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Cinematographer - ICG 600
Owner: @boltlightingrental_inc
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CHELLO! we are eternally blessed to be Chompin with the man with the golden eye, the great Ryan Thomas! We talk to Ryan about Oakland, Cable TV, Snick, Brink, Johnny Tsunami, iCarly, Saving Private Ryan, Scary Movie, PJ Ladd’s Wonderful, Horrible Life, Goldeneye, Stone Cold, Paul McCartney, Tetris, Records, John Dies at the End, West Side Story, Psych, Screen Recording Movies, Mean Girls, Harriet the Spy, Darius Khondji, notpron.com, Home Alone, Robin Williams, Beethoven, Amanda Bynes, and the PERFECT movie that is School of Rock. Follow Ryan @rdthomas, watch his stuff, and as always - slap it, shoot it, kaboot it. by @rdthomas

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19 days ago

ICEHOLE is having its world premiere at the Just for Laughs Festival in Montreal, with screenings on July 24th and 25th. To say we are stoked is an understatement! This is just the beginning!!!

created by @itsmonicaloomba @jessicauhler directed by @itsmonicaloomba
written by @jessicauhler
starring @itsmonicaloomba @jessicauhler @brantsmiller
produced by @margauxzlee
cinematography by @rdthomas  production design by @juliet.echokool
creative consultant @jakeakadelaney
northwoods production consultant William J Weggel
1st ac @stammerheadshark gaffer @sambatjes key grip @anxiyeti sound mixer @flux_bikes utility sound tech Eric Frye
stunt coordinator @myduckfood
hmu consultant @mimi.vonschack
wardrobe consultant @styledbyaginger
PAs: @kanderson512 @crystalperezcreative @deepheartglass @gretchenmahkorn
chain saw team Ryan Draeger & Liam Raab
snow plow team Bill Weggel & Dan Weggel
catering by Nancy Loomba & Jeanne Weggel
supporting cast @brantsmiller, Will Weggel, and Kona the Dog
editor Christina O’Sullivan @xtina.osully
assistant editor David McCordick
sound editor Jay Culliton
color by @jeffspott via @umami.color @luke.dbutler
music supervision by Momo.FM @momomusic.fm, Alison Moses @alison.wav , Kayla Monetta
composer @curtisgreenmusic
made with support from @okayfinetv , @rarebreedswest, and many friends

The best cast and crew there ever was!!!

#JFL #indiefilm #womeninfilm by @rdthomas

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3 months ago

Coming to a theater near you: @ireallylovemyhusbandmovie by @rdthomas

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The movie “I Really Love My Husband” has its world premiere at the SXSW festival today, shot with a set of Optimo Prime and Optimo 45-120 by DOP Ryan Thomas.

Synopsis: When a woman grows disillusioned with her golden-boy husband during their tropical honeymoon, she recruits an enigmatic expat to spice things up—for better or worse.

Wish the whole team a lot of success for their movie!

Info on the crew:

Producer: Elle Roth Burnett (@elle.liketheletter)

Movie Director: GG Hawkins (@lostingraceland)

Director of photography: Ryan Thomas (@rdthomas)

1st AC: Calvin Ferniza (@stammerheadshark)

Gaffer: Aaron Ware (@ay_ayrahn)

Key Grip: Faisal Tienes (@dirtysurf)

Production Designer: Jessie Chaffin (@Jchaffin27)

Colorist: Dan Edwards (@edwardsdan) by @rdthomas

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2 years ago

Love this new commercial I shot for @slamlotion with a ton of little camera moves and reveals. Thanks @itzkowitzjosh for bringing us all on. As always great working with @gerginburn !

Director: @gerginburn
Talent: @itsevanwilliams @lemonjade_
Gaffer: @fernielovesfood
1st AC: @stammerheadshark
Prod. Designer: @sophiesautorepair
HMU: @sandiegomakeupandhair
Colorist: @anthonymcampagna @umami.color
Camera: @rarebreedswest

Check out the full spot on my website, link in bio! taken in San Diego, California by @rdthomas

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2 years ago

@saturdayritualfilm is going to Palm Springs Shorts Fest!!! (@psfilmfest) This was such a fun shoot with a lot of talent in every department. Thanks @sydnehorton for bringing me on and @theansvan and @rachelcarlson3 for making it all happen. @rarebreedswest supplied some incredible Lomo anamorphics for this one that really made things shine…check out the size of the 35mm on slide 8!!!!Also wow I had to include some of the costumes from @pollyjean37 on the last slide.

1st AC: @kclancyfancy
2nd AC: @papa_steve_kuhn
Gaffer: @inga.mitinyan
Key Grip: John Portillo
Swing: @grongroon
Camera: @rarebreedswest
Grip & Electric Gear: @thefunton
1st AD: @justmolliecate
2nd AD: @bigdogmnathan (BIG DOG!!)
Production Designer: @cranchdressing
Prop Master: @allisonkoss
Assistant Props: @dinolivi
Costume Designer: @pollyjean37
Color: @edwardsdan taken in Los Angeles, California by @rdthomas

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2 years ago

Good times with a bunch of friends on this one. Did a few 15 second spots for twitch with @jackinthebox @tbwachiatla and @kruzadar

Shot on the @arri Alexa 35 with Signature primes for a nice clean look. Ended up using a ton of @aputure.lighting Infini-bars since they actually look good on camera.

