I went to a local dog off leash park, and found probably the best location filming announcement ever: Yup, one for the humans (“park users” / at human eye-level) and one for the dogs (at dog eye-level). Doubt you can read the dog announcement in the wide shot, but it goes like this: “Woof woof woof…”: […]
Words of Wisdom from Film Professors: Planning
“Fail to plan, plan to fail” My television professor’s words still echo today, long after my university degree is completed, and anyone who has charged ahead with production, not having enough prep time knows this phrase to be oh so true… but… you also can’t get stuck in planning and never “do” or you still […]
The “What’s True and What’s Not?” Game
I have slept at the Palace of Versailles. I have been an extra in an IMAX movie. I have piloted a passenger ferry in Sydney Harbour (Australia). – – – Two of the above facts about me are true, and one is not. Which is the false one? If you guess correctly… you win; if […]
Edward Woodward: When We Crossed Paths…
When someone dies, with whom you have crossed paths, you can’t help but remember how they touched and helped to shape your life. I was blessed to have worked with very talented Edward Woodward on “Alfred Hitchcock Presents” early in my career… a time when I had much less individual responsibility on the crew than I did later […]