What is Phenomenology?

Today we're going to talk about a concept you might already be fairly familiar with, even if you haven't had time for much critical thought on the subject before now. Phenomenology literally "the study of that which is apparent", is the study of experience established by Edmond Husserl in the early 20th century. Phenomena (that which appears or is apparent) was defined by Immanuel Kant in his 1781 "Critique of Pure Reason" by its contrast with noumena, a "thing-in-itself".

Les Miserables: Group f/64 & Pictorialism

If you haven't seen Les Miserables yet, go see it. You may have some trouble adjusting to a head-to-toe, front-to-back musical. You certainly may cry. You also, if you're like me, may notice how seldom the gorgeous sets and blocking are delivered to us in wide shots.

Scenes No. 001: La Nina del Desierto

I'm starting a series of posts, "Scenes," about scenes that I feel like I end up talking about a lot, exchanging stories with work buddies and debating ways to approach certain problems. Big shoots, small shoots, whatever's an interesting enough situation to talk about.


For my first Scenes post I wanted to talk about what we did back in 2009 for the climax of La Nina del Desierto, with director Malachi Rempen. This is old news to a lot of people but it's come up a couple times this week and it's old so I thought it'd make a good start.