January 2011
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Step 1
So I didn’t get that editing job that I posted about last time, but it’s all good.
I’ve been applying to a lot of PA jobs so I could meet more people and one of which was for a trailer/pilot shoot for a film called Fire City.
After talking to the LP a few times, I went in for a PA meeting where he gave me the role of 2nd 2nd AD. It’s sort of an abstract position that a...
December 2010
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The time is nigh
So we did it. Dom and I packed and left New Jersey on December 22nd and drove across the country to Los Angeles (with a brief stopover in Houston for Christmas with his family).
So what’s the plan, you may ask?
Fly by the seat of thine pants.
As I previously stated, we tried looking for jobs while we were still on the east coast, but that proved to be almost impossible being that…....
September 2010
1 post
Double Wayside
For anyone who is following this blog, let me sincerely apologize for being so missing in action.
So I’ve finished my education at UArts. I graduated with a 3.6somethingorother, which I’m extremely proud of. My senior film was well received, notwithstanding the terrible response I got from one of my professors (I promise to catch you up on all of this). I am just waiting to get my...
October 2009
1 post
The New Yorker? →
In boredom, I googled my name the other day and discovered that one of my videos was mentioned on the New Yorker’s website. It’s just a small little blip, but still - the effing New Yorker? I’ll take that. As I said when I posted this link on Facebook: If I had any idea this video was going to end up anywhere, I would have given more thought to composition and kept my...
September 2009
1 post
Wayside
Ok, this blog is totally falling by the wayside.
I’m now a senior at UArts and I’m working on writing my senior thesis. I sort of have it spread out between two classes though, which could be either good or bad. What I mean by that is I’m taking a screenwriting class that wasn’t required for me when I was a double major but is now required as a singular film major and I...
April 2009
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Another wrap
Today marked the second day of shooting for my Junior cinema production.
This shoot seemed cursed from the start. After scrolling through 3 different lead actresses, 2 different lead actors, and 3 different supporting actresses, some of these recasts taking place in the past week(!), we finally had our talent.
Quick recap of the other trials and tribulations thus far:
Location 1 - Restaurant...
October 2008
6 posts
While it's still fresh...
Today, I shot my first significant film with a small crew.
I wrote and directed, Sophia Clark was my director of photography and camera operator, Alyssa Achuff was my sound designer and operator, Emily Cote was handled the slate and continuity and will be our primary editor in post. Dominic Hamilton was my assistant everything. Jacqueline Holloway and Billy Edwards starred.
The shoot was...
T-Minus 9 hours, 18 minutes
until my crew arrives to prepare for our shoot tomorrow.
Good lord.
Being a double major is really tough. It’s all the time, work, and stress of college in duplicate. For every brainstorming session everyone else needs, I need two. For every deadline everyone else has, I have two.
As a result, I feel like I sometimes let some things fall to the wayside as I concentrate on others. In my current case, I’ve been concentrating so hard on my film that...
FCP
Me and Final Cut Pro are not friends. Sure, we’re acquaintances. If me and Final Cut Pro pass each other in the street, we give each other the noncommittal knowing nod. If I ran into Final Cut Pro at a close friend or relative’s wedding, we’d exchange banal conversation.
I wouldn’t, say… invite Final Cut Pro to my birthday party though. If Final Cut Pro showed up...
“Oh my sweet
A new love will come
I promise.
A new love to
Wash away the old...”
– anonymous
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Scene 1, Take 1
Well, this is it. My first blog. My intent for this blog in particular (because I have at least 4 others) is to follow my journey as a makeshift filmmaker.
I’m shooting my first film on Tuesday October 14th. Its working title is ‘Amends’ and it’s a short 5 minute film about the dissolve and seeming resolution of a relationship from the point of view of each person...