Vincent Laforet – Filmmaker

Kubrick was a photographer first, but he’s a little old-fashioned. Spike Jonez was a photographer first, though, too….

it would be cool if PS had an option where we could add our video files in our member section, in a gallery for a client to display or download.

I really wish that this film had been created more artfully. The technically capabilities of the Mark II are shown off well (and its failures, such as in low-light situations in my opinion), but the film could have definitely benefitted from a bit more planning and thought. From what I know, some expense went into the making of this thing, and much was reaped from it, so I would have hoped to see a smarter result. A test is a test, I know — but when you’re putting it live for all to see… best to put one’s best filmmaking foot forward.

@kristina, i don’t doubt that a more artful movie could have been made, but then again, vince isn’t a cinematographer. to my knowledge, he’s never produced/filmed a movie. he got the camera on a whim on a friday, and returned it on monday, and had a budget of $5000 — the majority of which was consumed by the helicopter flight (i think). so all in all, i think it was a pretty stellar first effort.

We were really excited about the project and what Vincent had actually accomplished. Impressed so much so that we were able to coordinate a podcast interview with Vincent and also get a Q&A session to boot. Very interesting!! http://videopia.org/content/view/257/229/ We really enjoyed the whole process, was fun hope you enjoy!