A friend and neighbor at La Bocana de Santo Tomas, Rod Lamborn, recently won an Emerging Cinematographer Award from the International Cinematographers
Guild for this short film, which features some fantastic timelapse images shot at La Bocana (intercut with film of a hottie in the bath at a New York
hotel, which doesn't hurt). Check it out.
Very impressive. His other projects too. Do you know what format he shot this on?DanO - 10-14-2010 at 11:09 AM
Don't know, the awards bio piece didn't say. I can ask if you like.motoged - 10-14-2010 at 10:14 PM
He sure is a master with light DENNIS - 10-15-2010 at 06:40 AM
Quote:
Originally posted by motoged
He sure is a master with light
And symbolism. He lost me at about every sequence. Is there a story line? I was just beginning to prep myself for a bout in forbidden narcissism
when the film came to an end.
.
[Edited on 10-15-2010 by DENNIS]Skipjack Joe - 10-15-2010 at 07:15 AM
My favorite part was the stars drifting off from the agave boundaries.capt. mike - 10-15-2010 at 08:35 AM
was that kim car dash again in it?
is there an XXX rated version? hahahah.BajaSerg - 10-15-2010 at 09:14 AM
Very nice, but whats the story lineDanO - 10-15-2010 at 09:50 AM
Actually, you all nailed it. Here's Rod's explanation of what's the film is about, from the ECA website:
"Meridian" Rodney Lamborn
New York-based operator Rodney Lamborn was raised in Twin Falls, Idaho, and studied photography at a two-year college, before later majoring in
filmmaking at Brigham Young University. After earning his degree, Lamborn moved to the East Coast where he began his career as a PA. He was hired to
shoot footage for a documentary about Chechnya called Immortal Fortress - the first of several documentaries he worked on in war zones before
transitioning to narrative filmmaking.
Lamborn made a few trips to beaches in Mexico where he shot time-lapse footage of the moon and stars. Brian Bowman, a creative director at Digital
Kitchen, saw that footage and became enthusiastic about building a short film around those time-lapse images. That was the genesis of Meridian. He
contacted Lamborn and collaborated with him as a co-director on the production of the film.
"We spent a night in the penthouse suite of the Hotel on Rivington in New York City filming a friend who is a model," Lamborn remarks. "The story is
quite vague and ambiguous, which allows the audience to bring their own experiences and sensibilities to it. Meridian led to opportunities for me to
shoot beauty and fashion work, which was one of my goals. The moral is to find a way to shoot films you are passionate about and good things will
happen."DENNIS - 10-15-2010 at 10:28 AM
Actually, there is some enchantment with the beauty in the tub luxuriating in frozen time, juxtaposed with a background of accelerated time. We just
needed a bit more time for ourselves to see how the reflective [and suggestive] relationship in the final scene panned out.
Will there be a sequel?? Sign me up for a front row seat.
