deviantART: by:Crash-Nemesis http://search.deviantart.com/?q=by:Crash-Nemesis&section=today deviantART RSS for by:Crash-Nemesis en-us Copyright 2009, deviantART.com Wed, 25 Nov 2009 05:35:55 PST deviantART.com http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss http://s.deviantart.com/minish/widgets/apple-touch-icon-precomposed.png Getting ready for 7D http://Crash-Nemesis.deviantart.com/journal/28304379/ http://Crash-Nemesis.deviantart.com/journal/28304379/ Wed, 11 Nov 2009 22:35:54 PST
or a short one...

Gone by so fast... yet sometimes it couldn't go by fast enough. Ever had that feeling? Ya, well thats me right now.

Just got a Canon 7D as well as a full Pro Aim Cine DSLR rig for it. REALLY amazing rig that unleashes the full potential of this amazing little camera. I've been working dead on my feet the last 6 months with pre production on my new film, Angel of the skies. Ensuring all the CGI is looking as real as can be and teaching myself the workflow to make sure it all cuts together seemlessly together with the live action footage.

Cannot wait to start shooting, and thanks to this amazing camera, I feel so free. As an independant filmmaker, I have always had to wait on other people or that of the gear houses. To be a filmmaker, you need to have a camera right... and not just some camcorder, no.. if you are serious about making films for cinema, you need the big guns... RED, F35, Arriflex, Panavision / Sony F900, Genesis... you get my drift... well, not anymore it seems.

This little Canon 7D is making waves in the independant sector, very much like RED did 2 years back. This little bugger has a CMOS sensor in it that is the same size as 35mm Film stock. It Shoots FULL HD 1920 X 1080 @ 24P... as well as being able to use 35mm lenses, thus giving the operator full Cine Style DEPTH OF FIELD... the best bit... its only $1900. Thats R18 000 roughly here in SA. Why so cheap? Because it is a DSLR. Originally a professional Stills Camera with a 18mp sensor... but it shoots true HD. Now to put this camera into perspective... sure it doesn't have all the bells and whistles like XLR input/output and sturdy body design... but lets be serious here, you really don't need all these things. Look at Slumdog Millionaire, 2009 OSCAR winner for best film. That was shot on the Silicon Imaging's SI 2k... a camera that has nothing but a Lens and CMOS sensor... NOTHING ELSE. They did pretty fine with that and it doesn't even have a viewfinder for the operator to see what he's shooting. The 7d is roughly the same size.

Here is some interesting facts... The TV show SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE has used the 7D to shoot its new Intro sequence as well as many of its skits. Source - [link]

Also, two independent features have already been completed using the 7d, not to mention the amount of features and commericals that have been shot on the older 5d, the brother of the 7d.

Now, many young indi filmmakers have been drawn towards Sony's new EX3... a robust, great camera that shoots Full HD and has overcrank of up to 60 FPS, very awseome camera, I myself was so close to buying one, but at the time could not afford it with all the extras it required for my shooting style... mainly because the EX3 is essentially only a 2/3" sensor, which means it has a 2/3" mounting on it, so it can't use 35mm lenses which ultimately amounts to no cine style depth of field... hmmm... but there is a solution. If one such as myself needs to get that depth of field, one then needs to invest in a Letus Adaptor or something similar, which allows the operator to then use 35mm lenses on the camera, thus enabling him/her to achieve the desired cine depth of field needed for Feature film narratives... So you ask whats the big deal about 2/3" sensors? Well, look at RED's new Scarlet... the entry level aimed at people who cannot afford the mainstream RED camera. It has a 2/3" sensor. BUT WHY??? That is so stupid. True it's going to do A LOT more than a Canon 5D/7D or SONY EX3 due to its 3k resolution (some believe there to be quiet a bit of noise with the downscaling), but what are you going to put on it? Any regular 35mm format lens is going to crop x2.5 so even a very wide 18mm will become moderately telephoto, a 50mm suddenly becomes a 125mm. I'm super enthused about this big sensor revolution we're living in and if someone can give me a reason to get excited by a 2/3" RED camera, I'd love to hear it. But for the moment, Cinema only requires 1.9K resolution and The 7d delivers that with 35mm lenses...

