What started out being described as a three day process trailer gig became a two-day (day 1 was MOS) affair, with only the last day being on the trailer. The guy I usually work with was out of town so I braved it solo. Bad call. It was a largish shoot with a healthy amount of agency/creative, PLUS, as a bonus surprise, it was being shot in English and Spanish with two casts.
They requested earwigs for the kids only hours before, fortunately I had a pair of old school ones with the neck loop. Thankfully I had just enough IFB gack to outfit that earwig request along with Comteks for all the agency types.

Dual language meant swapping out the cast every time there was a different camera angle. We were shooting on on Alexa as well as an epic, the epic was for the interior shots. It was only supposed to be a one at a time camera shoot, but the process trailer day they sandbagged them with requesting to shoot both at the same time. That made for a really fun day for the camera guys.

A new docu series for TNT, produced by Jerry Bruckheimer and Austin-based Megalomedia. It features day to day doings of the US Marshal Service, specifically the Gulf Coast Violent Offenders Fugitive Task Force. Say that 10 times fast….

Currently in week 7 of production in Houston, Texas. Using Panasonic 3100s and a Red Epic. All one block of Lectro so any character can be accessed by any of the four crews. Everyone’s wearing Kevlar on this one.

Once again I got to saddle up with my friends at Gratis 7 and the Austin Stone.

This time it’s an exotic game dance called Texas Mountain Ranch outside Hondo, TX that is a backdrop for a series of videos helping men overcome issues in their life. It features Colt McCoy and Matt Carter, a pastor at The Austin Stone.

The hunting there is mostly deer and elk, but there are several exotics that call it home. I had a blast with the coatimundi, kangaroos, camels, zebra and jackrabbits.

Using mostly C300s, we shot a good deal of actuality and a couple of days worth of a sit down discussion in the hunting lodge that formed the main content of the shoot.
I had an SR on on C300 and sent a mono mix to it, using an onboard shotgun for nat sound. Jammed it and the 2nd cam from my 664.

A scenic week of good toil with great friends.

A fun commercial shoot with Real Normal, featuring Byron Brown, Mike McRae, Will Elliot and directed by Kirk Johnson.

Dex Digital – Bad Time to Blend In

Unique Eats is a Cooking Channel show that features interesting establishments that have made a name for themselves all over the US. I worked with them a couple years back and it was exactly as I remembered it, except they’ve upgraded their audio kit to the 552 from an ancient FP33. Still using a T-powered 416 though, with a phantom converter barrel sticking out the side. Boo. Camera still a Panasonic HDX900.

My favorite restaurant this time around was probably a new Thai place called Sway, at the corner of S. 1st and Elizabeth. Beautiful wood decor everywhere with giant tables that everyone shares. The food was terrific, the head chef came over from La Condessa.