Sunday, November 20, 2011

"Why Documentary?"

Get a preview of my new VLog which unconventionally answers the question, "Why 
Documentary?" That is....if you can follow it. 
I wanted to do something in an interpretive surrealism which incorporated elements of the city and aspects of my life (the clues are in there).  There is a conveyance of multiple time lines, perspectives, hinting on multiple dimensions, infinite possibilities, dual universes, etc.  The answer to the question is in the two minute film itself, but I gave a little something at the end to help focus the overall idea of the work.
I was actually VERY excited by this project because it allowed me to create something artistic
and produce a piece that is extremely representative of me - how my mind works, my stylistic vision, and how I process the things I see in the world.  It's a glimpse inside my head.
I hate the word "experimental".  I think it's a really weak solution to lop films with no specific  label into a category for everything that does not fit into conventional documentary.
When I screened this for the first time last week at New York Film Academy it got a fantastic response, although I may have heard the "E" word used once or twice. I'll use some Netflix terminology and file it under "Dark Cerebral Mind-Bending Introspective Documentary".  Ok, maybe that's a little much.


CHECK IT OUT ON VIMEO



Click this Link to view:
http://vimeo.com/32051138

Monday, November 14, 2011

Caught on the Work! HHDV

Rick @ NYSkateboarding.com put up a nice recap of Harold Hunter Day 5!  
Check it out here:



He also caught me hard at work shooting for my new VLog!

Thanks for the shot and the shout!!

Sunday, November 13, 2011

This film short was a project I did back in late September.  The point was to go out into the City and find something worth shooting, take it back to the editing lab and bang it out all within class time.  I wanted to find something uniquely NYC and hoped that the feel of it would translate through the film.  I definitely think i got what I was looking for.  Shot with a Panasonic HMC 150 and edited in final cut in less than two hours.  For some reason my blog isn't allowing me to upload or view video, so please follow the VIMEO link.  Enjoy!

Thursday, November 10, 2011

My very first film,"The Holy Dance" appears on NYSkateboarding.com

My first student film at New York Film Academy, completed in September 2011 and released to the internet just last night, is currently being featured on NYSkateboarding.com and their Vimeo channel, Gnartifact.com, and Entree wordpress!  The premise was to shoot and edit a 2 minute silent observational film on 16mm B+W reversal film with an Arriflex-S camera. Sound was added in post. The film could be based on a person, place or process. I wanted to show the innate beauty of the art of skateboarding through the process of one skater's warm up session. From stretching, to just cruising around, to bonding with homies. It was very well received by my fellow students and teaching staff when it screened last month as an art piece that portrayed a beauty and grace seldom seen by the masses in the modern skate-age of stunts and commercialism. In it's first day online, the film has been posted on NYSkateboarding.com, NYSB Twitter, NYSkateboarding.com's Vimeo channel,  Gnartifact.com, and Entree.  Thanks to Rick Sulz @ NYSB, Entree, and Nick @ Gnartifact for the wonderful support and encouragement!
Starring skaters Pat Hoblin and Jean-Paul Lotz.  
Special appreciation to my crew: DP Gabriela Lozada and my assistant camera Xiaoxiao Chen of Beijing, China who worked very hard on the production of the film.


http://vimeo.com/31823282