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Videographer, Swiss Army Knife, Camera, Drone, Idea Guy (Everywhere Los Angeles)
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A little about me:
I"ve worked in the Hollywood film industry for the last 6 years (March 2018-Dec 2024). The company I worked for was IATSE union and I've worked at all the major studios on different projects.
The company I worked for was called 24frame.com and it was located in dtla. The company did car driving scenes with led walls and projectors, it rented functional prop glass televisions and provided video playback on those televisions if the production needed that. The company went under last December after being in business for 25 years.
While working there I wore a stack of hats a mile high. I am a certified master auto mechanic and was originally hired to be the foreman of services and repairs. I serviced and repaired all trucks, vans, trailers, company cars, limousines fork lifts and generators. While doing my main set of work, I was asked to pause that work and assist the film crew with whatever they needed. This was everything from loading and unloading gear, setting up gear with cabling on set and later breaking it down and repacking it into road cases, driving trucks pulling trailers full of gear to local studios or to different studios cross country. Example: I had driven with a co driver to New York and back to Los Angeles about 10 times while working there. If anything mechanical occurred with the truck or trailer, I was the on board mechanic that would fix the issue and we would get back on the road and continue the transpo mission.
I was also tasked with fabricating equipment out of any material required (metal, wood, plastic et ), welding special components, sourcing hardware or special parts, modifying capture vehicles and repairing film gear.
Over time I was tasked with full studio building maintenance and simultaneously was trained to do video playback. After 3 years I was eventually the video playback engineer sent to set to work with the director and help the production create their vision.
I personally did car driving scenes for TV shows such as: It's always sunny in philladelphia, curb your enthusiasm, dead to me, blackish, Lonestar 911, High Potential, Knuckles, Abbot elementary etc etc and an assortment of commercials for Audi, Dodge, Honda, Uber, Pizza hut etc.
I've also done glass crt television, flat screen tv, or projection video playback for several different indie films/projects and more mainstream things such as a doja cat music video, Billy Eilish perfume commercial, Alexander Mcqueen commercial, each london commercial, Fred Segal in store displays, Labron James' The Shop, the last 3 seasons of The Conners, Drew Barrymore commercials for Pluto TV, Arnold Searzeneggar state farm superbowl commercial etc.
While at 24frame, I did learn all about cameras, sound recording, lighting, drones, and Davinci resolve editing. I had access to all of the crews on every production and I would try and learn from each camera, audio, set dec or grip specialist as I went from production to production.
Since the company worked for shut down in December, I made a couple of documentaries about a guy who is trying to start a new "coachella" music venue in the desert above Barstow ca.
You can view part 1 and part 2 at these youtube links:
Part I -https://youtu.be/ETGNVOPHlQw?si=Cn_vqRXhnMOdy-CT
Part 2 - https://youtu.be/UkaMhScvVbY?si=wdNVYd5_IPnLYI9z
I shot an urban streetwear fashion show in 4k. You can view a 720p demo version of it here where I switch between anamorphic widescreen 4k and standard 4k = https://drive.google.com/file/d/1PKCGEYVsplD8KJe10h6XMbKx_zgb4PDi/view?usp=share_link
I shot a bunch of punk band performances in anamorphic 4k and I uploaded them to youtube. You can find those videos here => https://www.youtube.com/@deadboy_generator
Here's a 4k 4th of July drone video I made of the Marina Del Rey Fireworks Show = https://drive.google.com/file/d/1cfj1JZqd7aW_uou6bwtuTNEsf79SQ9mO/view?usp=share_link
Here is the Instagram page I had made for 24frame. I was the sole content creator for the company. I had shut it down but I will reactivate it so you may view it. IG @24frame.playback
I also did a centerfold photoshoot for a punk rock magazine called "Rude Elder Magazine" that only published 2 issues to date that is now in the punk rock museum in las vegas.
If you would like a hard gear list of what gear I own here it is:
Cameras:
Panasonic GH5 (6k photos, 4k video, excellent for day shoots)
Panasonic GH5s (4k photos, 4k video, excellent for night shoots)
Lenses:
Panasonic 42.5 mm f1.2 Nochtichron prime
Panasonic 12-35mm f2.8 HD Zoom
Panasonic 8-18mm f2.8-f4
Sirui 24mm Anamorphic prime
Gimbals:
DJI RS3 Pro
DJI Ronin-SC
Drone:
Autel Evo 2 Pro 6k
External Monitor:
Atomos Ninja V
Audio:
Zoom H4N Pro
Rode NTG4+
Rode Video Mic Pro plus
Accessories:
Tripod
assorted nd lens filters
assorted lens adapters
assorted lumecube lights
assorted mount clamps and adapters for lights and microphones
Laptop:
Gigabyte AERO 15 OLED YD
15.6" UHD 4K AMOLED pantone color calibrated scree
Intel Core i9
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Laptop GPU 16GB GDDR6
64GB Corsair RAM, 5
2TB Samsung 970 pro SSD + 1TB Samsung 970 pro SSD
Thunderbolt 4
Display port
Hdmi 2.1 port
Ethernet port
Wifi 6
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You may view my IG @darkblacksunglasses.
Feel free to respond at your leisure and I thank you for your time - Isaac