This is an excerpt from an FX Guide feature story on the HD remaster of "Star Trek-The Next Generation." In it, Craig Weiss, CBS Digital Executive Creative Director discusses the process of updating ST-TNG and its visual effects to HD.
It was shot at CBS Television City in Los Angeles. I shot everything except for host Angie Dale's studio intro.
Promo for a company in Paso Robles, CA that builds custom treehouse playsets. I shot the interviews and a majority of the b-roll for this piece.
Visual Effects: Get Involved! When “Life of Pi” received its Oscar for visual effects, the company responsible for those visual effects, Rhythm and Hues was declaring bankruptcy. This piece attempted to encourage visual effects artists and companies to get involved and organize into unions and trade groups.
I shot some of the interviews and most of the b-roll. I also did the screen caps of tweets and so forth.
Aerial footage I shot at the Salton Sea and the town Bombay Beach in Southern California. It was shot with my DJI Phantom 4 Pro.
From 2009 to 2011 while I was waiting for Hollywood to recover from the Writers’ Strike and the general recession, I returned to college to complete a Bachelor’s degree in Visual Effects.
This is a scene from a visual effects oriented short film that I wrote, directed, and shot parts of such as this scene. The film is called “Twelve.” It’s a comedy about the dating woes of a twelve inch tall man. We used a variety of techniques to make him seem small such as compositing or forced perspective. This scene is a montage of his various online dates.
Gladiators! This is a brief sequence of a sword battle I shot for a Los Angeles stage fighting school called Swordplay. It was shot with a single camera. I also added in the foley effects of the swords and hits.
Timelapse of downtown Los Angeles and the 110 Freeway I shot with my Canon t2i.
Timelapse I shot above the Los Angeles basin from Mt. Wilson.
Soda and his Million Piece Band: Who Do You Love? I produced this 8 camera shoot of a live band performance and also operated the jib camera (the camera that’s basically behind the audience.)