But lets get back to the 7d's main rival, the EX 3. Putting a price to this EX 3 with Letus Adaptor and 35mm lenses aswell as the rig needed to place the adaptor on the Camera --- $12 000 plus.

The 7d does all of what the Ex3 does (with Cine Depth of Field) and better, right out the box for $1900. WOW.

Now let the naysayers have their say, but the DSLR revolution has begun, and man, its kicking ass for the small guy.

To find out more about this amazing little DSLR camera, check out cinema5d.com and [link]

http://Crash-Nemesis.deviantart.com/journal/24152327/ Thu, 09 Apr 2009 18:19:08 PDT
Just got off a shoot for a national broadcaster here in South Africa, a 19 day road shoot.. Not stop traveling. Was pretty cool. Always a good thing to get paid doing what you love whilst getting to see the world on someone elses dime.

Anyway, back in my studio now, working on a new short titled Angel of the Skies. The Teaser can be viewed here [link]

Still in very very very early pre prod.

I'm so lost right now. Not really sure what to do. So many questions that I ask myself with what to do next. So many potential projects waiting for me to get them made... yet I sit here staring blankly into my screen, wanting to RAM my head right through it cause the frustration of having to wait on other people is killing me. I have 4 films I want to get made, 5 if you count the documentary... I can start them tomorrow... but as I said.. waiting on other people is killing me. I wish I could just move forward but at this stage in my life, I am unable to do so...

So... anyone willing to sponsor a RED ONE camera to a struggling film maker... I am your man.

Check this space soon for more updates on Angels of the Skies...

]]> ~Crash-Nemesis Its been over 2 years... http://Crash-Nemesis.deviantart.com/journal/19468559/ http://Crash-Nemesis.deviantart.com/journal/19468559/ Fri, 18 Jul 2008 16:33:58 PDT
And a long road it has been, but I have some exciting news. My latest film has been very successful and I had the fortunate opportunity to go to Cannes in May and meet Mr. Steven Spielberg himself at the première for Indiana Jones.

Anyway, today's headlines are just to let you all know that we (H.O and I) are back from Cannes and man, what an experience. The film did well, with many professionals around the world surprised with how real and authentic the film was with such a small budget. Some of the other short films there were shot on budgets exceeding over a million rand. So I'm quite happy to say that we pulled AT THY CALL off with only R40 000 / $5000 - Please check out the trailers here.
[link]
and here
[link]

We've now made contact with some big players overseas and investors who are interested in co producing with South Africa. So... its back to the writing board for me to get my next script out there. I'm going to be updating the page soon with pictures from CANNES and VIDEOS... but for now, if any of you have facecrap... or facebook as they call it, take a look at the AT THY CALL @ CANNES FAN page that I have up for now. There are pictures there and vids. Check out the video with Quintin Tarrintino, that was really awesome.

Here is the link to the AT THY CALL @ CANNES PAGE
[link]

PS. AT THY CALL has been accepted into the Durban International Film Festival and will be competing for best Short film. Its also been invited to the AFI film festival in LOS ANGELES... Wish us luck.

Chris

]]> ~Crash-Nemesis Love... http://Crash-Nemesis.deviantart.com/journal/8951398/ http://Crash-Nemesis.deviantart.com/journal/8951398/ Fri, 02 Jun 2006 15:09:28 PDT
Just a thought...

Almost a year since that unfaithful incident... God.

Well, on a positive note, life is getting along well. My film school won an acedemy award for best student picture this year, which is great, now my Degree has a fat little notice that reads, ACADEMY AWARD WINNING FILM SCHOOL.. lol..

Oh well... Shooting a 30 minute film next week, can't wait, busy going over some small issues to fix before principle photography begins... MAN I LOVE THIS JOB. ]]> ~Crash-Nemesis life is back on track http://Crash-Nemesis.deviantart.com/journal/8073966/ http://Crash-Nemesis.deviantart.com/journal/8073966/ Sun, 05 Mar 2006 11:57:26 PST
My old man just got back from a business trip overseas... England and Italy, really cool. What was even cooler, was the fact that he came home with a new Macintosh Powerbook... WOOT. Now, in South Africa, this thing goes for around R30 000... Now thats a shit load of cash. But when my father saw this powerbook (which I am using to type this very message) for a mesely R17 000 - HE HAD TO GET IT.... so now, because things are always better to buy overseas, I have a new weapon in my arsenal... the Macintosh POWERBOOk... yay.

