http://www.eric-petersen.com/blog2006 2006 Thu, 28 Dec 2006 09:15:41 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Cheers to a new year and another chance for us to get it right.  ~Oprah Winfrey Already the new year looks like it's going to be a good one.  I'll post what's going on next month after I've cleaned up all the wrapping paper and collected all the champagne glasses. Just a ... http://www.eric-petersen.com/blog2006/2006/12/27/happy-holidays-and-a-happy-new-year/ 4 & 5 December:  "And out of darkness comes the light."  Another short film, this time with a darker bent.  It's a short called "Sympathy" about a priest who finds the devil incarnate, wounded in an alley and must decide to same him or let him die. I did dark before ... http://www.eric-petersen.com/blog2006/2006/12/07/sympathy-short-film/ Here are some shots from day one of the short film I'm working on.  I'll write more and add some new pictures this weekend. : : frame-grabs from raw footage : : day one : : frame-grabs from raw footage : : day two : : hard drive / Pansonic HVX200 / Apple ... http://www.eric-petersen.com/blog2006/2006/11/30/split-second-narrative-short-film/ As a sign of the times, my brother and his wife made a little video of my nephew riding his cart racer and posted it onto YouTube.  It's not like we're thousands of miles away (it's more like 70 miles), still watching this video makes it seem like they're very ... http://www.eric-petersen.com/blog2006/2006/11/28/sign-of-the-times/ I recently started buying more magazines and books with strong photography as reference material to aid in conversations with directors and producers.  While looking for magazines, I happened upon a relatively new magazine called JPG.  Its content is culled from the public at large through its website. I subscribed and submitted ... http://www.eric-petersen.com/blog2006/2006/11/27/submission-on-jpg/ I saw a pre-screening of "Bobby" tonight.  As part of my "getting back all the initiation fee I paid the Union" strategem, I'm again taking in a showing of a film offered by said Union.  What an amazing piece of cinema.  An enormous and distinguished cast, beautiful cinematography and an ... http://www.eric-petersen.com/blog2006/2006/11/13/bobby-screening/ The experimental short film I shot earlier this year finally made it to telecine.  I've been known to say, things happen for a reason and for this project, the delay meant waiting until The Post Group could do our telecine.  In that wait, it was possible to have their DI ... http://www.eric-petersen.com/blog2006/2006/11/08/tk-on-prozak/ Spring cleaning came REAL early this year.  If you're here, then there's a good chance you've already seen the change to my site and, I hope, it's a little more streamline and cohesive.  It'll take a few more days to clean "deep into the corners" of this site but when ... http://www.eric-petersen.com/blog2006/2006/10/24/website-make-over/ At long last it finally arrived.  "It", of which I speak, is my union card.  Somehow it's a little more official now that the card has arrived.  I even got a shirt with it.  The funny thing is that I woke up to find this package at my doorstep.  I ... http://www.eric-petersen.com/blog2006/2006/10/19/finally/ Well, it's finally going to happen - I'm getting married this weekend.  Yes, your eyes are not deceiving you.  My fiancé and I are finally getting married in Santa Monica on Saturday evening.  For those of you have a odd curiosity, you can read all about it at:  www.tacokisses.info For those ... http://www.eric-petersen.com/blog2006/2006/10/05/getting-hitched-please-call-again/ Here's the first of many pictures from last week's shoot.  I'll post more this week as time permits, including some clips from the miniature set. The 2nd Unit: L > R:  Jeremy (Unit Gaffer) / Marvin (1st AC) / Grant (Key Grip) / Leigh (2nd AC) / Nick (Swing) / yours ... http://www.eric-petersen.com/blog2006/2006/10/01/the-studio-of-tomorrow-2/ Cinematographer Sven Nykvist Dies at 83 http://www.eric-petersen.com/blog2006/2006/09/20/cinematographer-sven-nykvist-dies-at-83/ The first images from the short film "Night Light" came my way today.  Talk about playing in the "mud".  The only manipulation done to these images is an increase in brightness in the highlights and mid-tones and a slight desaturation.  Otherwise, I do like it - the final color correction ... http://www.eric-petersen.com/blog2006/2006/09/12/night-light-frame-grabs/ 9-10 Sept. - I left my sleep in San Francisco.  It was a weekend in Alameda and a few thousand feet closer to having a two-year old project finished.  I was the gaffer on this show.  I'll write more later - it's a very late night in Ft. Worth and ... http://www.eric-petersen.com/blog2006/2006/09/11/the-studio-of-tomorrow/ Finally, finally, finally, a narrative production to work on and I can hardly wait.  "Night Light" is the brainchild of director Mark Mullenkamp with whom I shot "Lure" late last year.  It's a fantastic idea that revolves around a child who's afraid of the dark only to find that the ... http://www.eric-petersen.com/blog2006/2006/09/02/night-light-short-film/