Filmmaking

Pursue Wisdom

Thu April 3rd, 2008 at 8:28 am
Filmmaking, God

This is perhaps the best visual interpretation of scripture I’ve ever seen. Especially when you think that the original is metaphoric poetry. Take those metaphors and make them real.

Very well shot, acted and edited.

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Review: Southland Tales

Thu March 20th, 2008 at 2:16 pm
Filmmaking, Media  |  1 Comment

If you follow my twitter feed you know last night I watch Southland Tales on DVD. I’ve been wanting to see this movie for a few months because I like a lot of the cast, Sarah Michelle Geller, The Rock, Seann William Scott and many more. Plus I’d heard good things about the director from a filmmaker POV, but by the time I’d heard of the movie it was almost out of theaters and not on DVD. So it went into the top of my Netflix que.

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SXSW Interview: Erik and Justin from Indy Mogul

Mon March 17th, 2008 at 9:59 pm
Filmmaking, vlog

Here is the interview that happen just after the introduction on the Indy Mogul SXSW video that shows me.
SXSW Interview: Erik & Justin of Indy Mogul from Ron Davis on Vimeo.

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That’s Me in the Indy Mogul Video

Mon March 17th, 2008 at 10:04 am
Filmmaking  |  2 Comments

Just catching up on some of my YouTube subscriptions and ran into Indy Mogul’s SXSW coverage, which included me. 53 seconds in. And I have a video interview with them I need to get edited.

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VLOG SXSW: On Interviewing

Mon March 17th, 2008 at 9:00 am
Blogging, Filmmaking

During SXSW I recorded a number of interviews and I record a number of vlogs where I talk to the camera. This is one of those vlogs, where I talk about my feelings about approaching people for interviews.
VLOG SXSW: On Interviewing from Ron Davis on Vimeo.

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SXSW Interactive vs. Film

Thu March 13th, 2008 at 10:53 am
Blogging, Filmmaking

As you know I recently went to the SXSW Film Festival. Being the geek that I am I also joined Twitter and went to a number of panel in the Interactive portion of the conference.
For those of you who don’t know what I’m talking about let me quickly explain. SXSW is really three conferences in […]

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New Video Camera & First HD VLOG

Thu March 6th, 2008 at 10:55 am
Blogging, Filmmaking  |  1 Comment

Last night I got a Canon HV20, which is a really nice, very small HD camcorder. So I had to record something, here’s a 5 minute ramble about SXSW’s photo/video policy and the new camera and how my wife is awesome. Not in that order.
VLOG: First with HV20 from Ron Davis on Vimeo.

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No Photography At SXSW Panels

Wed March 5th, 2008 at 5:36 pm
Blogging, Filmmaking

So I found out today that you can’t shoot even still pictures during film panels and video is a no-no. This is different from SXSW Interactive’s photo policy.
Ron,
In order to shoot photos during film panels, you must be credentialed through a media outlet (but that deadline has passed). You would not […]

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