That’s right, I’m in post right now. And production. And pre-production. I’m not even feeling very schizophrenic, pretty cool huh?

That’s my Mackie Control in the picture (foreground) and Logic Pro on the screen. This week I wrote, recorded, and mixed sound for a new series of commercials I’m directing. Well, directing is a pretty unsatisfying way to put it. It’s more like, my production company is producing this series of commercials and I’m doing a lot of the work. I like how Robert Rodriguez put it on his movies- his credits say something like “Shot, Chopped, and Scored by Robert Rodriguez”. That’s sort of how I am, too- except add “Visual Effects”, “Written by”, and more.

I think anyone who calls themselves a filmmaker should have to actually make films. And the more you know about all the parts that go into filmmaking the better you’ll be when you finally are “just” the director on a big project. At least that’s what I’m telling myself while I race to the September 1st deadline for this new group of spots.

Anyway, the work- the work is going well. I’m set to finish 4 spots in 4 weeks, including final deliverables. I’m doing them all in HD, of course. And no, I have never worked so hard in my life. But it’s worth it.

On Yahoo! News

He was truly one of the greats of cinematography. I feel honored to have worked with Lazlo, doing post work in Apple’s Shake for the Pain PSA he shot with the Balins last year.

Update: Brandon told me today that in fact I had the honor of working with Lazlo on his last major project. So, thank you Filmmaking Gods for allowing me to get to commingle my digital hands with a legendary filmmaker’s genius flow.