Ben Wong is a young sprout in his late 20's living outside Toronto. He's a friend and is also one of few people who's a better cinematographer than I am. This is a piece he put together from his visit to California in 2017. With yours truly and my snobby Leica rangefinder camera featured at the start.
Like all my film work now, this piece is shot in anamorphic. I owe Ben credit for helping me in the last couple years hop on board the train of shooting in the anamorphic format cost effectively, which required putting together a custom lens system. A complex task which he and I talked about in the videos featured in this post on the blog HERE.
The current plan is to have Ben shoot episodes 3&4 of Shamans of the Global Village next year in Peru, as we are looking to do both back to back. Very exciting yes. Would have happened this year, if COVID didn't take a huge dump on everyone's travel plans. BUT, we will make manifest in 2021 and I'm aiming to have those episodes of the show be even more high production value than episodes 1&2. Woot!