ABOUT FACE, AFI Cycle 1, Cinematography by Justin Kane

Puppy love can be a dangerous thing.

Checking in from AFI land to give a special update on my newest cinematography venture. I completed my first AFI Cycle film this week, titled ABOUT FACE, directed by Daniel Kragh-Jacobsen. It’s looking pretty amazing, and I’m excited to see how it turns out in a few weeks. I will be posting a private link as soon as I get the final cut, but in the meantime, please enjoy the poster image.

Untouched land is a beautiful thing to capture.

I’ve always been in love with images of crisp trees, canopies, forest landings, fog, dirt roads, snow-capped pines, and the unknown wilderness. It’s only a matter of time before I splice this side of nature into my cinematography. There has always been a clear motif of nature in my work, yet I would like to expand my depth of nature and include more vast landscapes like these into my work. Which reminds me, I think I’m going to stop by REI and get some outdoors goodies. Please click on the photos to check out the source pages for each artist’s work. They’re brilliant.

A new tab has been added up top on the blog. Last month I quickly established a website for my work as a cinematographer. In choosing the domain, I was sad to find that my name, or any logical rendition of my name was taken already…So I chose to go with a pun. Please check out my work at Justography. I will be updating content as new projects emerge.

Another update in context to this post is that I am in the final stage of admissions at the American Film Institute for the MFA in Cinematography Fellowship. Just had my interview this past week and now I get to wait for weeks upon days upon hours upon minutes upon seconds upon…Ok I’m obviously excited and nervous.

Wish me luck and enjoy the site!

Here’s the new trailer for the film I’ve been shooting with Director, Andrew Van Baal, and Writer, Patrick Strange. It stars Tom Brosseau and we will be gearing up for a sometime 2011 release after we finish shooting this Spring. Can’t wait!

I’m starting to get pretty busy in the music video genre! My frequent collaborating director, Andrew Van Baal, has this wonderful Little Richard cover band (perfectly titled, Big Dick) and he approached me to DP this awesome video back in December. It was a blast, and we shot it quick and dirty for your pleasure.

Here are my most recent works as a cinematographer. Enjoy.

I had a nice vacation in Cape Cod, MA a few weeks ago (photos soon).

I also shot a short film out there as supplemental material for my application to AFI’s Cinematography Fellowship. That’s right, it’s time to head back to the books and become a Master.

The film is titled, “A Summer Home”. Faye stars in it along with her sister, Ceara, and her mother, Jo-Ann. I, of course was cinematographer, and Faye’s brother, Liam wrote and directed with Jo-Ann. Editor, Aaron Reiter and I will be entering the cutting room in a very short while to finish it up. We’re really excited about this, and we hope you are too!

I won’t really give anything away, as this trailer is certainly a tease, but think about the word recognition and how such a theme can mean so many different things for a family (and quite the family this is).

Oh yes, and the music is “How Low” by José González.

This video is out of control!

NYSUFilms did a number for the band Glez.

I found myself frying away while watching this amazing dive into unbelievable pixel resolutions and flawless editing.

Me likey.

Starring Carla Gugino and directed by Greg Williams, Tell-Tale is a erotic film noir thriller short.

First several shots in this film were made on the Epic Camera (prototype) back in January 2010.

I haven’t gotten much exposure with the new Red Camera builds, but this is prime example of how the Epic will be a winner with that heavenly low-light sharpness. Aside from the technical end, Carla Gugino and Adam Arkin are really great in this little piece, and I must say that Greg Williams can shift seamlessly in between the super-cinematic and minimalism…just the way I aspire to capture such goodness.

Enjoy “Tell-Tale”.

The work of Salazar is a massive inspiration for me and my aspirations in cinematography.

Last year I posted the Lifetime Collective SS10 video and I’ve kept my eye on them since.

Salazar is a collective of artists and filmmakers out of Vancouver. They specialize in music video and narrative media.

There are some truly astonishing projects in this year’s reel.

Salazar

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Thinking about organics around the home today.

A little quick mix shot on Canon EOS 7D with a 50mm 1.8.

Interior night (graded) // Exterior day (raw)

Original compressed h.264 .mov files (sorry no prores this time)… hence the noise.

Music: Bell Orchestre, “The Bells Play The Band”.

Short Film by Maria Biber-Ferro
Shot by yourstruly