http://www.brianwengrofsky.com/news The professional website of Cinematographer Brian Wengrofsky. Thu, 16 Oct 2008 17:42:01 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Having a busy summer and fall shooting for (American) television series, one for Food Network and another for Bravo. It's great to be working all the time, but I find myself itching to steer back into independent documentary and narrative work. I think that will be a good ... http://www.brianwengrofsky.com/news/2008/10/16/more-television/ Playing back a take for host Markus Koch at Volkswagon's vast Mexico plant. Photo: Ken Kerbs. Volkswagon's level of automation was astounding. I still thought robots like this were only in the movies. Deep underground in a water infrastructure project. I half expected the monster from "Alien" to drop ... http://www.brianwengrofsky.com/news/2008/07/10/mexico/ It took a little convincing to get our host to "see the light" with this near-silhouette shot for the intro to our story on the Brazil airline maker Embraer. Shooting by numbers is something I try and avoid at all costs. Landing on Polvo, the offshore oil processing facility. ... http://www.brianwengrofsky.com/news/2008/07/03/brazil/ I fell in love with Vietnam. Gentle people, beautiful scenery, and a palpable sense of history. Vietnam is also all about manufacturing and hi tech. Making computer printers, below: But still exporting enormous amounts of rice. Below: rice farmer. The XDCamEX, I discovered, has some real magic inside ... http://www.brianwengrofsky.com/news/2008/06/26/vietnam/ I'm at a loss to try and sum up China. Crowds of people are in the park at 7:30am doing tai chi... ...and affordable acupuncture is a normal part of health maintenance, yet cigarette smoking is a big problem... Pollution in the worst spots is an order of magnitude greater than ... http://www.brianwengrofsky.com/news/2008/06/19/china/ India was all heat, speed and motion. It demands patience of you as a filmmaker. Nothing happens according to plan. You absolutely must sit down and have coffee with the boss, though you may miss your flight. A 20 minute drive may take 90. It ... http://www.brianwengrofsky.com/news/2008/06/12/india-make-do-hi-tech-and-friendly-chaos/ We shot at a wind farm in Illinois in February. When we arrived early in the morning, there was snow on the ground but the conditions were warmer than usual and there was a thick fog over the entire area. As a result, we could barely see more ... http://www.brianwengrofsky.com/news/2008/06/05/green-energy-clean-water-and-the-usa/ We also shot a story in Boston about a lab that is producing biodegradable plastic that is made from both bacteria and a type of grass. The plastic is good quality but after a few weeks it naturally breaks down into organic components. Imagine if all plastic shopping ... http://www.brianwengrofsky.com/news/2008/06/05/back-from-usa-tour/ Here are a few pictures from our Ghana episode: A little windy over the Sahara desert... Drummers on their way to a wedding in Accra. I waved these guys over from across the street and they gave our host Markus an impromptu lesson. Posing with loggers in central Ghana. Filming gold ... http://www.brianwengrofsky.com/news/2008/05/29/new-project/ This is the first episode to air of my latest project as DP - a series for German TV called 70 Days Around the World With Markus Koch. It covers interesting trends in emerging markets as well as green technologies and alternative energy in the "first world". We did an ... http://www.brianwengrofsky.com/news/2008/05/22/goodbye-russia/