Bill Bennett with an Arri 435, shoots from a camera car, Mojave Airport, CA, Spring, 2000
Photo: Michael Helms
Bill talks with Doner Producer, George Keri about an upcoming shot with the Auto-robot Arm and Flight Head,
(also known as the "Russian Arm" even though it was invented in the Ukraine),
in Arizona while working on a Mazda job. September 2002
Photo: Ambar Capoor
Here I am sitting in a "buck" of an interior for a new Mazda 6 automobile. A "buck" is a automobile with the roof cut off, to enable us to light the interior and easily move the camera around inside without banging into things. The lens in use is a "Revolution" lens system, mounted on an Arri 435, that is in turn mounted on a Weaver Steadman carbon-fiber arm. The objective lens of the system is in front of my right elbow. The "high class" lens hood is simply black paper tape. Note that crews on automobile shoots dress in black clothing, so as not to reflect in the surfaces of the car.
Photo: Joey Julius
Here is a "blast from the past." This is me and my good friend Janice Kirk working on my first student film project, back in 1971 while I was attending Trinity University, San Antonio, Texas. I am holding a Nikon Ftn. We shot both stills and 16mm film for a "multi-media" project where the images were projected on the 5 exterior sides of a rear projection screen covered 8-foot cube, with the audience of 4 or so people seated on the interior carpeted floor. The soundtrack was a medley of popular songs from the day. It was really a music video, many years before MTV was conceived.
Photo: either Steve Triechler, or Gene Hausman, or Steve Smith, all friends who helped me create the project.
