Gabriel: I have worked for PURE FLIX for about 9 years, they are a movie production & distribution company founded by executive producer & star DAVID A. R. WHITE. I’ve directed many feature films & TV shows for them, but David always wanted to do a gritty revenge/action picture. Towards the end of 2018, we had an opportunity to create episodic content for Facebook Watch. So, I got down to writing this action flick! I grabbed elements from many of our favorite revenge films, mixed them together and came out with BECKMAN. Not long after production started, we decided this was too good to give to Facebook Watch, so we focused on it exclusively as a feature film – though the episodic structure still remains.

Gabriel: It was a challenge to be the writer, director, cinematographer, editor, and a hundred other things. Making movies is not easy, especially on a low budget action/adventure film like this. I had lots of help, but it still took over a year of my life to complete. We shot the film on weekends over the course of about five months. It was a real micro-budget effort. I wanted to keep the crew extremely small, and not be slowed down by big trucks full of equipment. I wanted to make a film with the same fun, independent spirit we had in film school.

Gabriel: I picked up the Blackmagic Pocket 4k for this film, and that put me on the hunt for quality Micro Four Thirds lenses that would fit our budget. I had no prior experience with Laowa lenses, but I knew I wanted an ultra-wide lens for the film – one that was not a fisheye type or had too much distortion. I spotted the Laowa 7.5 mm cine lens, watched some online reviews and decided that would be the best purchase.

Gabriel: I really LOVE simple, little lenses like the Laowa 7.5mm cine. The quality of the Laowa 7.5mm cine was great, all the moving parts felt solid and it was a pleasure to rack focus off the barrel.