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Ty Olson

Student Filmmaker

Location: California

Rates, Bio & Kit

About Ty Olson

Ty Olson is currently a sophomore at Stanford University studying Philosophy and Creative Writing.

Rates & Kit

For more information, please contact Ty Olson.

Featured Video

PORTOLA GONE

About the Film

Philip tries to escape the pettiness of life around him by applying to the Peace Corps, but the decision puts a heart-wrenching strain on his sister Claire. Conceived, shot, and edited in seven days for Stanford University’s “7 Days of Cin” Film Festival.

Equipment Used:

Canon 60D w/ EF 28mm f/1.8 Cinevate Proteus 30cm rails system D|Focus v3 Follow Focus Cowboy Studios Shoulder rig Tascam DR-100 field recorder Rode NTG-2 boom mic & pole.

Education: What I Learned

Even without a challenging and full class schedule, producing a short narrative film in one week is no easy task. But the time constraint often works in your favor: you and all those who play a part in the production are forced to work quickly and efficiently. Sometimes it\’s just hard to get people motivated and get things done without a pressing deadline. Editing with FCP X for the first time proved to be a challenge. While the interface is very intuitive, background rendering turns out to be quite the resource hog even for well-configured machines.