After gathering accolades all over the country, (including Best Documentary at the Taos Shortz Film Festival and special jury prize for artistic vision at the Napa Valley Film Festival) Library of Dust, a short film I worked on last Summer co-directed by Ondi Timoner and Robert James is screening at the TriBeCa Film Festival, arguably one of the country’s most prestigious festivals!
Please “like” Library of Dust on Facebook and show your support of this beautiful short film.
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I often work shows that inspire me and the Literary Arts Oregon Book Awards was no exception. It was great to be in a room full of Oregon’s best contemporary authors and playwrights. Creativity is contagious and these folks have the kind I want to catch.
For these pieces, I ran “B” camera for the awards program. (It was my first time using the AF-100. Pretty great camera, it shoots 1080p and has a film lens mount for a relatively affordable $5,000. Whoo!)
Nicky Silverstone was the producer for this project. Interviews and post production by Amy O’Brien of Purple Macaroni Productions. Amy’s pretty good with those titles, eh?
Oh, Oregon, I love you and your literary lust so much!
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From time to time, I work for Blaze Media, as a camera operator and director, broadcasting and recording Roller Derby tournaments. As if the job wasn’t keeping me busy enough, I made a few kaleidiscopic videos to document the experience with my trusty 5th generation ipod nano camera. For full effect, I suggest blowing up to full screen when viewing.
This one is a little less intense.
Pretty neat, huh? If you’re wondering what I was actually hired to do. Take a look at the Rose City Roller Derby media archives.
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This video teaser for MUSTACHE MAN (WASTED) Cake’s third hit single off of their 2011 album Showroom of Compassion, was featured with a great write up on filtermagazine.com. The full video directed by Alicia J. Rose, will be released soon. I was a grip on this video. See that greenish light inside the van? Yeah, that was me. I picked that color (under the direction of Gaffer Brad Reeb). More on the shoot also coming soon. In the meantime, you can look forward to CAKE’s appearance on Conan on February 16th.
UPDATE (Jan 24): View the full cake video featured here on MTV’s website after premiering on an episode of MTV’s 120 Minutes on Friday January 20th!
Local coverage at the The Mercury.
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LOW SELF CONTROL by Mirah feat. Tender Forever, directed by Aubree Bernier-Clarke & Christopher Doulgeris made right here in Portland, Oregon exclusively premiered on the Independent Film Channel. I was key grip on this video under gaffer Brad Reeb.
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While working on Valencia: Chapter 3, director Aubree Bernier-Clark presented me with one of my biggest challenges as a sound recordist: hide a lavaliere microphone on women wearing lingerie. I lucked out that most of the lingerie was black. Still with good garment seams and the right amount of medical tape (to trace the mic wire along the seam of clothing) and black gaff tape (to cover the bright red/green light of the transmitter belt pack), I now feel confident that I could hide any lavaliere from camera.
This shoot was also my first time using wireless tram microphones. They are so great and FLAT. Their only weakness seems to be synthetic fiber. I learned quickly to seat the mics element-face-down into their vampire clips and place them close to the actor’s head, as far away from clothing fabric as possible. Otherwise, the super sensitive element of the mics would react with static response. This technique mostly resulted in me placing mics along garment straps by the shoulder with remarkable success.
The real test will be watching the final motion picture projected up onto the big screen. Tho, I have to say, if the audience is watching these beautiful actresses on screen draped in lingerie and they notice the lavaliere mic, not only have I not done my job, but the movie isn’t working.
From Left to Right: Cassie Cohn mics Shauna as “Michelle,” Amy Vail as “Madam” and director Aubree Burnier-Clark. Photo by Scott Braucht
Valencia: Chapter 3 is based on the book by Michelle Tea, chronicling her experience of the urban dyke scene in San Francisco in the 90s.
For this unique movie project, each chapter is being produced as its own short film with independent director and cast. Check back here for updates on the complete project.
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“The World of Missing Persons,” a low budget film production written by Travis Ezell is casting for three principal parts. Auditions and filming will happen in Portland, Oregon.
Tressa Willoney lives alone in a rundown apartment. One night, after another long, thankless shift waiting tables, her late-night routine is interrupted when a drill comes grinding through her bedroom wall. It withdraws, leaving a tiny peephole into the bedroom of Luke and Chia, the overly friendly, attractive twenty-something couple next door. Tressa does her best to ignore the temptation, but she can’t hold out forever. Not sure if this was an intentional ploy or some kind of strange accident, she gradually involves herself more and more in Luke and Chia’s lives. (Naturally, hijinks ensue.)
For more info: www.iceninefilms.com
LUKE (18-25). Male. Sexy, bohemian stoner, just a hint of street kid in him. Good looking and knows it, easygoing and laidback. Unambitious and unassuming, full of love for everyone. Dynamite in the sack, but otherwise not an aggressive bone in his body.
CHIA (22-28). Female. Offbeat, sexually confident, a little bit punk (tattoos and piercings, hair-dye maybe; or the kind of girl who WOULD do those things even if she hasn’t). Very sensual and open personality — friendly flirting is her normal manner. Just at the age/ mindset where “doing nothing” and “having a good time” aren’t quite enough for her, but she doesn’t know what she wants yet.
TRESSA (30-40). Female. Greasy-spoon waitress, still decent looking but no longer feels like it, and is starting to give up on herself (socially, romantically). No close friends or family, so it’s been alone a while since she just relaxed and had a nice time with people; unless she’s asking how you like your eggs, her social skills are pretty rusty.
*************Nudity Required: Actors must be comfortable being (tastefully) nude and portraying intimate situations on film.
Schedule: Shooting will take place no more than eight days between August 9th and 24th.
Compensation: This is a low budget production. Starting at $70+ per day. Payment depends on experience.
Audition Date and Location: Auditions are being held Saturday July 16th at The Northwest Film Center 934 SW Salmon St.
Contact: To schedule an audition time or for more information, contact Laurel Degutis.
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