Guillermo Del Toros, King of Magical Realism

Mexican director Guillemo Del Toros is the King of magical realism directors right now.
Above is the link to a great interview with him, how he thinks spiritually about his films.

The photo is from where I worked as a post-doc and nothing to do with him, but the remote lake around which we used to ski was definitely magical.

Shooting in Oregon

Shooting in Oregon provides lots of interesting water effects indirect and direct. Trees grow for 2000 years, fish are in the ocean.

Our New High Def Canon Pro Camera

Magical Realism just got a brand new Canon XH-A1 Hi-Def camera with incredible adjustability.

Shoots at the Full Moon ( Moon cycle table below)

I want to finish casting and shoot full moon in the desert. The above is actually my bike in an Italian village, if I could be shooting there I might be.

The goal is to try to create a dreamlike psychological space.
There's a full moon (See calendar below) Friday the 18th at midnight, IDK whether it's early Friday morning or late Friday night.


Shoot schedule is pending, please email at help@magicalrealismfilms.com

Alain Lumina, Director
LIfe is change, and our plans work the same way.
At this point, all actors and crew can still call me eves and weekends at 541-469-7014

Quick and Dirty Pro Cinema Sound

1) Use a boom. Wireless lavaliers are too unreliable, nearby radar, C-I-A death-rays, etc. can cause unforeseen, intermittent interference that will leave you screaming about CIA death rays. Not good. .
2) Shotgun mike Sennheiser 416 about $1050
3) Small battery powered mixer with limiter built in Shure FP-33, about $1328

Record ambiance separately, then mix in at will, or during Foley.

George at Full Compass super-helpful and did film sound himself,
800-356-5844 x 1114

Bingo, ex pro gave me the five minute rundown it would take years of blunders to learn. However, blundering is so enjoyable I am still hoping to succeed at it.

Fantasy Noir

Our new poster has confirmed that we have created a whole new film style. Well, I like the coloring anyway.

It's Fantasy Noir. I had called up script consultant Karl Iglesias, and he told me ( at $100/Hour) my pretentious label of "Magical Realism" should actually, in "Industry" parlance, be "Fantasy."

I think of elves and boring witch fantasy tales when I hear that. Although the Wizard of OZ was one of the best films ever made.

So I've got my own label.

Lighting Supply Place

I can buy some of these tasty little suckers at :

http://www.filmandvideolighting.com/

And can't lose the link here.