Since January I have been busy. THE WATCH was completed and premiered July 29th at the After-Set.com sponsored screening, sponsored by the Tribeca Grand Hotel. Also screening that night were the comedic shorts, ASSets and what I believe to be my best work, the tragic comedy, MISCOMMUNICATIONS.
Straight8.net is the home page of a very cool film competition. You take one roll of 8mm film, stick it in a camera and shoot a movie. No editing. You shoot the entire film, in sequence, on that roll of film. I completed two entries. TRAPPED, shot in February and f--- facebook, shot in April.
TRAPPED debued at July's RUSHES SOHO Shorts Film Festival in London, England.
f--- facebook premiered at the Crown Heights Film Festival in Brooklyn, New York this October.
More festival announcements are pending.
I will be back.
Sunday, October 30, 2011
Wednesday, February 23, 2011
Shorts shorts shorts
You (my one or two readers) may be wondering why I do not post all that often.
It is because I am busy doing other shorts and quite frankly, do not have time to 'blog' about it. Who reads blogs anyway? At this point it is all about the quick fix. Twitter and Facebook are the thing. Blogs are sucking wind these days.
They will be dead soon. Truly.
It is because I am busy doing other shorts and quite frankly, do not have time to 'blog' about it. Who reads blogs anyway? At this point it is all about the quick fix. Twitter and Facebook are the thing. Blogs are sucking wind these days.
They will be dead soon. Truly.
Tuesday, January 11, 2011
The aftermath of production
Shooting is a cross between an orgasm and having your teeth pulled. The emotions run an extreme unlike anything I can describe. High and low, up and down, pain to pleasure.
My cinematographer, Yueni Zander, is not one who likes to compromise and that is something to respect. She wants to light a shot in such a way that it is life. Real life captured with a lens. When one compromises, that life is dimmed.
We had some compromises put to film on Saturday and Sunday. Time was the cause and I regret that. such is the pain of making a film.
My cinematographer, Yueni Zander, is not one who likes to compromise and that is something to respect. She wants to light a shot in such a way that it is life. Real life captured with a lens. When one compromises, that life is dimmed.
We had some compromises put to film on Saturday and Sunday. Time was the cause and I regret that. such is the pain of making a film.
Sunday, January 9, 2011
Going to war
Yesterday was like a war. Everything that you could imagine that would be against you... was.
Time. Money. Sound. Make-up and hair.
The very long day of production on my short film was like an extended battle and I was the lost General, wondering how he was going to get out of such a mess.
Fortunately, all was not lost because we actually shot moist of what was needed and captured some magical moments. The crew, mostly volunteers, were so hard working and full of valor that I am humbled.
Truly.
And I will get more into that tomorrow.
In the meantime, I have two more scenes to shoot. Ten shots/setups in total at two locations.
Today will be a breeze compared to yesterday. Kind of like taking the helicopter out away from the battle field.
Time. Money. Sound. Make-up and hair.
The very long day of production on my short film was like an extended battle and I was the lost General, wondering how he was going to get out of such a mess.
Fortunately, all was not lost because we actually shot moist of what was needed and captured some magical moments. The crew, mostly volunteers, were so hard working and full of valor that I am humbled.
Truly.
And I will get more into that tomorrow.
In the meantime, I have two more scenes to shoot. Ten shots/setups in total at two locations.
Today will be a breeze compared to yesterday. Kind of like taking the helicopter out away from the battle field.
Wednesday, January 5, 2011
Something tells me I'm busy
What a shame the blizzard dumped all over me. It's been some time since I could come back here and in that time much has happened. We lost our leading lady because of a scheduling conflict. Time is time and when it conflicts, such is life. So Hiroko and I will work on something down the road and in the mean time the lead will be played by the lovely Andrea Carolina Chan.
We are on schedule and shooting this weekend. Things are frantic and I must say, I have completely ignored this blog as a result. At the moment I am suffering from a bit of exhaustion and just need to catch up on sleep. If I am not rested for the weekend, I am in big big BIG trouble.
We are on schedule and shooting this weekend. Things are frantic and I must say, I have completely ignored this blog as a result. At the moment I am suffering from a bit of exhaustion and just need to catch up on sleep. If I am not rested for the weekend, I am in big big BIG trouble.
Tuesday, December 21, 2010
Thanks to two anonymous contributors
A very heartfelt thanks to the two anonymous contributors who kicked off my IndieGogo campaign for this short with $25 contributions.
Right now I am working on a shot list. That is basically s list of each camera setup.At the moment I have so many that we would need to do five per hour for fifteen hours. That's simply not possible. So I need to go in there and really work it out to what is essential to telling the story.
Time is wasting, so off I go.
Right now I am working on a shot list. That is basically s list of each camera setup.At the moment I have so many that we would need to do five per hour for fifteen hours. That's simply not possible. So I need to go in there and really work it out to what is essential to telling the story.
Time is wasting, so off I go.
Monday, December 20, 2010
Rehearsals and TRON
Saturday was insane. Rehearsals took all day, but the actors were on their own for the most part. I was with the DP and Sound artist working on nailing down everything we needed to do with the location.
There will be hurdles, like the elevators, which rumble and roar frequently. That will cause trouble for sound, depending on where were are shooting.
All in all the location is going to work out nicely. No location is perfect, mind you.
I was home so late I never bothered to update this place and then Sunday was spent with my wife. We saw TRON in IMAX (real IMAX, not those smaller Digital fake IMAX jobs we all call Lie-max). Did the walk around the city thing. Etc. etc.
Tomorrow I must finalize mt script as best I can.
There will be hurdles, like the elevators, which rumble and roar frequently. That will cause trouble for sound, depending on where were are shooting.
All in all the location is going to work out nicely. No location is perfect, mind you.
I was home so late I never bothered to update this place and then Sunday was spent with my wife. We saw TRON in IMAX (real IMAX, not those smaller Digital fake IMAX jobs we all call Lie-max). Did the walk around the city thing. Etc. etc.
Tomorrow I must finalize mt script as best I can.
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