Beats my MiniMac any day,.... So yeah.

Just though I would let u guys now... not that your all too interested anyway. Well, keep ur chins up fellow bunnies and remember, MAC is the way to go if your into DIGITAL ART...

PS. - Magenta the Lion wishes he had a MAC, even though he refuses to admit it... LOL ]]> ~Crash-Nemesis Bound to my Grief http://Crash-Nemesis.deviantart.com/journal/7640735/ http://Crash-Nemesis.deviantart.com/journal/7640735/ Wed, 18 Jan 2006 15:34:22 PST
I recently lost someone I truly cared for. She is now in a better place, and even though every day I wake up and struggle to get out of bed, I am moving on, slowly. I truly wish I could just stay here in my misery, in my dytopic atmoshpere that holds no future for me. I somehow wish I could maybe have changed things in the past, maybe she would still be here today, but what is done is done and 2006 is here. I can't live blaming myself.

All I can say is that she will remain in my heart for the rest of my life, no matter where I go, no matter what I do. Even if I learn to love another, she will always be my first, my one true love. And with that, I pick myself up, I move out of this dark garden of lost souls, this place that I have forced myself into. The torture I have indured is self inflicted, only because I feel guilty for not saying goodbye, for telling her I loved her, for stopping her. For this, I am bound to my grief, and it is here that my heart will remain, below the swinging branches of the willow tree of life. And like the sands of time, my soul will fade away, till the long hours of my life are utterly spent waiting for happiness.

Happy 2006 everyone. May we all learn to appreciate what we have before it is too late. ]]> ~Crash-Nemesis Year 2005... Buenos Dias amigos http://Crash-Nemesis.deviantart.com/journal/7231231/ http://Crash-Nemesis.deviantart.com/journal/7231231/ Mon, 05 Dec 2005 16:53:04 PST
Buenos Dias amigos... I am alive, awakened from my deep slumber. For what has been a hard year for me, it seems like it was just yesterday when I said happy new year 2005. But here I am, getting ready to kick it in the ass so I can get onto 2006. What happened. WHERE THE FUCK DID IT GO?

Well, an uneventful year for me in terms of Deviantart... I think I posted a whole 3 deviations... GREAT!!! Well done.

Yup... :spyed:

But now here I am... Still alive, surprise surprise. Why do I seem so lost, why did I feel so dead. Don't get me wrong. In terms of my career, life is el grande... But in terms of my social life, friendship, companionship... well, that could use some serious steroids or something to boost the moral. I aint feeling it DOC!!!!

Well, just thought that I'd try revive my DA page. Im gonna try bring some of my lates artwork thats lying around back to the site. Thanks for all the losers who keep giving me a reason to come back to this kickass community... Its one place that I can seriously discover who I really am... A storyteller, an artist, just like all of you, but unique in my own, weird creative ways.

To a new 2006. May we all prosper.

Keep the art coming.

Buenos Naches amigos... Sleep tight. ]]> ~Crash-Nemesis Going MAD!! http://Crash-Nemesis.deviantart.com/journal/6536796/ http://Crash-Nemesis.deviantart.com/journal/6536796/ Sun, 18 Sep 2005 11:50:25 PDT ]]> ~Crash-Nemesis Work http://Crash-Nemesis.deviantart.com/journal/5325863/ http://Crash-Nemesis.deviantart.com/journal/5325863/ Wed, 11 May 2005 00:53:46 PDT
Sorry for no submissions in such long spans of time, but ja, i'm working really really hard on things (trying to be an A-Class Director of film)

Perhaps i'll submit my Film covers, CD designs and all that sometime....

Cheers!

This journal entry has been Posted by ~ MagentaTheLion - Maintaining Crash-Nemesis's slow-arsed account. ]]> ~Crash-Nemesis FAAAK http://Crash-Nemesis.deviantart.com/journal/4559783/ http://Crash-Nemesis.deviantart.com/journal/4559783/ Sat, 12 Feb 2005 05:46:28 PST
:spyed: My fragile little mind is going insane! ]]> ~Crash-Nemesis HAPPY NEW YEAR http://Crash-Nemesis.deviantart.com/journal/4199148/ http://Crash-Nemesis.deviantart.com/journal/4199148/ Fri, 31 Dec 2004 04:26:36 PST
Woot.

