This is video portrait I shot (720p/30) and edited of my quadriplegic friend Asali. She needs to find a donor to help her survive financially or she will have to move out of her apartment into a state-run nursing home. More information at www.asalijohnson.com.
cinemali
cinematographic citations of Alí Allié
Tag Archives: hpx170
Memories of Underexposurement: What I Gained as Cinematographer on Amity
Alejandro Adams‘ 4th feature, Amity (which I did cinematography for), finished shooting today. The film is a day in the life of a divorced Air Force sergeant (Greg Cala) who decides to surprise his estranged daughter by showing up unannounced right before his daughter’s graduation. She rejects him and he spends the rest of the night [...]
The HPX170 and DVX100 Matched in Amity
Last weekend Alejandro Adams and I shot tests and actor auditions for his upcoming feature Amity, to be shot in the San Francisco Bay Area. Alejandro has his reasons for continuing to shoot DV standard definition on what he refers to as an obsolete camera, the DVX100 (although Panasonic still manufactures it). Always one for [...]