"DMK Film" productions on a day to day basis. From talking about new equipment
to new jobs. Sharing my experiences with fellow filmmakers, clients and enthusiasts. www.dmkfilms.com/
Working at Hill Theatre Studio was a great experience. The studios main staff, Tom Frkovich and John were very helpful with setting up. We used 700-1,000w diffused Mole-Richardson lights. (Over 8,000w continuously). We used a crane, a borrowed EOS 7D (Thanks Johan), 70-200mm 2.8 Mark II, Tokina 11-16 2.8 and Tamron 17-50mm 2.8 vc. The shoot was for a scene in a short film called "A Night With Nova". This shoot was all about green screen work. 4/16/2012. I won't talk to much about the film so if you are interested check out the "ANWN" Facebook page here.
(above: Conversing about the lighting with Tom Frkovich [gaffer] and I )
(above: Me, setting up the camera/crane)
(above: Kenneth Kraft [Director] and Chris Hicks [AD])
Today, I went back to queens to follow up with security footage from last weeks gig. The cameras were shut off for the period the items went missing. No chance to recover the footage. Anyway I tried, so now I'm implementing plan B and C which should not be discussed on a public blog, haha.
On a more positive note. I came back home to find two nice sized packages waiting for me at my door.
The 70-200mm 2.8 IS Mark II, and Rode Video Mic Pro have arrived! WOOO. I have never actually used these before, so excited. Its a shame I have to wait until tomorrow, to borrow a camera body. Still waiting on replacement bodies. Most likely another 60D will do for now until my (long awaited) pre-ordered 5dMk3 comes in.
Something else to mention, the Lawsuits music video I did was featured in a music blog. Actually, their show releasing their EP was the main topic but I am mentioned in the article as a producer right above the youtube link to the video. "Baby Don't Go". Here is the link to the specific article on the blog. http://mcgurkmusic.blogspot.com/2012/04/concert-review-lawsuits-at-milkboy.html
Here is the music video I produced. Enjoy!
Working with "The Lawsuits" was a great experience. I have ended up befriending the whole band. They really are a really great group. I love their music. If you are from Philadelphia you must see this local band!
Shoot Details:
The locations used were Tyler State Park in Newtown and FDR Park in Philadelphia.
The shoot took about 5-6 Hours total and maybe 12 hours to edit. I created two previous rough edits that are pretty similar to the final product. On the shoot, we played "Baby Don't Go" at half speed to create some of the desired effects here. Brian Dale Allen Strouse, Stephanie Juris and I were the lead creative directors in this piece. If you wish to know any further details. You can either write in the comments or go to my contact page on my website to reach me. www.dmkfilms.com/
On a more positive note than the last post. I'm working on a timelapse project with daniel innov8. We are creating something really interesting. DMK Films is capturing various strong images of New York in motion. Using time, day, night, short exposures, long exposures, cars, trains, boats, helicopters, people... etc.. you name it we are shooting it. Only the strongest images make the cut. Dan is creating an original soundtrack/remix to go along with the images. We have bought www.nytimelapse.com and plan on building on this idea. Check out the teaser!
My name is Derek Korogodsky. I am creating this blog so others can follow the projects I'm working on. This will help me stay organized personally as well. I can look back at previous jobs and remember the experience. I have much catching up to do here.
A bad start for DMK Films. Wednesday night, after a shoot in queens. I was robbed of 65%-75% of my equipment. Over $10,000.00 worth of equipment (1 pelican case) was lifted back stage of a shoot for Ryan Leslie. Unfortunately, I did not have insurance on any of my equipment. The security cameras were shut off during time frame it was taken. I'm going to take this experience and learn from it. One, insure my equipment in the future and make sure that someone always has their eyes on the equipment. I'm looking into implementing a tracking device in my cases and possibly a locking mechanism on the latches.
I'm thinking of creating a kick starter to help get some of my equipment back. This is my first attempt at creating a blog, for the record. Hopefully, it will all work out in the end.
