When the Snows Fall

I love this time of year. Really! It's a transitional time, when the colors of fall have all but disappeared only to be replaced with a fresh blanket of snow. Everything can be so still and quiet during a snow storm. This new video shows the transition from fall to winter, the last colors and the first snow. There is an abrupt change between the two pieces of music, done intentionally to show the abrupt change from snowy evening to crisp morning light with fresh powder everywhere!

The music is "The Promise" from Michael Nyman's soundtrack to "The Piano", one of the most hauntingly brilliant piano pieces I've ever heard. After the change it goes to "First Time Outside" from the movie "Secret Garden" by Zbigniew Preisner. Buy these CDs if you can find them! I've had them and enjoyed them for nearly 20 years, I felt like they fit the mood perfectly for this video.

Enjoy!

When the Snows Fall By Paul Frederick
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Happy Holidays!

Here's a new video! Climb aboard a horse drawn sleigh for a holiday ride! Special thanks to Don Sayward and his horses. This is a compilation of several trips out with him. I hope everyone has a safe and happy Holiday Season.

The Ride By Paul Frederick
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ADK SEASONS on Black Friday @ Wild Center

Black Friday is fast approaching and if the thought of being anywhere near a shopping center has you quaking in your boots (it does me!) then come to the Wild Center in Tupper Lake! They have a magnificent facility http://www.wildcenter.org with a state of the art digital theater. I'm showing my new scenic program "Adirondack Seasons" at 1pm. Singer/songwriter Scott B. Adams will also be on hand to perform and discuss his roll in the film. I showed it there in October to a full house and the experience was just AWESOME! The screen is probably 20 feet wide and they can show it in full HD quality! Of course, we'll have copies for sale on DVD for a special price so you can say you did SOME Christmas shopping on Black Friday!

Once you pay for admission to enter the museum, the screening is free! So come on down, kick back and relax to the sights and sounds of the Adirondacks in all four of it's glorious seasons....unless you like the sound of screaming parents fighting over the last available Wii console!

35mm Adapter comparison

I thought about making one of these videos, a comparison of a camera with and without a 35mm adapter attached, but while surfing VIMEO today I found this one, already made! A perfect example of a short sequence with and without an adapter attached. This is not my video but it is a great example for those who still don't understand what the difference is. Notice how much more film like the adapter shots are? THAT is what you see in a movie made with film. Have you ever watched the extras on a DVD that shows a scene for a movie being filmed from behind the scenes and notice the behind the scenes stuff looks so...video like? They are shot with video cameras with regular video lenses. A film is shot with Film lenses with proper depth of field! It makes a big difference.



35mm adapter versus adapterless camcorder from Bewegtbildarbeiter on Vimeo.

ADIRONDACK SEASONS trailer

Here is the trailer for my new scenic show ADIRONDACK SEASONS. It is going to be broadcast in the Albany NY market on WMHT on December 7th. I'm not sure of the exact time yet. This video is from Exposure Room. That is another site like VIMEO that allows you to put videos up for free (A high quality YouTube) and then embed them on other sites or blogs like this one. They offer the best compression yet, videos look and play much smoother than VIMEO.

"Adirondack Seasons" Trailer By Paul Frederick
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Another 35mm film

Here is another video I made which was shot with the Letus adapter. I made this one last spring but I still think it's my favorite of these short films. I like the way it all came together with the music and imagery.

I hope to make a new one soon but until then I'll put up a few of the older ones. This blog is going to be linked from my webpage, so I'd like to have all these new short films (made since I did the website) accessible from my main page.

After the Thaw By Paul Frederick
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Short film "Grow!"

Here is a video made with the indiSlider mentioned in my other post! This video also features a 35mm adapter, which allows me to use 35mm Nikon lenses on the end of the video camera! The main benefit of which is really shallow depth of field. Usually with most smaller video cameras, the imaging chip is so small it's hard to get shallow depth of field. Everything is in focus! With this device you can selectively focus on objects and the image has a very organic film like look to it.


Grow! from Paul Frederick on Vimeo.

IndiSlider Insight

One of my more recent additions to the production arsenal is the indiSlider. This device is basically a mini-dolly. Usually you set up dolly tracks on the ground like a train track, then slide you camera on a dolly that rides on top of it. Very time consuming and expensive. This unit goes on top of your tripod and is good for short runs. Here is a video made about how I use it.


IndiSlider Insight from Paul Frederick on Vimeo.

Fall tribute to Jack

This is my video tribute to Jack Skinner. My mentor from 20 years ago who recently passed away. I will never forget the lessons Jack taught me and this is the best way I can think of to pay my respects. This video was chosen on VIMEO for their HD channel, as such, almost 10,000 people have now seen it! I recently uploaded to Exposure Room and this clip is from there as the quality is even better there. You'll need to have a high speed connection to play it in HD however.

Autumn Glory By Paul Frederick
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Welcome!

I've been having some success uploading some of my videos to VIMEO recently. Many people are commenting and asking questions about the "TV Biz". I figured it was about time to start a blog so I could update information more often. Also thought it would be cool to embed some of those videos here as well.

I'll hopefully add this blog link to my REAL website at www.paulfrederickproductions.com but that may take a while to happen.

I'll try and post a video soon (as soon as I figure out how!)

Cheers and stop by often as I plan to update regularly.

Paul