more pics

oh, nice box...i wonder what could be inside it...omg it's DEVELOPED FILM READY TO BE EDITED!! and the filmmaker's handbook. nice.

some photos from the shoot--fielder's project

and so it begins...

i actually have things about which to blog...when my time isn't being completely eaten up by the things about which i will later blog. confusing? perhaps. but i digress...

last weekend i shot my first sight & sound project, the first film of my own design and direction. to be honest, it was an intensely stressful experience, but all in all it turned out to be a very rewarding one.

i filmed a pair of totally cool shows from different angles, then filmed max's cute little birdlegs dancing around in them. some of the shots turned out darker than i would have liked (damn sun setting, who the hell does he think he is...), but most to all are totally usable. and i know that for a fact...the film has been developed and my dailies were screened in class today.

we can begin editing our projects immediately, and i'll probably work on it this weekend. we're all shooting our second projects the weekend of the 25th (not this weekend but the weekend after that). i'll keep you all updated.

in the meantime, PICTURES!!!

antique scissors!

because they're great.

it's been a while, i know...

heyy anyone who still reads this:
things have been crazy lately between finals and everything else at the end of the year, so i haven't had much time to blog it up lately. BUT i am back in california now and have a few film-related summer plans on the horizon.

i bought a color/sound super 8 camera a few months ago and i'm going to try to procure some film for it in the next few weeks. i'll probs take on a short summer project if i can get a little support from friends and family--i'm working on a few screenplays that could be interesting. also, i've been in talks with my awesome bf max of sewing machines about the possibility of shooting a music video/tour documentary/avant garde short film for the band on their west coast tour this summer. very cool.

my friend nick garcia (stand-up comic/fucking awesome MC) is writing a feature-length about life in chicago, and i'm gonna sweet talk him into letting me help with the production in some way. shooting will most likely happen next summer (or some other time after this summer), but hopefully i'll be around when that shit goes down, because working with nick sounds like a super great idea.

i'll try to be better at updating shit, and i might even put up some photos or other interesting things sometime in the near future. maybe. on a completely different note, i'm seeing animal collective in like 3 days, which kicks so much ass i'll probably go blind. no joke.




no joke.

reshooting, troubleshooting

we re-shot the end of jordan's film last night, which was quick and painless. i ended up staying up until 4am and waking back up at 7 to finish a paper, then i had to prepare for a presentation on unwed teenage mothers in the 1950s i had to give in front of my perspectives on motherhood class four hours later.

here's a fun little story: some of you may know that lack of sleep will either make me grumpy, extremely sensitive and melancholy, or ridiculously delirious and giggly. well today ended up falling into the third category. during my presentation in class this morning, one of the other students made a comment about media representations of the suburban nuclear family and threw out, "you know, that one sitcom called something like 'the beaver family'..." i knew full well exactly to what show she was referring--"leave it to beaver"--but in my sleep-deprived state i confidently responded, "ah yes, 'the angry beavers.'" and then i proceeded to giggle about it for the rest of class, trying so hard (and failing even harder) to keep a straight face. i am a complete tool.

not exactly film...

but still pretty damn cool.
check out this article reviewing wesbands in the hartford advocate, starting with my girls Precision Libido (look for the indirect reference to yours truly re: accordion). i have too many friends in The Shade to remember all of their names mid-migraine right now (i probably shouldn't even be blogging at all, as i have the sneaking suspicion that this post is not only off-topic but incomprehensible). finally, KFD, almighty deities of golden crispy face-melting metal. this ain't no dollar menu, kids--the vegan police plays for keeps (what am i even saying?? i'm sure i'll delete this post in the morning once the nyquil wears off).

and if i wasn't already pleased as punch to see my own band and friends' bands in print, my bf got a shout-out as well. you should, as the article suggests, visit futurefolkrecords.com, brainchild of max "awesomepants" horwich and his pals.

good night.


note: i don't think anyone has ever called max "awesomepants"...until now.