Check the last slide to see the real reason I had to post to the grid 🥺

Producer: @chriswoody
1st AC: @tessa_kier
Gaffer: @inga.mitinyan
Key Grip: Henry Martinez
Sound: Ryan Agostino
Camera: @rarebreedswest
Production Designer: @voltairesmax
Lighting and Grip: @funtonstageone taken in Los Angeles, California by @rdthomas

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2 years ago

Another fun segment coming from @nickelodeon for Nick News about Justin’s Frog Project. @pluimer and I shot this back in December 2022 and the style we landed on for it was Terrence Malick meets Nickelodeon. I think the words used were “visually mindblowing” 😅

We did some fun things in this piece, check out slide 2 for our use of the @lensbabyusa for a Frog POV. Attempting to hop like a frog with the MiniLF is not easy by the way.

Had to use the @laowa.cine probe lens too for the detail shots of the frogs. They were pretty incredible when you got up close.

Used the Mini LF with a set of Canon FD primes which has been my go to recently. Creamy soft bokeh and incredible lens flares, not to mention there’s a 14mm in the set!

Produced by @pluimer @barrysmoler Tiffany Delisa Williams
Directed by @pluimer
Line Producer #jeffwinkler
Prod. Manager @tessandrade
DP @rdthomas me!
1st AC @tessa_kier
Sound #ryanagostino
Camera Rental @rarebreedswest by @rdthomas

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3 years ago

Had such a fun time on this insane project where me, @pluimer, @jilliannicolesmithh, and the whole team take Nick News to a place where Linda Ellerbee never thought possible.

Some fun work on slide 2 and 3 with the @cartoni.camerasupports Dutch axis head, which lets you spin the camera around its center point.

A lot of people came together to make this happen. So stoked we get to work on fun projects like this. Also can’t get over the fact we had an Ireland 2nd Unit on this project. 😅

Directed by: @pluimer
DP: me!
Prod. Design: @leah.m.mann

Gaffer: @jaycareyfacts
Key Grip: Henry Martinez
ACLT: @domdastice
BBG: @aaronstinde
Swing: James Hancock

1st AC: @tessa_kier
2nd AC: @nsnelson16

Camera: @rarebreedswest
Lighting: @cinelease
Grip: @360grip by @rdthomas

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3 years ago

Have a new short that just came out through @nobudge!! So great that I could DP this film with my newfound pandemic group chat friend @meese.jpg

Was the first time I’ve been to the Midwest and was immediately greeted by an insane lightning storm that we managed to get a once in a lifetime shot of on slide 2.

Besides all the poison ivy, the spiders, and the storms, it was such a fun shoot.

Shot on the Alexa Mini with @atlaslensco Orion anamorphics.

So many good friends came together to make this happen. First AC @stammerheadshark, Editing by @meese.jpg and @arielgramner, with @thia.schuess and @gabriellaricketts , @elliepritts and @bearsrambling with color and VFX, titles by @clobrett and sound by @jerobinson taken in Millstadt, Illinois by @rdthomas

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4 years ago

Have been really excited to share stills from this latest music video with @yard__sard for @kid_sistr. I knew it was going to be so fun from the beginning and the final project really delivered. The last slide shows a few of the 6 @litegear spectrum 2Ls that we rigged overhead for our cyan fill light. We had 3 @aputure.lighting 600x’s at 2900k for a super warm key outside the windows. With a few more litemats on the floor we were able to shoot the 26 shots we had and somehow include our prelight and rig in one day. Included some references we were trying to emulate in the second to last slide, loved the moody classroom they had in euphoria and tried to make it our own.

Thankful for @rarebreedswest and @cfgrentalgroup giving us the deals we needed to make this project happen. Absolutely wouldn’t have happened otherwise!!

I feel like this project really brought together some great new and old friends. With @yard__sard directing and @mrs.marc coming out of retirement to gaff. @liz_maupin producing the heck outta this thing. Chris Moscoso kept me and Marc honest and @random_protoplasm truly saving the day as swing.
@tessa_kier as my #1 camera friend and 1st AC. @lannadelraujo with so many good set Dec Easter eggs throughout the set. @jchaffin27 held it down as our special fx foreman. Special guest appearance by my neighbor @alunondrums as our AD.@edwardsdan truly knocked it out of the park with color.

Grateful for the team and the friends! Can’t wait to make more. :) by @rdthomas

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4 years ago

We had so much fun with this shot. The whole film is handheld, but we always knew we wanted an overhead shot with a slow boom down. To keep the handheld feel we built a small goal post overhead and used rope and pulleys to do our slow move (With a couple safety chains of course, swipe for BTS) It really worked seamlessly.
Director: @lostingraceland
Producer: @pennylanelives
DP: 🤗😎
1st AC: @tessa_kier
Gaffer: @emmajuncosa
Color: @edwardsdan taken in Los Angeles, California by @rdthomas

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