David Waldman Embryo
Embryo is the story of Jason Fields, an agoraphobic man whose life is changed after a mysterious package arrives on his doorstep. The contents turn out to be a dream-capture and playback device, which allows Fields to face his demons. Embryo was shot entirely on location over three days. Waldman was challenged with lighting for day interior, day exterior, night interior and night exterior without having a generator. All of the lights had to run off of house power. He worked with production designer Bill Moore and the crew on motivating light sources on the set. They hung a lot of small tungsten units, which enabled them to move really quickly during production. Embryo has been shown at festivals around the world, and has earned five best film awards. |
David
Waldman, native to Boston, Massachusetts, studied theater and
Japanese studies at Rutgers University, before earning his master’s
in cinematography at the American Film Institute. Waldman says professor
and cinematographer Bill Dill, ASC has been an important influence.
Prior to working in the camera department, Waldman worked as an interpreter
between Japanese directors and English speaking cinematographers.
The experience of being the "mouth-piece" for the cinematographers
allowed him to learn a great deal about lighting and lenses. Waldman
has since worked as a camera operator, and has shot a number of short
and commercial projects.