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PopSugar – I’m A Huge Fan – Emma Stone – TV / Web Episode

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Recently, I had the pleasure of serving as assistant camera operator for a shoot for PopSugar at their San Fransisco offices.  The shoot was for PopSugar’s TV show I’m A Huge Fan.  And the celebrity associated with this particular episode was Ms. Emma Stone!  She was pretty awesome, I must say.  Not only was I fortunate enough to shoot Ms. Stone, but I also had the opportunity to shoot The Amazing Spiderman 2‘s director Marc Webb.  And, yes, I’m happy to say many of my shots were used!  Not too bad considering it was a 4-5 camera shoot.  I suppose being the newb on set made me step my game up…..Just thankful for the work!  We shot on Canon C-300s.

This particular episode was in conjunction with the release of The Amazing Spiderman 2, for which Emma and the entire cast, along with Mr. Webb, were going around the country to promote at the time.  Although the other members of the cast were there at the PopSugar offices the day of this shoot, my job was only to aid in the sit down interview shoots with the young starlet, her director and the winner of the I’m A Huge Fan contest, who was a sweetheart.  Below you’ll find Parts 1 and 2 of the shoots I served on.  Notice Jamie Foxx and the rest of the Spiderman 2 cast throughout the videos!  Dang, would have loved to have met the Foxx man!  Oh, well.   Gotta keep it professh!

 
– B

 

 

In this next video I make a very…very…short appearance.  Notice me in the light blue shirt with the hat at the 1:20 – 1:21 minute mark!

 

 

 

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AMC’s Breaking Bad

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“Say my name….You’re damn right…”  “Shut the F#$@ up and let me die in peace.”   Man, last night’s #BreakingBad was excellent.  The writers just do such a great job.  It’s not just the dialogue either.  The camera work, the directing of the actors’ actions in line with the dialogue, everything, it’s always just so on point and original.  You think they’re going one direction with things, even coming off a little cliche.  But then they switch it up on you and blast something in your face, or just make it so subtle, so realistic.

The character development is in a class of it’s own.  The way they slowly take the time to make you feel for these people is just the way it should be done.  Mike wasn’t a good guy.  He was a bad guy who’s done very bad things in his life.  But, in the end, I felt bad for the guy.  He was genuinely trying just to get out.  He didn’t want any bull from Walt.  But Walt’s obsession with being the big dog wouldn’t let him leave on the terms Mike tried to leave on.  Mike’s words were his demise.  Again, he wasn’t a good guy, few are in this show.  But the writing, etc. developed Mike’s character so very well, with so many levels, as we all realistically have, that it made you want to like him….at least this is how it was for me.

Damn good show.  Sure, it has it’s small flaws, but they’re just that, small.  And I’d be pressed to find them, and don’t want to take the time to do so since it will mean missing out on all the quality awesomeness going on while I’m being a hater.  If you haven’t tried it for yourself, well, my recommendation is you should.  You might not dig it like so many others are.  But it’s mos def worth a shot.

 

– B