Dreaming @ 24fps

Photo Sesssion Model Alex

So last night my friend Smiley called so we could have a photo session with his modeling friend Alex. I brought my Novatron D240 lighting kit and my Nikon D40 camera. After Smiley's bathtub session Alex and I went to her living room to shot some photos. She had a radiant and vivid red wall. I did a quick butterfly lighting setup and set the Novatron at -2 stops with the shoot through umbrella. Here is my lighting diagram.

New Studio Shot

Took this photo of my brother today. Used my new gray seamless backdrop paper. Only used one novatron strobe. Here is the lighting setup diagram.

Silhouette

Went to my friend's Marvin studio to experiment with lighting for a photo shoot of my girlfriend Rebecca. He had a Novatron flash kit but my Nikon D40 doesn't have a sync flash adapter yet so I had to work with a 350k light. Still created a nice silhouette of Rebecca. Here is the shot.

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Dreaming @ 24fps Studios

Starting today, I will be documenting all of my artistic endeavors on my blog Dreaming @24fps. This will include my Film/HD Productions, Photography, Screenwriting & Digital Art. Still working as a 1st/2nd AD for feature films, commercials, music videos and short films.

Finally, getting back into photography. Just launched my photography website Dreaming @24fps Studios Currently, I am working with the Nikon D40 SLR. Got 4 lens; 28mm, 50mm, 18mm-55mm & 55mm -200mm.

Really want to get into medium format photography. Saving up cash for a Pentax 6x7 with 120mm film.

Here is a recent photo shot I had with my comedian friend Igor. More new work coming soon!

A Comedy of Errors

About four days, I received a peculiar email from Rooftop Films www.rooftopfilms.com congratulating me on my feature film being excepted into SXSW. At the time, I thought it was just spammed and ignored it. Then I missed two calls from the LA area. Today I got a call from a film critic out of Kansas asking me for an interview on my film "Women in Trouble", which I had no clue on what he was talking about. To date, I have not produced or directed a feature film. I was a bit curious about all these incidents.

So, I did a Google search on this film "Women in Trouble" which is a film about a serpentine day in the life of ten seemingly disparate women: a porn star, a flight attendant, a psychiatrist, a masseuse, a bartender, a pair of call girls, etc. All of them with one crucial thing in common. Trouble. Starring the talented actress Carla Gugino.

The film was written and directed by Sebastian Guitirrez who was the screenwriter for "Snakes in a plane" and "Gothika".

Guess, what Sebastian production company name is? Gato Negro Films!!!

As you all know my production company is El Gato Negro Films, which I have had for over 5 years now.

So, I am assuming when all these film festivals and critics do a Google search on Gato Negro Films, my company and contact info is the first to come out. The funny thing is that Women in Trouble will be showcasing at SXSW and I will be attending SXSW for a film conference presented by IndieGoGo. What were the odds? I tell you, the strangest things always happen to me. It's a comedy of errors!

The Igor Show - Dexter Vs Igor

I've been producing a comedy series entitled "The Igor Show" with my comedian friend Igor. We have been shooting a few skits and working on an updated package to promote to comedy central. I was the director and Marvin Jimenez was the DP. We shot on the HVX200 and Letus 35mm adapter. The skit is based on the infamous showtime Dexter series intro.

IGOR VS DEXTER from Igor Mayorga on Vimeo.

The Killing Field - Take 1

On Aug. 8th we started production for the first 20 minutes of NewTribeFilms www.newtribefilms.com feature film "The Killing Field". It was written and directed by my friend and colleague Daniel Maldonado with Ryan McMichael as the co-director. Once again, I was the 1st AD. It was a 4 day shoot. The goal was to shot the first 20 pages of the screenplay in 4 days.

I didn't have much time to help out in preproduction since I am currently working as the 1st AD on another feature film which will begin principle photography on Aug. 24 through Sept. 14. On set there were some minor delays and set backs. We shot with the panasonic hvx200 plus the brevis 35mm lens adapter. Some of the main issues were sound(because of the environment), camera set ups and make up. Regardless we accomplished a lot and the footage looks stunning. Here are some photos on the set and trailer.