e. gustavo petersen | cinematographer

2008 Sept 21:

← (far left) Director/Actor Corbin Bernsen // (far right) Jim – Corbin’s personal assistant // (middle) Jim’s girlfriend whose name evades me – opps! // and some girl who happens to be looking at them.

It was a good night for a screening.

“Donna on Demand” screened tonight as part of the Temecula Valley International Film and Music Festival. We, unfortunately, had to screen from a DVD via a less than optimal video projector so the image was soft from the blowup, a bit too much contrast, somewhat washed out and was distorted a bit. That said, it looked better than expected and none of the shots look egregiously out of whack so it’s likely no one in the audience was the wiser.

Like every screening with a new audience, it was great to here them respond to the film. At the end, Corbin was pummeled by questions from the audience.

Can’t wait for what’s next.

2008 Sept 7:

Donna on Demand” will be screening at the Temecula Valley International Film & Music Festival. (That’s a mouthful!?) The festival runs from 17 – 21 September.

Our screening will be on Saturday the 20th.

Can’t wait to see it on the big screen with the cast, crew and an audience that knows little about the film.

“Donna” is a movie I shot last year. It was directed by Corbin Bernsen, who is also the lead actor, and also stars Adrienne Frantz, Susan Ruttan, Jeanne Cooper and Dan Lauria.

Done and Fun.

The short film I shot with director Clay Delauney is finished and soon will be off to the folks at Sundance for their consideration. Visit the demo reel page of my site and select watch | NARRATIVE REEL clips.

Both “The 20 Second Rule” and “TomThumb” have been recently uploaded and revised. We still have a few minor tweaks to “The 20 Second Rule” but watch it now and enjoy where it is.

Like I said, this project and “TomThumb” are now on there way to the Sundance Film Festival. Wish us luck.

One last thing, watch the credits at least until the section about “No animals were harmed…” near the end!

Click here to read an earlier post about this project.

At long last, it is finished. “TomThumb” – a short film I shot for director Clay Delauney – finished up sound a couple of days ago in anticipation for submission to Sundance. Hope you enjoy it as much as we do!

The project can be found on my narrative demo reel page. Just click on the thumbnail image that looks like our boy in this frame-grab.

Otherwise, here’s a direct link to the project: CLICK HERE

Click here to read an earlier post about this project.

Isn’t comedy funny!? Or I hope it is.

Anywho, the last day of shooting the short film of “Bruce Lance” (the title is still a work in progress) is done and now let the editing begin!

We got more funny stuff and the anticipation is building to see the final project finished. Here are some frame-grabs to hold us all over in the meantime. I’ll try to get some more in the coming days.

These shots are from Magicopolis in Santa Monica where we shot some interviews and these “performances” on stage.

Above, “Bruce Lance” (Sorin Bowie) and his beautiful “assistant” (Regan Alvord).