#jerrypopolis

“It’s not fun when there are too many cooks in the kitchen.,” Jerry Popolis revealed when discussing the details of his days on set.  Although his favorite component to his work is the creativity, it can be difficult on any set with a number of floating opinions.  But despite this occasional situation, Jerry is sincerely passionate about his creative work and genuinely loves working on period films. Period films are most enjoyable to him as there is a great deal of creativity and specificity that go into making the end result not only rewarding, but stunningly magnificent. Jerry says, “The era in itself  tells a story, but the hair and the make-up and the costumes all tell the story of the specific time period.”

From beginning his career with unpaid work to his most recent projects on “Birdman,” “Noah,” and “Silver Linings Playbook,” Jerry has certainly been involved with a number of exceptional projects. His most recent favorite “is probably ‘Noah’ because it was big and epic. I did the department heading, which was quite an endeavor...We shot parts of it in Iceland and the rest in New York. The traveling was exciting, but it was pretty intense and exhausting work, but definitely rewarding.”  

As one of our most loyal users, we asked Jerry about his experience with Sync OnSet thus far. Jerry elaborated…

"...When I found out Sync OnSet was offering a training, I thought I would give it a try. The class was definitely a big help -  getting that training, help setting it up and being shown how it worked really helped when first starting out..

“Download the script and it’s all broken down for you. I mean you have to tweak it to fit to what you’re working on, so you do have to modify it for yourself like adding shoot days, but the breakdown was great and so simple. On set it’s great, it’s really great for continuity photos. I take a picture with my iPhone and tag it to the scene.

“Now we get the footage of what they shot the day before...now what I do is watch the footage on my iPad and pause it to take screenshots. I can expand and crop an actor and then enter it straight into Sync OnSet. I don’t have to go up to the actor for a headshot, I can do it from the footage.”

Fun Fact: If he weren’t working in the industry, he would be doing what he loves to do in a salon.