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00:53 - Intro to Chris from Cooke Optics

01:46 - A little Oscars chat

03:30 - Background on Chris

06:01 - Stuart Gordon, Re-Animator, Re-Animator the stage play

07:36 - Inde workshops a musical, and some theatre chat

13:17 - Chris's first job at Schneider Optics

19:08 - Century Optics Low-Angle Prism and pool table shots in The Color of Money

22:18 - GOLDEN AGE LAB!!

25:58 - Prime Lenses vs. Zoom Lenses - a technical chat on types of zooms / pushes...etc.

32:42 - Carving out your role at a new company, and how Chris did it at Cooke!

34:31 - SOMEBODY in the studio *wrinkles a wrapper*

37:32 - What's it like to design lenses? Hae asks some questions

42:20 - Chris got to do something cool at Disneyland Hong Kong

45:53 - What's exciting about Cooke right now?

48:00 - Shallow depth of field and what it means for actors

50:27 - Inde will take over the lighting at your corporate event, private party, home...etc.

55:01 - Chris's favorite resources and places to get started

57:52 - Some shade, and Chris sings us out

Connect With Chris!

https://www.instagram.com/chrisdannarama/

Today's Watchlist:

- Re-Animator free on Tubi

https://tubitv.com/movies/526990/re-animator?start=true&tracking=google-feed&utm_source=google-feed

- The Color of Money not free anywhere

https://www.amazon.com/gp/video/detail/amzn1.dv.gti.06a9f7a0-5ca6-69ce-355f-21e3877f3d20?autoplay=0&ref_=atv_cf_strg_wb

Check out Golden Age Lab

https://www.instagram.com/golden_age_lab/?hl=en

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