Save Our Youth is a mentorship organization based out of Denver Colorado. They do amazing work. This has been one of my favorite projects… EVER. Working with Jorge (the star) …
New Colorado Film Incentive and Upcoming Video Project
An exciting year for Colorado Filmmakers… Governor Hickenlooper signed the new Colorado Film Bill into existence on May 18, 2012 at 10:30am. In sum, the new incentive doubles the old …
Alchemist – A Short Short
Strictly for fun. The goal was to get the edit under 1 minute and tell a small story about something mystical. Shot on the beloved Canon 5Dmk2 Music “The Tempest” …
The FS700? Will Low Light Be equivalent to FS100?
The FS700, aka “Captured Unicorn” is the FS100 on steroids. 4k capture through external device, ND filters (HUGE), and high frame rates beyond 60p! It looks like 240/480 at 1080p, …
Upstream Impact – Tanicka’s Story
In the 12-square mile area that makes up Northeast Denver, 4,400 families live below the poverty line. What if they didn’t have to? What if, as a community, we worked …
Cinematography 2012 Reel
The year 2012 in review. Music: Chase Martinez
Putting Christ First
As of January 1, 2012, I’ve decided to place Jesus Christ at the front of my business. For several years I’ve very much fulfilled the roll of an inactive “Sunday …
Colorado Film Incentive Commercial
2012 has seen the success of the Colorado Film Incentives growing from 10 to 20%. This project was targeted at the film community to rally support. It effectively touched thousands …
Red Epic now available
Times like these make it awfully difficult to sleep at night… James Drake Films is proud to offer the Red Epic-M camera system. This camera is an unbeatable tool to …
One Reason Why OS X Lion Might Be for the Pro Video Crowd
When Lion roared to the top of the App Store on Wednesday July 20, my skepticism instantly skyrocketed… I had to think about why… Why would a video professional be …
Inspiration: Unplug, Unwind
Speaking for the filmmakers I know, we get tangled into the high-speed information dump all too easily. There are so many aspects to production that it’s easy for it to …
Cinematic Democracy: We’ve Arrived.
Time to beat the dead horse for the last time. Every camera that will be released from here on out is just icing on the cake for cinematographers. Read on… …