Have a Merry Xmas and a Happy New Years!
December 25th, 2011 by Johnson
We head out to beautiful Joshua Tree, CA… honestly the first time we been there and amazed why we never been there before. It’s a different type of nature, a rock climber’s haven. We weren’t appropriately geared for the weather with our Big5 tent with a missing rainfly and some broken support sticks, but we’re men.
Ban and Chris have been my long time buddies since high school. And Tim has been friends with Chris since college. You may also recognize him from our very first entry.
I’ve been tagging along with these guys indoor rock climbing since a recent near summit to Mount Williamson and watching them progress to this. An amazing feat!
December 19th, 2011 by Johnson
We rented them, we used them, we love them. Super steady shots from transitioning heights higher or lower than we achieve. We got ours from Glideshot Industries based out of Florida. These are made to order and we opted for an additional two feet. Although very light, while boxed it was over sized in length and due to vehicle size limitations we never got the chance to use it. Over a month later, a camping trip to Joshua Tree, CA ensued and thus we have a proper vehicle with a proper setting for a review.
November 29th, 2011 by Johnson
Thanks to Jason Ashimoto for putting this together.
October 25th, 2011 by Johnson
As independent cinematographers, it’s always a great pleasure to have the opportunity to work with inspiring individuals. Jin Young a.k.a the Chinaboxer is no different. He has inspired many around the world with his exceptional “Wing Chun” video training lessons, which is offered for free through his Youtube channel. For those of you that aren’t familiar with “Wing Chun”, here’s the short of it:
Wing Chun (Chinese: 詠春; pinyin: yǒng chūn; literally “spring chant”), also romanized as Ving Tsun or Wing Tsun, (and sometimes substituted with the characters 永春 “eternal springtime”[4]); (also known as Snake-Crane style); is a concept-based Chinese martial art and form of self-defense utilizing both striking and grappling while specializing in close-range combat. (sourced from wikipedia.org)
This past Sunday we had the opportunity to assist Jin on taping his featured instructional DVD.
In the meanwhile as you anticipate for the release of the DVD, take some free lessons from Jin here : http://www.youtube.com/user/chinaboxer
September 28th, 2011 by Derek
We at ‘nineoutof10′ have always been about the community. We grew up here, we live here and some of us are raising our children here. It’s our home…”This city is mine” to quote Andrew Nicholas. After discussing what they had planned for The Vine Gallery, we immediately wanted to be apart of it.
With 12 Artists, it’s only suiting that this event has been titled “A Dozen Roses”, also note that it’s located in Rosemead, CA. Come join us on 10/8 and here’s a chance to pick up some gear, 20% of the proceeds will be donated for Art Scholarship at The Vine. See you guys there.
September 23rd, 2011 by Johnson
Back in July we’ve submitted a skit into Still Motion short film contest. Our assignment theme was “Closure” with the freedom to run with the any idea. We had a time limit of 60sec to tell the story. Because of the time constraint the last few frame was shorten down, pause at the end of the facebook comment and you’ll see how we cleverly incorporated “Closure” to this short skit. (We wrote our 1st score on this short film contest!)
Excuse our poor acting, we couldn’t find anyone at the time that was free to participate. Mickey was camera operator on this one, while JDogg and I starred in it.
September 13th, 2011 by Derek
It’s that time again, 4 years since the cultivation of ‘nineoutof10′. We want to thank each and everyone of you for your loyal support as you allow us to forever grind and to continue our passion. Fast forward to the Future from when the brainchild began in 07 of ‘nineoutof10′, we are grateful for where we are today.
Back in 07 as we had just completed the concept, you take a moment in your meetings and decide on the branding name itself. I’m sure any entrepreneur has been in a similar seat. Of course nothing short of the coolest is what generally comes to mind, additionally we wanted the brand to define who we are. ‘nineoutof10′ is our child and we watch it grow everyday. We put 100% of ourselves into it although the project will not see 100% completion and that’s exactly how we created it.
Looking forward to another fantastic year. Thanks!
Please also take a moment of silence for the 10 year from 9/11.
September 10th, 2011 by Johnson
One of the toughest things for us to ever do on set is BTS, a la Behind The Scenes. Obviously being a small crew with video gear, setup, lighting, staging, planning etc… we get right to work. Thus the almighty GoPro with its easy mounting features and easy button setup. Battery died on the GoPro so it ended sooner than expected. We do try to take photos as much as we can but focusing on the project on hand is first and top priority, this is what we snapped with a 5mp HTC.
This night went on flawlessly. Bizoh with his lines well rehearsed with swag and Mark’s outspoken improv. Great individuals to be in the presence of.
Lighting is simple, 2 flood lights aimed at each talent, 1 overhead flood to top it off. 2 camera setup along with a director’s monitor to frame the shots.
August 19th, 2011 by Johnson
We had the great opportunity to hang out with Strictly Grindin’ Entertainment and watch them perform at Green Door last month. Mad props to this family that has been extremely busy on the grind.
Filmed all handheld on 7D using onboard mic (bass killed it) with F2.8 lens in super low light that we had to use our “Flashlight” mode from our HTC EVO 4G. (next time I’m slippin my H1 in my pocket)
August 1st, 2011 by Johnson