Hi All! I am a very new member to this fantastic group... my name is Kathryn Jones... I know some of you already... but for those of you I don't know , I just finished production on "35", the first ever web drama to stream live on the internet... using three panasonic dvx 100's, mixed in real time via a TriCaster studio we shot 10 episodes over a 12 night period, and streamed live from September 17th -30th of this year at 9 pm est.
It was the most challenging thing I have ever done, emotionally, creatively, physically intellectually... and it was incredibly rewarding. One of the best parts of my experience was the opportunity to work with some truly remarkable people, people I highly highly recommend and think this group should know about. First of all, you all know Jan McLaughlin.. WOW... Jan was our production sound mixer and is a consummate professional. Our shoot was especially challenging for any sound mixer as we were treading entirely unknown territory and found out the hard way that the technology we were using was especially unfriendly to high quality sound production. Jan worked tirelessly to discover and fix the sound inconsistencies that live streaming created (often a new technical issue each night) , and then to provide me with great tracks for our archives. I can not recommend this wonderful woman enough... she would be an asset paved in gold on any video shoot and is a pure joy to have on a set. http:// fauxpress.blogspot.com/ Secondly, Andrew Lipson... Andrew was our technical director extraordinaire and tri-caster pro. To say we would not have had a shoot without Andrew is the understatement of the century. His unending knowledge, his years of experience, his boundless positive energy, his calm and his problem solving abilities each came into play night after night after night. I am so grateful to have had Andrew on our shoot and can not recommend him enough. Thirdly, Marcus Lehmann, our dp...not only is he a great dp, Marcus is a joy to have on a set. Obviously our budget was miniscule which meant Marcus often took on the roles of grip, gaffer and dp alike. and then on load out, who was hand scrubbing the stairs? Marcus! What a pure pleasure to work with. I am totally indebted to him. http:// www.marcuslehmann.com/ Fourthly, another group member, Brian Gonzalez.... as you all know Brian is a Director/ cinematographer, but he came on our set because we needed an AD... hardly a rewarding position for a director/cinematographer, even so, Brian ran that set like clockwork. His input was invaluable and presence on our set irreplaceable. http://www.taxiplasm.net/ Fifthly (is that a word?) Rich McGrath, a PA whom I found on Craig's list, Rich became Andrew's right hand man in the tech booth. A coder and video expert by trade Rich soon became a critical member of our staff. He is incredibly knowledgeable, hard working, dedicated, and once again a joy to have on our staff. Should any of you be looking for any staff and think Jan, Andrew, Marcus, Brian or Rich might be just the person you are looking for I hope you won't hesitate to contact me... and I will be happy to extoll in further detail... and put you in touch! And lastly...thanks so much to all of you for your incredible support through this process (I heard via Jan and Brian that you guys were wonderful).. I am so honored to be a part of this group! all my best! Kathryn Velvel Jones http://www.synchronis.tv
