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If God Is WIlling And Da Creek Don’t Rise – Trailer

cliffcharles — Fri, 20 Aug 2010 22:30:57 +0000

Director of Photography, Cliff Charles re-teams with Director Spike Lee to continue the story of New Orleans and the greater Gulf coast area post Hurricane Katrina. Just as they did on When the Levees Broke, the filmmakers chose several cameras and formats to work with on this film including:

2 – Sony SRW-9000’s outfitted with Zeiss Digi-zooms for portrait interviews and Canon ENG zooms for run and gun
1 – Canon 1D outfitted with Canon primes and zooms
1 – Canon 7D outfitted with Canon primes and zooms
1 – Bolex outfitted with Switar C-mount lenses shooting Super 16 negative and reversal stocks
1 – Beaulieu super 8 camera outfitted with a Schneider zoom lens shooting mostly reversal film

Five years after Hurricane Katrina, director Spike Lee returns to New Orleans to see how the ambitious plans to reinvent the Crescent City are playing out in IF GOD IS WILLING AND DA CREEK DON’T RISE. In an all new, four-hour documentary premiering on HBO, Lee finds a patchwork of hope and heartache in a story bookended by a pair of momentous events — the historic 2010 Super Bowl victory and the disastrous British Petroleum oil spill — that changed the history of America’s most unique city once again.

IF GOD IS WILLING AND DA CREEK DON’T RISE is a continuation of the story of the rebirth of the Big Easy as first recorded in Lee’s epic, Emmy® and Peabody award-winning 2006 documentary, When The Levees Broke: A Requiem In Four Acts. Alongside the city’s storied ability to celebrate life with unmatchable ebullience, Lee documents the successes and failures in the ongoing efforts to restore housing, healthcare, education, economic growth and law and order to a battered but unbowed community. The film will debut on HBO in two parts on MONDAY, AUG. 23 (9:00-11:00 p.m. ET/PT) and TUESDAY, AUG. 24 (9:00-11:00 p.m.).

Marcus Ray on Dolly Moves

cliffcharles — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 14:59:34 +0000

Key Grip, Marcus Ray of Big Moves Inc, discusses the role of a Dolly Grip on a film set with Cliff Charles for DPTV.

Shadowstone booth at NAB 2010

cliffcharles — Mon, 28 Jun 2010 04:34:15 +0000

Prism projection Inc and Photo Research discuss their latest offerings at Shadowstone’s NAB booth with Cliff Charles for DPTV

Phantom Flex and Arri Alexa at NAB 2010

cliffcharles — Wed, 16 Jun 2010 17:42:31 +0000

Representatives of Phantom’s Flex and Arri’s Alexa discuss their cameras at NAB 2010 with Cliff Charles for DPTV

Sony cameras at NAB 2010

cliffcharles — Sun, 06 Jun 2010 00:25:17 +0000

Representatives from Sony discuss a few of their cameras at NAB 2010 with Cliff Charles of DPTV

Zoom and Probe lenses at NAB 2010

cliffcharles — Wed, 26 May 2010 20:43:04 +0000

Representatives from Innovision Optics, Fujinon and Angenieux discuss their lenses being presented at NAB 2010 with Cliff Charles of DPTV.

Prime Lenses at NAB 2010

cliffcharles — Thu, 20 May 2010 15:50:32 +0000

Manufacturers of motion picture Prime Lenses including Leica, Zeiss and Schneider Optics discuss their latest offerings during NAB 2010 with Cliff Charles of DPTV

Manfrotto and Kata products at NAB 2010

cliffcharles — Wed, 12 May 2010 04:08:13 +0000

At NAB 2010, representatives from Manfrotto distributions discuss a new Manfrotto Tripod system and the latest offerings from Kata bags with Cliff Charles of DPTV

NAB 2010 LED Coverage

cliffcharles — Wed, 05 May 2010 01:52:31 +0000

Lite Panels, Nila and Mole Richardson discuss their new offerings at NAB with Cliff Charles of DPTV

LED Lighting presented by Shadowstone

cliffcharles — Mon, 26 Apr 2010 20:25:39 +0000

Frank Marsico of Shadowstone hosted a demo on LED lighting at the Shadowstone facility in New Jersey featuring lights by Arri, Color Kinetics, Prism Projection, Strong and others for the entertainment community.