John McClung
Director of Photography
Co-founder of Off The Wire Studios and Programming Director at WRRW/WYOU, John has worked in the video/film business for 30 years. John has shot and or co-produced 6 feature films with national distribution, seven TV shows, and hundreds of commercials, EPK’s, and music videos for artists including Missy Elliot, Gwen Stefani, Salt N’ Peppa, and From 1988-2008, John co-owned Big Dog Video Productions. While running Big Dog, John worked with Hype Williams and Derrick Borte In addition to film and video production, John is a skilled technical engineer. He operates and repairs all types of broadcast equipment and provides complete engineering for radio stations, including FCC applications, as well as structuring, designing, and installing transmission, microwave, and studio equipment.
I started out shooting on the canon scoopic in the early 1970's , and then 3/4 inch
super vhs , M2 , beta cam , on and on , i now have a red , canon , and sony cameras.
I aslo worked as a bench tech , i do like the way sony has produced and engineered there boards and parts through the years always top notch designing. but i think it comes down to what you need the camera to do, what job , its like having tools and doing construction work one tool does not do it all . pick the tool you feel can do the job according to the parameters the job requires , and remember a craftsman is only as good as his work