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Backstage at the First Fashion Week Show

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


October 5, 2011


Experience the frenzy and interconnectivity of backstage at the first show at Lincoln Center during New York Fashion Week.



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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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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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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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Thirst in the Mojave

Posted by: Zach Wise    Tags:  Documentary, Films, Films, Documentary, Video, Flash, Interactive, Las Vegas Sun, Maps    Posted date:  January 5, 2009  |  34 Comments


January 5, 2009


The Thirst in the Mojave piece is my attempt at making video interactive and contextualizing its content. Video on the web is great but it lacks many web-centric features or enhancements.

The advantage of web video over traditional video has typically revolved around the ability to share with friends and time-shift watching content. Thirst in the Mojave tries to bring a little more web mentality to video but still utilize the linear narrative strengths...

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Demo Reel 2008

Posted by: Zach Wise    Tags:  Documentary, Films, Films, Documentary, Video, Las Vegas Sun, Portfolio, Reel, The New York Times, Time-Lapse    Posted date:  December 21, 2008  |  4 Comments


December 21, 2008


2008 demo reel showcasing my work as a Producer, Editor, Videographer and Animator.

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Reckless Willie

Posted by: Zach Wise    Tags:  Documentary, Films, Documentary, Video, Las Vegas Sun    Posted date:  August 30, 2008  |  5 Comments



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US 95 South of Boulder

Posted by: Zach Wise    Tags:  Documentary, Films, Films, Documentary, Video, Las Vegas Sun, Time-Lapse    Posted date:  July 6, 2008  |  1 Comment


July 6, 2008


Five miles south of Boulder City, right off US-95, you'll find a dry lake bed. On Independence Day, the dry lake bed fills with campers, trucks, cars, families and fireworks. Lots of fireworks.

How I spent the 4th of July this year.



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The Burning Man Experience

Posted by: Zach Wise    Tags:  Burning Man, Documentary, Films, Documentary, Video, Las Vegas Sun, Panorama    Posted date:  September 13, 2007  |  2 Comments


I just wrapped up production on the final video piece (The Burning Man Experience) for the Las Vegas Sun's coverage of Burning Man. Shooting video in the dust is certainly a challenge. I think the deck on my XH-A1 is making some weird noises and needs a serious cleaning. Now, its on to the History of Las Vegas.