Playa Del Rey. Playa Del Rey is situated on the beach just north of LAX. Its a chill and relaxed little town. Dive bars and coffee shops. Plus a washed up sail boat that is now fenced off with snow fence – like a monument or tombstone to the tides.
I brought my pin hole camera and Panasonic LX2 to snap a few photos of the boat. The LX2 is great for wide images with its native 16×9 sensor.
Easy does it.
by Will
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