the automatic filmmaker is
Steve Ellington,
independent filmmaker based in Pittsburgh via Zürich.

A blog about film, filmmaking and other areas of interest.

Entries in Depth of Field (9)

Sunday
Jan032010

Photo Blog #56

Histoire Metallique.

Taken in the library of Stift Klosterneuburg

Thursday
Dec242009

Need a Place to Play? (w/ free mp3 & video)

Cafe Henrici is the best cafe in Zürich -- no contest. Karla and I discovered it several months ago and I have been hooked ever since. Not only is their coffee delicious and amazing, but the people who run it are super nice as well as passionate about coffee. They have recently began live music sessions in the evenings and when Will Sartain came to play on Dec 12, we made this video.


iPhone-friendly Youtube Version

Since it is the season for giving here are a couple free downloads for your virtual stockings:
mp3 Small Humans by Will Sartain
Small Humans video for your iPhone/iPod

 

Monday
Nov022009

Photo Blog #49

Fall Again.

Tuesday
Jul072009

Photo Blog #45

f1.8, 1/4000th.

Thursday
Apr022009

Photo Blog #32

Number Nine...

Wednesday
Mar252009

Photo Blog #29

Just one drop.

Sunday
Dec282008

From The Archive: Need a Screwdriver?

This is a spec commercial I made back in my Brooks days with Crystal Abeel. While experimenting with different in-camera effects, we stumbled upon one of the most fascinating properties of depth of field. If a foreground object is made to go sufficiently out of focus it actually dissappears. This is caused by the circles of confusion being larger than the image plane -- meaning that the object is so spread out optically, that it can't be seen anymore. Anyway, we put together this spec commercial based on this effect. This spot is all one take. The entire effect is in-camera. Shot on a Panasonic SDX-900.

Tuesday
Dec162008

Toy Car Experiment


Experimenting with adding tilt-shift effects in post.

Tuesday
Dec022008

Confusion


Just bored during transport...