Short Films
Subjective Myopia
This is a montage of images I shot at Oakland's art walk called Art Murmur. This is a great event that happens the first Friday of every month. Every time I go I marvel at the folks who attend. It's one of my favorite people watching places ever. The epicenter is 23rd and Telegraph and is absolutely stuffed with hipsters, artists, connivers and folks of almost every ilk. Look for the cameo of Boots Riley.
Marc Maron on tripping at a Dead Show.
Here's comedian Marc Maron performing the Dead song "Brokedown Palace" and telling a story about an experience he had at a Dead show. The segment includes rehearsal footage and a portion of his live performance. This was shot in San Francisco as part of Greg Behrendt's "Bring The Rock" series. The musicians that play with Marc (collectively known as Electrik Snowflake) are Dave Gibbs (Gigaolo Aunts, Grant Lee Phillips (Grant Lee Buffalo) and Mark Rivers (The Cavedogs).
A Pride Musical Montage.
Here's some images I shot at the Pride Parade 2011 in San Francisco. Lot's of fun and dancing. Shot and Edited by me. Music by Datarock. The kiss at the end of the video is so full of passion. Awesome.
Green Hope Cross Country: an Inspirational Story.
Here's a trailer for the proposed documentary series about America's largest cross country team. We shot this in North Carolina. It’s a profile of a very special high school cross country program.
No Politics here
Here's a short film I made Memorial Day weekend 2012. I shot this with the intent of honoring those who gave their life in war. This isn't political. It's just my acknowledgement of the sacrifice they made- willingly or not. Music is by Brian Eno. The song is called Drift. You can find it on iTunes on his Apollo: Atmosperes & Soundtracks Album.
Nascar is it’s own world.
Here's some images I shot at Infineon Raceway in Sonoma, California. We were given the task of shooting atmospheric b-roll of the event. I shot this with my Canon 5D Mark II and one of my vintage SLR lenses using an m42 to EOS adapter. Shot and edited by me. I'm not sure which is older the vintage SLR lens or the song I set these images to. Yes I know your not supposed to end a sentence with to. There I did it again.
Down in the Basement at the Li Po Lounge- Sharp Objects
The Way Back Machine
Think back to 2010. Remember the optimism everyone felt at the beginning of a new decade? No? Me neither. Anyhoo, 2010 was pretty close to the start of a new video revolution of sorts- the dawn of the DSLR era. The Japanese camera company Canon had introduced the 5D Mark II digital SLR camera. This camera enabled users to capture great moving images- because of it’s full size sensor and access to high quality lenses. It certainly changed the trajectory of my career and that of a lot of others as well. These cameras allowed us to shoot usable video in extremely low light with high quality glass (lenses) and finally affordably shoot with a cinematic shallow depth of field look. Amazing!
Sharp Objects Down in the Basement at the Li Po Lounge
So that leads us to this short concert film. I can’t remember if I had bought my 5D MII yet or if I had borrowed one from my friend Sunset magazine photographer Tom Story who was kind enough to loan me his for testing.
If you know me you know that I love going to live shows. In particular punk , garage ,power pop, shoegaze etc... So on that night when another photographer friend of mine Jenn Hale called and asked if I wanted to see some punk bands at the Li Po Lounge in San Francisco’s Chinatown I thought it would be a great opportunity to bust out the camera and document the night. This film is a result of that night. I shot the headlining band Sharp Objects. I’m pretty sure the band no longer exists. I thought they were fun and that the night was a blast. Who doesn’t love spending the evening in the basement of a chinatown bar listening to loud music and dancing around with a bunch of old sweaty punk rockers right? Right? Hello?
In case you’re interested here’s a link to a studio version of Sharp Objects playing there song “Misspent Youth” which is the second song and first full song I shot at their show that night.
This is only a test
This whole endeavor really started as a camera test. Here are some brief technical notes: It was really extremely dark in the basement of the Li Po Lounge. I think the camera, a Canon 5D MarkII, performed pretty well under the circumstances but not as well as later versions might have. I shot with a Canon 16-35mm 2.8 version one lens and the audio was from the camera’s microphone. The sound is pretty damn good considering that there was no board feed. I color graded the footage in Final Cut and Red Giant Looks.
From the dustbin of a hard drive to a computer screen near you.
I pretty much had forgotten about this night and this show until I ran across it on an old hard drive and started watching the footage. It was a great night and I had a ton of fun shooting the show. Check it out. You might have fun too.
Eric S. Goodfield
July 12, 2018