Cameras began rolling today on Gorilla’s latest local Grand Rapids venture: The “Lost and Found Shop” film production. The crew is in pretty good spirits and things are busy so this blog post needs to be short. Big props to Caleb Slain for his hard work, and also to Aaron Smith for his tireless producing hours. And let’s not forget Derek Street and Eric Machiela, who are putting the Master Prime Lenses to work!
Many of our faithful followers know that we have recently acquired six ARRI Master Prime lenses (scroll down to our December 7 posting to read all about the delight that is German engineered glass, neatly perfected). But what you may not know is that Gorilla Pictures has made the ARRI Master Primes available to rent! Click on the RED link to the left and be introduced to the rental rates, both for our RED cameras, our Master Primes, ARRI MB-20 Matte Box, and ARRI FF4 follow focus. If you have any questions you can e-mail Scott Brookens at scottb@gorilla-pictures.com to learn more about daily rates, weekly rates, and maybe (if he’s eaten well that day) some wheelin’ and dealin’.
I believe at this point we are the only Michigan-based production company to have ARRI Master Primes and two (2) RED cameras. What a blessing! This equipment makes us think we know what we’re doing!
Madness at Gorilla. Between the carpenters, painters, AT&T goons, and EPS security personnel, it’s getting a little crowded. Under normal working conditions it might be wise to temper this growth (and thereby lower the risk of accidental fatalities by nail-gun), but you can’t stop this train. We have only two days left before the Gorilla party!
And in case you forgot, a party it shall be. We’ll be rocking a delicious Hefeweizen from the Hideout Brewing Company, a nice Malbec (Aaron Smith swears it’s soooo hot right now), and a classy assortment of homemade chili and wings from Buffalo Wild Wings. There will also be door prizes from Netflix and Celebration Cinemas, but to be completely honest we have yet to determine how you can win them. Post your suggestions!
So barring any trips to the emergency room resulting from the inhalation of toxic fumes, falling plasma televisions, or collapsing stepladders, this place should soon be all buttoned up for Thursday night. Hope to see you there.
Aaron Smith may have exceeded the "safe" limit of primer fume inhalation.
Peter Johnson swears he knows what he's doing. Probably should have had him sign a release.
Thanks to Taylor and Justin Stonehouse for the speedy kitchenette buildout. http://jstonehousebuilders.com
Gorilla has completed production on a little commercial spot for Fitzgerald’s Men’s Store. We don’t often showcase smaller projects, but we think this one ended up turning out quite nice. The spot was shot in a day with a crew of five and we were able to turn the post work around fairly quickly thanks to Eric Machiela’s wizardly editing skills and a quick color grade from Chad Terpstra at Cinevera Pictures.
Check it out and let us know what you think!
Gorilla proudly welcomes 6 new children into its family: a set of ARRI MASTER PRIME lenses. That was not a typo, dear friend. If you don’t completely understand the beauty, perfection and gloriousness of the Master Prime lens, you’d do well to click this link – http://www.arri.de/camera/lenses/35_format_lenses/master_primes.html – and learn more. This is the kind of stuff that gets camera geeks “school child giddy.”
Eric Machiela braved the threat of swine flu and the germ-crammed conditions of a plane to fly out to Salt Lake City, where he met up with some good people at Ron Hill Imagery – who were looking to sell their set of Master Primes: an 18, 25, 35, 50, 75, and 100 mm. It was bittersweet for them (understandably) and we are thankful to them for their fine handling of the lenses. They’ve left them in mint condition. These lenses are a perfect addition to the RED Cameras, and it goes without saying that they will bring our visuals to a new level. We are fully aware of this responsibility and greatly humbled to be caretakers of such lovely German craftsmanship.
Now, if you’ll excuse me, I’m going to go back to staring at them.
