Omega13 Productions

Ryan Turns 16×2!!!

Trey — Sun, 20 Dec 2009 10:06:44 +0000

At age sixteen one typically gets their drivers license (in North America), but I think every sixteen years people should get another license.
Of their choice.
And since it’s your birthday today, Ryan, you get to pick whatever license you want! There’s an evil mastermind license, or a license to captain a starship, or perhaps the ever popular license to kill. Very handy for those annoying people that pop up on your birthday. Hey, the punch bowl!!! I’ll be right back! Oh and…

HAPPY BIRTHDAY, RYAN!!!

Jerry Goldsmith

Trey — Fri, 18 Dec 2009 00:57:35 +0000

When working on various variosities, I like turning on some music to be inspired to. Typically I’ll reach for (in a digital sense) classical compositions and film scores.

Especially film scores.

And of those especial film scores, three names invariably pop up: John Williams, James Horner, and Jerry Goldsmith. Or the 3J’s as I like to refer to them as. (I think I might have mentioned this in an earlier post. Oh well, nothing like leftovers!) But since I named this post Jerry Goldsmith, I’m forced to only talk about him on this occasion.

Many years ago, but not long before Jerry passed away, I caught a snippet of an interview in which he talked about how he became a composer of film scores. I only caught, maybe, a few minutes, but it answered so many questions and completed a ring of thoughts I had about his music. As wonderful as this bit of treasure was to be found, I never sought out the rest of the interview. And I’m not sure why.

Anyway, to avoid lingering on that question, jump forward at least five years to, oh… about yesterday when I stumbled upon this interview via TubeRadio! It’s not the same interview as the one I saw before, but it’s so much better. There’s a lot to learn in this video concerning, music, composing, the creation process of any art, overcoming fear, radio, TV, �films, film scores, filmmaking, storytelling, and beyond.�Perhaps the best part, though, is this interview is completely unedited. Everything that the camera recorded is apparently here, even when Jerry informs everyone he is taking a bathroom break.

So if you’re into any kind of artistic endeavor, especially film and music of course, then pull up a couch for this two hour long journey through the mind of a creative genius. Yes, it is almost two hours long (RT 1:53:37) of absolutely amazing awesomeness! Thanks to the unbelievable utility of the internet, what was once a rare opportunity is now accessible to the world! In fact, the interview was recorded in 2002 and has been on YouTube for over a year. How did I not find this earlier?!

Just to add some more Jerry Goldsmith to this Jerry Goldsmith, here are a couple more links to some other interesting videos of… Ok, so you guessed it. But you’ll have to figure out how to upload your consciousness into the internet to retrieve the prize.

One more quick note, and I’m outta here. Just in case anyone doesn’t understand the relationship between music and visual narrative (or any narrative for that matter) I’ll sum it up as this.

Composing music and making a film are exactly the same. (They just use different tools!)

Company Move

Ryan — Sun, 30 Aug 2009 19:20:48 +0000

This weekend saw our first out-of-town production. Shooting on location in Cleveland, TN, we also shot our first Noir. Being a noir, it’s about murder, but who’s the killer?

Now begins the hard part: post production. Still, I think we did a pretty good job keeping things organized; our first-time co-director, Stacy Cohl, did a remarkable job beating the performances out of our cast. Photos and screen-shots will come soon. We’re all still recovering from the shoot, as well as the trip.

Shadows of Noir

Ryan — Sat, 15 Aug 2009 01:55:38 +0000

As the old saying goes, “so what have you done lately?” Actually, we’re working on yet another super-short project. We’re keeping the details scant, but it’ll be about the same length as 3×5, but this time we’re flexing our skills with a new genre: film noir. There’s going to be a few other changes from the way we’ve done things in the past with this film, so it’s bound to be exciting. I hope.

And now for the shameless plug: we’re currently casting roles, but we need a concerned husband. Preferably mid-20’s, around 5′ 6″ – 5′ 10″ tall. Will need to be able to commit to about 12 hours on August 29 in the Cleveland, TN area. Also should be able to acquire his own wardrobe and be willing to do all this for free.

Interested parties should either reply below with a valid e-mail address, or send a note to casting@omega13productions.com.

Editor’s Note: All roles have now been cast. Thank you for your attention.

3×5

Ryan — Wed, 22 Jul 2009 12:14:56 +0000

The latest short that I’ve been working on is now, more or less, complete. The wait is over.� I’ll put up a page for it on this site soon, but for now, you’ll be able to find a YouTube link if you just click below.

Khaaan!

Ryan — Wed, 22 Jul 2009 01:00:45 +0000

Trailing on the coat-tails of J.J. Abrams “Star Trek”, it seems this is a good year to be a Trekkie.� Film Score Monthly recently announced at Comic-Con that their label will be releasing a massive, digitally restored, complete score to 1982’s “Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan”, arguably the best score of the series, and the score which made James Horner’s career.

Find details here.

For Future Reference

Ryan — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 14:49:56 +0000

If you’re capturing HDV footage using something like HDVSplit, or Cineform’s NEOScene, and your HDV camera no longer appears to those programs as a capture device, or even showing up at all; then try changing the Firewire (IEEE 1394) driver to a “legacy” driver. This tends to work in the 32 and 64 bit versions of Windows Vista and the release candidate of Windows 7.

You know, just F.Y.I.

Color Adjustments

Ryan — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 13:21:17 +0000

Since Trey mentioned it in the comments for his last post, Stu Maschwitz has a tutorial on Red Giant TV on using Magic Bullet Looks and Colorista to emulate the looks of big Hollywood films from this summer.� The one thing Trey omitted, however, was sharing the link with everyone else.� So here you go, gang.� Enjoy.

Now, back to trying to wrap up this latest video project.� Stay tuned.

Fun With Colour!

Trey — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 10:18:43 +0000

I decided to have some fun with Magic Bullet Looks and the image from the previous post. The top image after the break is the original. Hope everyone enjoys!

Hey Look, We Shot Something!

Ryan — Sun, 21 Jun 2009 21:11:20 +0000

And it turned out pretty good, too.� Who would have thought?