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Some Quick Thoughts from Chris Sanders

AAS–Casting

The casting is being done by my long time casting director Stephanie Cohen (who also produces sometimes for me).(www) She casts in video for me because I like to see how well the talent can act…. After she completes her casting day, the shoot is upload to a website so that the AD and I can pick out selects.

AAS–Production

Stuart Hart of The New Cruelty is the crack producer on this job. He’s extremely detailed oriented and not beyond getting his hands dirty scouting and triple checking the location before we get there. Stuart has hired location scout Mark of Where’ bouts. Mark has culled his files to find us some locations based on [...]

AAS–Bristol-Myers Squibb(Day Two)

Well,we are in a big daylight studio on a big sunny day but that doesn’t matter because the set is dark and my only sun is to come from the large HMI I set up. A fine school room set was built by Micheal Bednark. I’m not a big set person because I like to [...]

AAS–Bristol-Myers Squibb (Day One)

Maybe I’m too sensitive but when I see a movie in which the lighting is unreal I can’t get into the story…. Sometimes I feel like we are doing a small movie and maybe we could if I swapped out my contax for an arri.

New Website Thoughts

In my currently running version, I have pop-ups that are written to give you an idea of how I work. When I write those pieces I do it in a way to make it feel like I am describing the photo to you directly.