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Character Building

Posted by: Zach Wise    Tags:  Actor, The New York Times    Posted date:  October 6, 2011  |  No comment


October 6, 2011


Tony-nominated actors perform scenes from their shows out of costume but in character.

Originally published on The New York Times - Character Building

John Benjamin Hickey | Felix Turner in “The Normal Heart”

 



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A Financial House Advantage

Posted by: Zach Wise    Tags:  After Effects, The New York Times    Posted date:  October 5, 2011  |  No comment


October 5, 2011


An animated explanation of how banks use securities lending to make a profit, while their customers cover the losses.



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Chasing a Police Scanner

Posted by: Zach Wise    Tags:  Canon 5D MKII, Documentary, The New York Times    Posted date:  February 15, 2011  |  No comment


February 15, 2011


Reporter Corey Kilgannon, Marcus Yam and myself chased calls over a police scanner for around 16hrs straight. What we found wasn’t what we expected.



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Music Videos for The New York Times Magazine

Posted by: Zach Wise    Tags:  Music, The New York Times, The New York Times Magazine    Posted date:  January 17, 2011  |  3 Comments


January 17, 2011


I was recently DP (Director of Photography) on a couple of music video shoots for The New York Times Magazine.

Eli "Paperboy" Reed performs the title track from his new album.

Originally published here.

Before we shot Eli Reed, we did a proof of concept...

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Shaking It to New Orleans Bounce

Posted by: Zach Wise    Tags:  Canon 5D MKII, Documentary, Films, Films, Documentary, Video, Music, The New York Times    Posted date:  July 23, 2010  |  2 Comments


July 23, 2010


Using a DSLR, specifically the 5D Mark II, was essential in creating this piece for The New York Times Magazine on bounce music in New Orleans. The light in these clubs was low, often just a single bulb or a blacklight. A traditional camera would have never been able to pick up enough light to show what was happening.

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After Effects Workflow at The New York Times

Posted by: Zach Wise    Tags:  After Effects, Motiongraphics, The New York Times, Tutorials    Posted date:  October 26, 2009  |  11 Comments


October 26, 2009


NYTimes After Effects Demo Reel 2009 from Zach Wise on Vimeo.

The use of motiongraphics/animation is still pretty new at The New York Times. We're still figuring things out, but I thought it might be useful for some people to see what our work flow is like.


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Recent Video Work for The New York Times

Posted by: Zach Wise    Tags:  Canon 5D MKII, Documentary, Films, Films, Documentary, Video, The New York Times    Posted date:  October 13, 2009  |  2 Comments


October 13, 2009


For the Toxic Waters: From Air to Water Waste piece I worked on I decided to use the Canon 5D Mark II again. The camera just produces beautiful images for video and I had the time on this piece to deal with the transcoding and audio sync routine since I knew the piece would run later in the Toxic Waters series

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Lessons Learned Shooting with the Canon 5D Mark II

Posted by: Zach Wise    Tags:  Canon 5D MKII, Documentary, Films, Films, Documentary, Video, The New York Times, Tutorials    Posted date:  July 15, 2009  |  19 Comments


July 15, 2009


For the Michael Jackson Memorial piece I worked on, we decided before I left for L.A. that we would use the Canon 5D Mark II to try and push the look of the piece, and to try something new. The first thing I did, is call up a freelancer, Patrick Burke, to run sound. Patrick used to be an AC (Assistant Camera) in L.A. so he came with all the right tools, including a film slate that we used to sync audio from a Marantz...

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Behind the Scenes of LENS

Posted by: Zach Wise    Tags:  Flash, Interactive, The New York Times    Posted date:  June 1, 2009  |  11 Comments


June 1, 2009


Screen-shot of the LENS Homepage

A few people have been asking me how the LENS Blog on The New York Times site came to be and what software it was built on. I thought I'd shed a little light on the development process and answer some of these questions.

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