Tryin' Shit Episode 1

A Chord of Summer in Vancouver

Just some stuff I shot with fancy new Sony EX1 and edited together last night.

Love this camera!

A Chord of Summer in Vancouver from Mathew Joki on Vimeo.

Back on the Filmmaking Train

Long time since I posted on my blog I know but things have been wicked busy this past month! My roommate Marc-Anthony and I have since put together a group of like minded filmmakers/actors/etc who are tired of waiting for opportunities to fall into our laps and actually make something of quality for ourselves on our own resources.

The focus of the group centers around a web series that we have been developing (more on that to come) with many other side projects branching out from there. Yesterday we had our first warm-up shoot were we filmed a scene from a play in a downtown nightclub that we got permission to shoot in.

The shoot went amazingly well! We ended up shooting 25 pages in one 7-hour day. Those who don't know what that means: television usually shoots somewhere from 8-10 pages a day, and feature films anywhere from 1-5 pages on a 12-16 hour day! So no small feet on our part at all.
It all came down to the spectacular group of people that we have working on this shoot.

We are still in process of getting a website up and running that will have information, bios and links to all kinds of great content but I'll make sure to keep my blog updated from here on out to keep everyone informed as to the new developments.

Here's to the beginning of a great thing in making. Cheers!

More Of My Stuff On YouTube

Yeah, it's been pretty much forever and then some since my last post, but here it is. I just finished uploading a couple vids to YouTube. The first is a short promo that i work on with a friend (Brett Webster) for a local DJ group -- still needs titles and stuff though -- and the second many of you have already seen, is that teaser trailer that I worked on for the movie Chemical Evil.

More to come sooner than later!

New Camera Gear!!

I just got myself some pro gear to start shooting with!

It's used and it's a little bit out dated, but it's broadcast quality and was top-of-the-line for its day; and I got a really friggin' good deal on it, so I can't really complain about that!

Check out my new toy bellow:

Panasonic AJ-D700 DVC Pro Camera

Sexy, isn't it!?
=D

So now that I have that, I'm going to start doing some camera tests with it, seeing how everything works and looks and how to tweak it; and from there I'll be able to start preparing for some projects that I have in mind.

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Well I'm excited if you aren't!

Anyways, that's it for now, I'll keep everyone updated with the how the camera tests and future projects are coming along. And in the mean time,
Peace!