I hope everyone’s enjoying and having a safe Memorial Day weekend. Often times, we tend to forget the meaning of national holidays particularly this one. Besides the shopping, barbequing, spending time with loved ones, and thrills related to three day weekend, the true meaning of Memorial Day is to honor the brave soldiers that have fought and risked their lives for our country. So today, we at “nineoutof10″ take our hats off to commemorate the heroes who have sacrificed their lives for ours and the great country we live in.

For those of you that are unaware of what Cine Gear Expo is, it’s an huge expo consisting of big names such as ” Sony, Canon and etc.” where they get together to display some of the latest gears and gadgets of the film industry. The event will consist of both vendor expo and guests seminars located at “The Studios” at Paramount Pictures in Hollywood, CA. This is an industry affiliate event, however registration is free. We’ll see you there!
( for more info – www.cinegearexpo.com/expo.html)

[Cine Gear Expo, in its 16th year, is the premier Film, Video, and Digital Media Expo for the entertainment industry.

Unique in concept, Cine Gear Expo offers artists and technicians the opportunity to discover the latest technology and techniques, get hands-on training, gain knowledge and skills from industry leaders, obtain the newest equipment, hear breaking industry news and network with peers and industry leaders all within a professional and comfortable studio environment.]

Johnson and I geared up this morning and prepared for an full day of Canon Bootcamp training taught by director of Indian Gangster and upcoming feature film Flawless Snehal Patel, he also worked on set for “Spider Man 2, Ali, The In-Law and other full length features”. “Mikey Fresh” had to stay back in the office to handle some administrative work on a sunny Saturday morning (good looking out bro!) We started off the morning with the usual meet and greet and to our surprise the students consisted of directors, producers, editors, film students, photographers and staff from ABC’s studios. The classroom was a nice and small group of about sixteen students, creating a more personalized educational environment. The instructor covered the “101′s” on using Canon’s DSLR as a film tool. The basics covered how to use the cameras to produce movie quality productions. After break, we proceeded on set and started filming with an assigned script. I’ll let the photos do the talking.

Instructor/Director, Snehal Patel and our actor, Laureen Trujillo who both gave you “The Eggie Files”.
Scene 1, set with multiple angles. Note the car mount.



Asian Hitchcock illuminates

Setting up the set for Scene 2

Snehal explaining the shot squence

Big J on the director’s monitor (but what he really wanted was the Jib)

Snehal instructing Lawrence (the camera operator) on framing and movements

I would totally recommend this class to anyone on any stage in learning whether you are an amateur, independent film maker, studio staff, or just curious about the capabilities of “new age” film tools. For further info on Canon Boot Camp check out the link provided and mention the guys at nineoutof10, I promise you won’t regret it!
( Canon Boot camp – www.theassociation.tv/canonbootcamp.php)
( Snehal’s site – fearlessproductions.tv/)