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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
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