Ok, now that thats done... leave me alone. i'm going to get drunk and enjoy myself tonight, might submit something b4 the end of the day, doubt it, but hey, anything is possible.

BUT FIRST.... i'd like to dedicate this day to a close friend of mine who passed away in August this year, To Jason Robinson, A brother to me, a friend to many. I miss you bro, but i will never forget you. I will make you proud someday, i swear it. happy new year everyone.

And a message to all my closest friends, Magenta, Bloodmonkey, Ti-Fu-Tu, Drekk Jaxxe, Dragoth and all u other losers... i mean friends, I wish u all the best. Have a great new years, keep it alive and drive safe. Hope to see everyone back on DA tomorrow and to make 2005 a kickass year for deviations and great creations... best of luck to you all.

LOVE YA! ... er... yeah

Crash - GHEY NINJA - Nemesis

:spyed: HAPPY NEW YEAR! ]]> ~Crash-Nemesis False HACKING!!! http://Crash-Nemesis.deviantart.com/journal/4024677/ http://Crash-Nemesis.deviantart.com/journal/4024677/ Thu, 09 Dec 2004 05:44:31 PST
I must concur to the brilliance of the hack, it was well planned and it was implemented with vigilent silence and stealth. Well done Magenta, i bow down to ur stupidity.

:spyed: the Baka Ghey ninja clan hanours you.... for now. :P ]]> ~Crash-Nemesis I've been hacked! OMG! http://Crash-Nemesis.deviantart.com/journal/4024526/ http://Crash-Nemesis.deviantart.com/journal/4024526/ Thu, 09 Dec 2004 05:00:00 PST :D :D :D

:headbang:

Crash u suck ass! thx for the :spammer: on my page u dum-bum!
har har har! ]]> ~Crash-Nemesis Wots happening lately http://Crash-Nemesis.deviantart.com/journal/3528084/ http://Crash-Nemesis.deviantart.com/journal/3528084/ Wed, 06 Oct 2004 16:08:54 PDT
............. 501 data relays are operational.
.................... primary uplink established
.......... Secondary uplink established
.................. Communication link up operational

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From: Crash_Nemesis
Date: 7 Oct 2004
Time: 1:00 AM


Yeah, I'm bored. Life is slowly picking up these days. Was on set yesterday, was ok. Finished a 5 day shoot last week, will be shooting some pick ups this saterday for that film. I've been writing all week, seem to have some sort of writers block. Errrrr

Not cool.

Anyway... Just thought I'd update the journal. I'm back at Film school next week Tuesday, thats the 12th of October. Got some cool stuff to work with for my next upcomming film. I put up some new favorites on my DA page today, they are indeed really good art pieces that I like, please give those artists as much credit as possible, they deserve all of it. To those who are visiting my page for the first time, welcome. I have some cool deviations u might enjoy. Some digital photo manipulation art, some 3d Max/photoshop Cs art and the SpriGGan Series which are graphic references for a screenplay I am busy writing called the SpriGGan 501: The lost cause. PLease take note: The SpriGGan series was made with screenshots from Ground Control II, the work is not entirely my own creation. But like I said, its a reference for viewers to see what I am aiming for.

Enjoy ur stay and keep in touch.

Best.
Crash_Nemesis

---------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------T ransmission Terminated. ]]> ~Crash-Nemesis The beginning of the SpriGGan 501: Lost cause seri http://Crash-Nemesis.deviantart.com/journal/3409090/ http://Crash-Nemesis.deviantart.com/journal/3409090/ Mon, 20 Sep 2004 18:38:15 PDT
The collections will be marked as a "The Lost Cause" and are related to the entire SpriGGan 501 series. Please feel free to look through the artwork and comment on them, ideas are always welcome.

Other than that, I should carry on with the screenplay now, as my ideas are fresh in my head and it is time to get them onto paper. (To the viewers - All artwork is inspired by my screenplay and are actual events that happen within the screenplay. Please comment on them. Thank you.)

Chris dos Santos, signing off...
(always wanted to do that :) ) ]]> ~Crash-Nemesis