I am sure by now most of you have heard about Rokinon lenses, or Samyang, or Vivitar, or Walimex, or Bower, or even Pro-Optic. They are all in fact manufactured by the same company in South Korea and re-branded for whomever knows what reason. Over the past months Rokinon, or Samyang, or whatever you want to
AWC owner/operator Zac Eubank recently completed an Arri Alexa intensive tech class through AbelCine LA. This class certified Zac with AbelCine to be listed as an official camera tech for the Alexa (this includes the Alexa, Alexa Plus, Alexa Studio, Alexa M, and soon to be released Alexa XT). If, and by that I mean
AWC teamed up with the sketch comedy troupe “Party Butt” with members Becca Scott (of AWC), John Paliferro, Jonathan Sacramone, Jonathan Grant, Josh Kardon, Victor Lopez, David Danipour, Joe Kardon, and Patrick Rojas to launch AWC SKETCH ON YOUTUBE and AWC ON FUNNYORDIE. So yeah, there’s that. If you can’t assume what we did on
A couple months ago AWC members Zac and Becca were fortunate enough to meet a recent immigrant to Los Angeles, the talented Gary Suderman. Gary’s hard work, ambition, and love for cinema made him an immediate addition to AWC’s friends list and a soon-to-be AWC collaborator. Whilst Zac and Becca were moving into a new
Sure, the acronym for UGPFF may sound like a noise that comes with bad acid reflux, but the Unofficial Google Plus Film Festival is nothing to scoff at. I mean, they had the fantastically good sense to choose FUNNY DAYS: EPISODE ONE for entry into the Web Series competition, where the infinitely wise judges chose
The what’s what: Hip hop artist Patience Price, in anticipation of his new album, filmed a music video of the song titled “Shine”. Aren’t We Clever’s Zac Eubank came aboard as Director of Photography under the direction of Roland Andre Miller. The video, produced by David Faustino in collaboration with Wonderbox Studios, was shot on
AWC teamed up with director Rustam Vakilov for a commercial for an Azerbaijanian grocery manufacturer, Azersun Products, shot in and around a grocery store. The task: make green peas fun! Adrienne Garcia, our ever constant producer, adapted gracefully every time casting needed to be reissued on a whim, or budgetary constraints seemed insurmountable. Our much
Picture is only half of a film. Aren’t We Clever is proud to present the official website of our other half, AlexNiedt.com. Audio aficionado and recording artist Alex Niedt holds multiple job titles at AWC, taking on everything from soundtrack and score to sound design, foley, sound editing, ADR, voice-over, and re-recording mixing (sometimes all
Aren’t We Clever teamed up with the fantastically talented Tangent Mind main-man, Jon Michael Ryan, for a two-day commercial shoot. The client, a subset of Brown Shoe, rented out two studios for two days at one of the trendiest studios in the trendy city of Los Angeles. Like, seriously trendy. These people have an espresso/juice
AWC was asked to join the SoCal Film Group in production of a commercial for a Fly Peeps app. Primarily, AWC was on board to provide equipment, 1st AC, and help with lighting and shots when needed. We were contacted by Ken Woodall, who now provides AWC a gear partnership that you will hear more about
